Top 15 Museum & Gallery Tickets in Berlin

1.Natural History Museum Entrance Ticket

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 3,382 reviews · 30 minutes - 1 hour · from $12Our pick

Explore Berlin’s Museum für Naturkunde at your own pace, from Giraffatitan brancai and Tristan Otto to the famous Archaeopteryx fossil, minerals, taxidermy, and a wall showing 3,000 species. Entry includes cloakroom access and downloadable audio content in 11 languages, but you need your phone and headphones.

“It was extremely easy to get in, the lady just scanned our ticket at the door. I wish there were more areas translated into English. There were QR codes to scan if we wanted the translations, but a lot of them did not work.”

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2.Skip-the-Line: Berlin Wall Museum at Checkpoint Charlie

★★★★★★★★★★4.1 · 2,041 reviews · 1 day · from $21

Enter the Berlin Wall Museum at Checkpoint Charlie with a one-day ticket and study escape artifacts such as a hot-air balloon, mini-submarine, cars, and aircraft. The self-guided visit is text-heavy, multilingual, wheelchair accessible, and usually takes one to three hours. An audioguide and guided tour cost extra.

“Very easy to acces the museum with the tickets bought online”

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3.Museum Island Multiple Museum Entry Ticket

★★★★★★★★★★4.4 · 2,007 reviews · from $27

Use one $27 ticket for Altes Museum, Neues Museum, Bode Museum, Alte Nationalgalerie, and Das Panorama on Berlin’s Museum Island. See Nefertiti, Egyptian treasures, Greek and Roman art, medieval sculpture, and 19th-century paintings. Plan carefully, since five museums in one day is a lot.

“Great way to organize a day at the museums and cost effective.”

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4.Interactive DeJa Vu Museum Entrance Ticket

★★★★★★★★★★4.1 · 1,338 reviews · 1.5 hours · from $17

Spend about 1.5 hours across two floors at Berlin’s DeJa Vu Museum near Alexanderplatz. You’ll tackle interactive puzzles, mirror rooms, projector effects, a dark room, an interactive sandbox, and Oleg Shupliak’s double-image portraits. Staff support visitors in English, German, Polish, Spanish, or French.

“We had some fun in there but enough activities. It took us 30 minutes to go through all the rooms. Overall good.”

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5.East Side Gallery Spree Cruise in a Solar Catamaran

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 1,039 reviews · from $27

Spend two hours on a quiet solar catamaran from Jannowitzbrücke to Treptow Park and back. You’ll see the East Side Gallery from the water, pass Oberbaum Bridge and Insel der Jugend, and hear an English audio guide while the German crew handles the boat.

“What a brilliant day lounging on the boat for 2 hours drinking beer in the sun.Would definitely recommend to anyone to jump on this sightseeing. Cruise”

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6.Cold War, Berlin Wall, Spies and the East Side Gallery

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 1,024 reviews · 3 hours (approx.) · from $18Top rated

Follow an English-speaking guide through Cold War Berlin, from Friedrichstrasse Station and the Palace of Tears to Alexanderplatz, Karl-Marx-Allee, wall memorials, and the East Side Gallery. Guides such as Klaus, Nikolai, Paul, and Jamie are known for clear history, personal stories, and lively answers.

“Fantastic tour with Xavier, very knowledgeable and engaging. He answered lots of questions and was entertaining and enthusiastic throughout”

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7.Museum of Communication Entrance Ticket

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 452 reviews · 1 day · from $9Best value

Spend up to a day exploring Berlin’s Museum of Communication at your own pace. See the rare Blue Mauritius stamp, test smoke and light signals, explore 2,000 objects, and use the audio-visual app. The museum is wheelchair accessible, and admission costs $9 per person.

