Alte Nationalgalerie Tickets
Alte Nationalgalerie tickets grant access to a collection of 19th-century European art. The collection spans the Neoclassical, Romantic, Biedermeier, Modernist, and Impressionist movements. Visitors view works by artists such as Caspar David Friedrich, Adolph Menzel, and Max Liebermann.
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What can you see at the Alte Nationalgalerie?
19th-Century European Art Collection
The museum holds 1,800 paintings and 1,500 sculptures. The collection spans the Neoclassical, Romantic, Biedermeier, Modernist, and Impressionist movements. Visitors can admire works by European artists across three floors:
- The first upper floor displays works by Adolph Menzel, including Das Balkonzimmer and Das Eisenwalzwerk, alongside pieces by Max Liebermann.
- The second upper floor exhibits French Impressionist masterpieces by Edouard Manet, Claude Monet, Auguste Renoir, Edgar Degas, and Paul Cézanne.
- The third floor highlights Goethe's era with landscapes by Jakob Philipp Hackert, portraits by Anton Graff, and Caspar David Friedrich's The Monk by the Sea and Abbey among Oak Trees.
By exploring these galleries, visitors trace the changing styles and brushwork techniques across Europe over the decades.
What should you know before visiting the Alte Nationalgalerie?
- As one of the must-sees in Berlin, the museum holds around 1,800 paintings and 1,500 sculptures from the 19th century.
- The building opened in 1876.
- Friedrich August Stüler designed the building, and Johann Heinrich Strack completed it.
- Holders of the Berlin WelcomeCard, including the Museum Island edition, must purchase a separate ticket for this museum.
- Holders of the Museum Pass Berlin must purchase a separate ticket for this museum.
- Visitors must show the smartphone ticket at the entrance to gain admission to the galleries.
- The visitor entrance is located on Bodestraße.
- The visitor entrance provides partial wheelchair accessibility. Wheelchairs and mobility aids are available in many museums, but availability should be checked in advance by calling the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin Info Line.
- Eating and drinking are prohibited in the exhibition rooms, but feeding babies is permitted.
- Smoking is banned in all areas of the museum buildings.
- Apart from trained support dogs, animals are not permitted in the exhibition rooms.
- The use of selfie sticks is prohibited.
Plan your visit in advance
Opening hours
The Alte Nationalgalerie welcomes visitors from Tuesday through Sunday. The museum opens at 10:00 and closes at 18:00. The administration closes the exhibition spaces on Mondays. Ticket sales and museum entry end thirty minutes before the daily closing time.
The museum shop and cloakroom follow the main operating hours of the gallery. This weekly schedule allows individuals to explore the art collection during the day, while ensuring that the staff can perform maintenance on Mondays.
