Bildergalerie
Germany’s oldest surviving princely museum building, in Park Sanssouci, with Baroque paintings by Caravaggio, Rubens and van Dyck.
Om museet
Frederick the Great had the Bildergalerie (Picture Gallery) built east of Sanssouci Palace between 1755 and 1764 to plans by Johann Gottfried Büring. The long, single-story building is the counterpart to the Neue Kammern (New Chambers) on the west side of the palace and is considered the oldest surviving museum building of a prince in Germany.
The king initially collected mainly French Rococo painting, but then turned to history paintings of the Italian Renaissance and the Flemish and Dutch Baroque. A catalog from 1764 lists 146 works. The paintings were hung closely together and arranged by school: Flemish and Dutch in the west wing, Italians in the east, the principal works in the center and smaller formats in a cabinet. The magnificent gallery, with its gilded coffered ceiling, diamond-patterned marble floor and green wall coverings, has survived largely in its original state.
During the Second World War the paintings were evacuated, and many ended up in the Soviet Union. A large proportion returned in 1958, but numerous pictures are still missing today. In 2024 a closure loomed for cost reasons, which was averted with additional federal funding.
Today the Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten (Prussian Palaces and Gardens Foundation) shows well over 100 paintings from the 16th to 18th centuries in the restored Baroque hang, complemented by ancient and French sculptures. The gallery is open seasonally from May to October.
Højdepunkter
- Caravaggio’s “The Incredulity of Saint Thomas”
- Seven paintings by Peter Paul Rubens, including “Saint Jerome”
- Five works by Anthony van Dyck
- Gallery hall with a gilded coffered ceiling and marble floor in a dense Baroque hang
- Oldest surviving princely museum building in Germany
Permanente udstillinger
- Gemäldesammlung Friedrichs des Großen – Around 140 paintings by Italian, Flemish and Dutch masters of the 16th to 18th centuries in the historic hang of the gallery hall, complemented by ancient sculptures.
- Grundlagt
- 1764
- Ejer
- Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg (SPSG)
Entrépriser & rabatter
| Voksne | 8 € |
|---|---|
| Nedsat pris | 6 €School students, university students, apprentices, BFD/FSJ volunteer-service participants, people with disabilities (degree of disability 50 or higher), recipients of unemployment benefit I and refugees (each with proof) |
| Børn og unge | 6 €gratis til og med 6 år · Children under 7 free; older children pay the reduced price as school students. |
| Pensionister | –No senior discount mentioned. |
| Personer med handicap | 6 €ledsager gratis · Reduced with a degree of disability of 50 or higher, free admission with a degree of 100. A necessary companion (“B” or “H” marker) is admitted free. |
| Studerende og elever | 6 €Reduced for school students, university students and apprentices. |
| Grupper | –Group admission with app (70 min., up to 40 people) flat rate €160, for school and youth groups €112; book through the SPSG group service. |
| Familier | 30 €Familienkarte Potsdam (family ticket) for 2 adults and up to 4 children, valid for one day in all open SPSG palaces in Potsdam except Sanssouci; sanssouci+ family ticket including Sanssouci Palace €49. |
| sanssouci+ ticket (all SPSG palaces in Potsdam, 1 day) | 22 €reduced €17 |
| sanssouci+ family ticket | 49 €2 adults and up to 4 children |
| Palaces annual pass | 80 €reduced €60 |
Free admission for, among others, recipients of social transfer payments and their children under 18, annual pass holders and members of the press. From January 1, 2027, the SPSG is raising prices; a new Flanierticket (strolling ticket, €10, reduced €8) will then cover the smaller buildings in Park Sanssouci, including the Bildergalerie and the Neue Kammern. According to press reports, the sanssouci+ ticket will cost €24 (reduced €20) from 2027; the new individual prices had not yet been published on the museum’s page at the time of writing.
Tilgængelighed
- Kørestolsvenlig: findes ikke
- Elevator: findes ikke
- Handicaptoilet: ingen oplysninger
- Handicapparkering: ingen oplysninger
- Servicehunde tilladt
- Taktile tilbud: ingen oplysninger
- Rundvisninger på tegnsprog: ingen oplysninger
- Letlæste tilbud: ingen oplysninger
- Synstolkning: ingen oplysninger
Classified by the SPSG as not suitable for wheelchairs; the exhibition rooms are not accessible to wheelchair users. For conservation reasons, strollers are not allowed in the exhibition rooms. Assistance dogs welcome.
Børn og familie
Velegnet til børn og familier
| Entré for børn | gratis til og med 6 år |
|---|---|
| Familiebillet | 30 € · Familienkarte Potsdam (family ticket) for 2 adults and up to 4 children, valid for one day in all open SPSG palaces in Potsdam except Sanssouci; sanssouci+ family ticket including Sanssouci Palace €49. |
- Familieomvisninger & workshops
- Opgavehæfte, skattejagt eller audioguide for børn
- Barnevognsvenlig: findes ikke
Children’s version of the free SANSSOUCI app for ages 8 to 11 (German/English). For conservation reasons, strollers are not allowed in the exhibition rooms.
Transport & parkering
Med offentlig transport
Stops “Potsdam, Schloss Sanssouci” or “Potsdam, Orangerie/Botanischer Garten”.
I bil
Betalingsparkering
Paid parking lot P1 at the Historische Mühle (historic windmill) for cars and buses.
From April to October, a free volunteer-run shuttle service operates daily 11:00–17:30 in the park between the Grünes Gitter and the Neues Palais (not in heavy rain).
Planlæg ruteService & spisesteder
- Café: findes ikke
- Restaurant: findes ikke
No café or restaurant in the building; cafés and restaurants in the area around the park.
Arrangementer & udlejning
The Bildergalerie is not listed as an SPSG event venue; inquiries to eventlocations@spsg.de.
Planlæg dit besøg
| Rundvisninger | ja |
|---|---|
| Audioguide | ja (DE, EN, ES, IT, FR, PL, NL) |
| Godt at vide | Self-guided visit with the free SANSSOUCI app (bring your own headphones). There are no regular guided tours; occasionally, expert-led tours are held as events. Groups book through the SPSG group service (gruppenservice@spsg.de, 0331 96 94-222). |