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8.Tickets to the Computer Games Museum

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 363 reviews · 1 day · from $22

Visit Berlin’s Computer Games Museum for a self-guided look at roughly 60 to 70 years of gaming, from Nimrod and Pong to PlayStation, 3D games, and PainStation. Your ticket covers the permanent and special exhibitions, with many consoles and arcade machines available to play.

“Great place to go if your game mad like me. fascinating selection of consoles and video games from the past. highly recommend if your in berlin”

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9.DDR Museum Berlin Admission Ticket

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 352 reviews · 1 to 2 hours (approx.) · from $16

Visit Berlin’s DDR Museum opposite the cathedral and explore everyday life in East Germany from 1949 to 1989. Open a recreated living-room cupboard, sit in a Trabant, tour a housing estate, experience a Stasi interrogation, and read English-language displays at your own pace.

“Much smaller than I expected but gave a good perspective on what it was like to live in East Germany in the 40s 50s and 60s. Exhibits included cars of the period household goods and a model of a East German apartment flat”

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10.The Wall Museum East Side Gallery Ticket

★★★★★★★★★★4.1 · 292 reviews · 1 day · from $14

At Berlin’s Wall Museum, use skip-the-line entry to follow the city’s divided past through 13 themed rooms, films, interviews, documents, and artifacts. The museum sits beside East Side Gallery and offers German, English, Spanish, and Italian support, with wheelchair access.

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11.The Upside Down Museum Entrance Ticket

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 286 reviews · from $23

Explore Berlin’s Upside Down Museum at The Playce, where 21 interactive rooms turn optical illusions, art, karaoke, and a private jet into playful photo sets. Your ticket includes lockers, digital photo downloads, café and shop access, and elevator access for wheelchairs.

“This was one of our top highlights from our trip to Berlin. I highly recommend this activity. It was so cool and super fun.”

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12.Madame Tussauds Museum & Berlin Dungeon Combo Ticket

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 275 reviews · 1 day · from $43

Visit Madame Tussauds Berlin at your booked time, then schedule Berlin Dungeon separately for theatrical stories of plague, crime, royalty, and divided Berlin. Pose with Taylor Swift, JFK, and David Hasselhoff, then face the city’s darker past and the Exitus free-fall tower. The Dungeon show is generally in German.

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13.Berlin Wall & East Side Gallery Walking Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 264 reviews · 2 hours · from $29

Join Cristobal, also called Cris, for a two-hour walk from Friedrichshain through the East Side Gallery, over Oberbaumbrücke, and into Kreuzberg. You’ll connect Cold War history with mural symbolism, street art, architecture, photography tips, and local food advice. English and Spanish tours cost $29.

“Cristobal was very knowledgeable and enthusiastic, I really enjoyed the tour and learned a lot, thank you! 😊”

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14.Cold War, Berlin Wall, Spies and the East Side Gallery

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 254 reviews · 3 hours · from $18

Follow Cold War Berlin with an English or German guide, from the Palace of Tears and Alexanderplatz to Karl-Marx-Allee, the former death strip, and the East Side Gallery. Guides such as Paul, Xavier, Tina, and Nikolai bring the period to life with personal stories and archival images.

“Fabulous tour. Our tour guide Eran kept us engaged throughout and conveyed both clearly and articulately the impact of the wall on families and society. I would thoroughly recommend this tour and Erans company”

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15.Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp Museum Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 231 reviews · from $18

Spend about five hours traveling from Alexanderplatz to Sachsenhausen with an English-speaking certified guide. Walk the memorial grounds, see punishment cells and guard towers, and hear personal stories of suffering, resistance, and survival. Guides may include Miguel, Sharon, Roshanna, Richard, Sebastian, or Mateus.

“Richard was a wonderful guide, he is extremely knowledgeable and explained everything thoroughly. We learnt so much from him. He gave us history about the whole of Germany. He gave us plenty of time for questions. We left with a much deeper understanding of the importance of the site in Germanys history. We're very glad we booked this tour and had Richard as our guide. I'd love to have him as a guide to take me around the whole city.”

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