Berlin’s state museums raise ticket prices as costs climb

Admission to Berlin’s state museums will increase next year to cover rising costs, the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation has announced.Entry for one adult to the Altes Museum, the Alte Nationalgalerie, the Bode Museum or the Gemäldegalerie will increase to €12 from €10 from 15 January. Admission to the Hamburger Bahnhof, the Neue Nationalgalerie, the Pergamon or the Neues Museum will rise to €14 from €12. The Humboldt Forum, however, will remain admission-free.Visitor numbers to Berlin’s state museums have recovered to pre-pandemic levels, reaching around 4 million this year, said Hermann Parzinger, the president of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation.“But we have to respond to climbing costs in the coming year,” he said. “Like many cultural institutions, we are facing very tight budgets which means that we have to increase income and reduce spending.”Prices for annual subscriptions and combination tickets will also increase. The state museums will continue to offer free entry on the first Sunday of the month, the foundation said. In an international comparison, Berlin prices remain “affordable,” Parzinger said. Berlin’s price hike follows similar raises in other countries. The Louvre announced it is increasing the basic ticket price to €22 from €17, also from 15 January. A string of US museums raised ticket prices to $30 last year, including the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Museum of Modern Art.