Opening Hours
Visitor Information Center
Daily from 8:30 am to 5:00 pm
Outdoor areas and exhibitions
Summer (March 31 to October 26)
8:30 am to 6 pm
Winter (October 27 to March 30)
8:30 am to 4:30 pm
The memorial offersGuided Tours andWorkshops.
Audio guides
Audio guides with which you can to explore the Memorial on your own, are available at the Memorial's Visitor Information Centre. The hire fee is 3,50 Euro per device (the group rate is 2,50 Euro per device).
The audio guides are available in the following languages: German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese, Russian.
There is a sufficient number of devices available. A reservation is not necessary.
Library
Tuesday to Thursday 9:00 am to 2:30 pm.
Further information about the Archive, Library, Collection department and Media library.
Prices
Admission to the Memorial and the Museums is free!
If you would like to book guided tours and workshops, please register at least four months in advance due to high demand.
Current information for bookings:
From now on, please book exclusively via our new booking website. (Requests using the old registration form will no longer be processed).
Instructions:
1. Select a desired date in the calendar.
2. A registration form will open. Once you have completed the registration form, send the booking request.
3. You will then receive a confirmation of receipt with a summary of your booking request.
4. As soon as the booking request has been accepted by us, you will receive a booking confirmation with important information for your visit. (Please note: your guided tour/workshop will only take place if you receive this booking confirmation).
5. Approximately three weeks before the booked and confirmed date, you will receive an automatic reminder.
Fees for guided tours and workshops:
Group Tours
In German
Reduced fee (e.g., schools): 50 Euro
Full fee: 90 Euro
In a foreign language
Reduced fee (e.g., schools): 90 Euro
Full fee: 110 Euro
Workshops
In German
Reduced fee (e.g., schools): 75 Euro
Full fee: 140 Euro
In a foreign language
Reduced fee (e.g., schools): 110 Euro
Full fee: 160 Euro
Audio Guides
Single: 3,50 Euro
Group price (10 devices or more): 2,50 Euro
Travel information from Berlin-Centre
S-Bahn
- S-Bahn line S 1 (Wannsee - Oranienburg) to Oranienburg train station (Travel time from Berlin Friedrichstraße station 45 minutes, every 20 minutes).
Regional Trains
In case you are travelling with the regional train, please alight at Oranienburg station and not at Sachsenhausen station.
- Regional train RE 5 (direction Stralsund/Rostock - Neustrelitz - Wünsdorf-Waldstadt/Elsterwerda) to Oranienburg station (travel time from Berlin Main Station (Hauptbahnhof) 25 minutes, runs hourly).
- Regional train RB 12 (direction Templin) from Berlin-Ostkreuz and Berlin- Lichtenberg to Oranienburg Station (travel time 25 minutes, runs hourly).
- Regional train RB 32 (direction Oranienburg) from Berlin-Schönefeld and Berlin-Ostkreuz to Oranienburg Station.
- Regional train RB 20 from Potsdam to Oranienburg station (travel time 60 minutes, runs hourly)
Please note: From May 31 to July 31, there will be no regional trains running between Oranienburg and Berlin.
Buses departing in front of Oranienburg train station
- Bus line 804 (hourly 8:19 etc., direction Malz, last bus 17:19) to the stop "Gedenkstätte".
- Bus line 821 (11:55, 13:55, 14:55, 15:43 and 17:00, direction Tiergarten) to the stop "Gedenkstätte".
Tickets at VBB rates, from Berlin-Hauptbahnhof or Berlin-Friedrichstraße zone "Berlin ABC"; from Berlin-Lichtenberg "Berlin BC". These tickets are also valid for the OVG bus lines in Oranienburg.
Alternatively the Memorial can be reached from Oranienburg train station in 20 minutes on foot.
Cars and Buses
From Berlin take the city motorway A 111 towards Hamburg; at the Oranienburg junction take the A 10 motorway (Berliner Ring) towards Prenzlau as far as the Birkenwerder exit; then take the B 96 to Oranienburg and follow the signs to the Memorial ("Gedenkstätte").
