The Long Night of Museums has been taking place in Munich since 1999 and opens the doors to exhibitions, collections and art venues throughout the city. This year the event takes place on October 18. From 6 pm to 1 am, you can visit museums and cultural venues with just one ticket. Find out everything you need to know here. Take the opportunity to discover a large number of Munich’s great museums at once and be entertained by many other program items. Because one thing is certain: with the wide range on offer, everyone will find something suitable and experience an exciting and educational night!
Tickets for the Long Night of Museums
Tickets for the Long Night of Museums are available online and at the München Ticket advance booking offices at Gasteig HP8 and the Deutsches Theater. You can find other physical ticket outlets in Munich and the surrounding area here on the map. If you buy the tickets on site you pay €20, online they cost €23.50. On October 18, you can get tickets for €20 from 1 pm at the box office tent on Odeonsplatz or at the box office of all participating theaters.
📍 Advance booking offices:
- Gasteig HP8 – Isarphilharmonie, Hans-Preißinger-Straße 8
- Deutsches Theater, Schwanthalerstraße 13
- Box office tent Odeonsplatz
📅 Date: Saturday, October 18, 6 pm to 1 am
💶 Price information: €20 on site, €23.50 online
Program
As always, a varied program awaits you during the Long Night of Museums , even beyond just visiting the exhibitions. Look forward to concerts, lectures and guided tours. The participating venues include not only museums and exhibitions, but also churches, archives such as the Bavarian State Archives and cultural institutions such as the Fat Cat.
There are also various city tours that you can take part in. For example, the MPZ offers guided tours of medieval Munich and the Münchner Kindl, schwarzgold.info takes you on a night watchman tour and Stattreisen München takes you through National Socialism in the Bavarian capital. Tours of the Grossmarkthalle and the New Town Hall also await you. The Madga Bittner-Simmet Foundation will take you through the city on a bike.
Of course, the youngest museum visitors are also catered for. The colorful children’s program starts at noon. From 2 p.m. to 6 p.m., program highlights especially for children await you in 17 houses, where you can get creative yourself by painting, crafting or even making your own jewelry! The afternoon program is included in the regular tickets. If you only want to take part in the program until 6 p.m., you can buy tickets for €5 at the box offices of the participating houses. These tickets are valid for children aged 4 to 14 and one accompanying adult. You can find more information here.
More information about the Long Night of Museums
During the Museum Night, the tickets are also valid as public transport tickets. There are also shuttle buses on the road that you can use to travel between the venues. From 17:30 to 01:30, shuttle buses on lines 90 to 94 run every 10 minutes on five different routes through the city.
To help you plan your night perfectly, put together your own program on the Museum Night website. Simply mark the events that interest you with a heart. You will then find them in the “My night” tab in the overview. The program is also available as a physical brochure at the advance booking offices. Prior registration is required for some guided tours and events.