Natural History Museums in Germany
Natural history and marine museums with collections on animals, plants, minerals and the history of the Earth.
225Museums
15States
Bavaria (48)
Jura-Museum
from €6 1 exhibition
Paläontologisches Museum München
Free admission
Deutsches Jagd- und Fischereimuseum
from €7 1 exhibition
Alpines Museum
from €6 1 exhibition
Archaeopteryxwelten Solnhofen
from €6 1 exhibition
Naturkundemuseum Bamberg
from €5 1 exhibition
Geologisches Museum München
Free admission
Mineralogisches Museum Würzburg
Free admission 1 exhibition
Museum Mensch und Natur
from €3.50 3 exhibitions
Museum Mineralogia München
from €5 2 exhibitions
RiesKraterMuseum
from €5
ESO Supernova Planetarium & Besucherzentrum
Free admission
Fichtelgebirgsmuseum
from €5 2 exhibitions
Naturkunde- und Mammut-Museum Siegsdorf
from €10 1 exhibition
Naturkunde-Museum Coburg
from €6 1 exhibition
Stadtmuseum Schwabach
from €5
Waldmuseum Zwiesel
from €8 2 exhibitions
Bergwerk Werra
from €12
Bionicum
from €21 1 exhibition
Deutsches Gewürzmuseum
from €9
Fränkische Schweiz-Museum
from €5
Freilandmuseum Grassemann
from €2.50
Goldbergbaumuseum Goldkronach
from €4
Granitzentrum Bayerischer Wald
from €8
Graphit-Besucherbergwerk Kropfmühl
from €12
Haus der Berge
from €4
Historisches Besucherbergwerk Bodenmais
from €10.50
Kindermuseum Nürnberg
from €8 3 exhibitions
Lechmuseum Bayern
Free admission
Missionsmuseum der Erzabtei St. Ottilien
Free admission
Museum Bayerisches Vogtland
from €5
Museum Bergér
from €4
Museum der Gartenkultur
from €3
Museum Terra Triassica Euerdorf
from €3
MuseumsQuartier Tirschenreuth
from €4
Naturhistorisches Museum Nürnberg
from €6 2 exhibitions
Naturkundemuseum Ostbayern
from €5
Naturmuseum Augsburg
from €3.50 1 exhibition
Naturwissenschaftliches Museum Aschaffenburg
from €1
NordJURA-Museum
Pfefferminzmuseum Eichenau
Free admission
Rhönmuseum
from €6
Spix-Museum
Free admission
Stadtmuseum Schwandorf
from €3
Urwelt-Museum Oberfranken
from €5
Urzeitmuseum Taufkirchen
from €9
Walderlebniszentrum Ziegelwies
from €5
Zeidelmuseum Feucht
from €3
North Rhine-Westphalia (30)
Neanderthal Museum
from €14 2 exhibitions
NS-Ordensburg Vogelsang
from €12 1 exhibition
Museum Koenig
from €6 1 exhibition
Aquazoo – Löbbecke Museum
from €10 1 exhibition
Naturkunde-Museum Bielefeld
from €4 3 exhibitions
Quadrat Bottrop
Free admission 5 exhibitions
Ruhr Museum
from €10 4 exhibitions
LWL-Museum für Naturkunde
from €9 2 exhibitions
Aquarius-Wassermuseum
from €7
LVR-Freilichtmuseum Lindlar
from €8
Mineralogisches Museum der Universität Bonn
from €3 1 exhibition
Westfälisches Pferdemuseum Münster
from €23.90 1 exhibition
Baumberger Sandsteinmuseum
Free admission
Besucher-Bergwerk und Museum Kleinenbremen
from €11
Besucherbergwerk Kilianstollen
from €10
Bienenmuseum Duisburg
from €3.50
Dechenhöhle und Deutsches Höhlenmuseum Iserlohn
from €10
Geomuseum der Universität Münster
Free admission
Goldfuß-Museum
Haus Ruhrnatur
from €7
Jagdmuseum Schalksmühle
Free admission
Landschafts-Informationszentrum
from €5
Lippisches Landesmuseum
from €8 1 exhibition
LWL-Museum für Erdgeschichte
from €8
Mineralien-Museum Essen-Kupferdreh
Free admission
Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte
Naturkundliche Ausstellung im Hirtentor
Naturmuseum Dortmund
Free admission 1 exhibition
Naturzentrum Eifel
from €2
PHÄNOMENTA Lüdenscheid
from €14.50
Lower Saxony (22)
Niedersächsisches Landesmuseum Hannover
from €10 4 exhibitions
Staatliches Naturhistorisches Museum Braunschweig
from €9 2 exhibitions
Landesmuseum Natur und Mensch Oldenburg
from €6 2 exhibitions
Zoologisches Museum Göttingen
Feuerschiff Borkumriff
from €6.50
Forum Wissen
Free admission 3 exhibitions
Geowissenschaftliches Museum der Universität Göttingen
Free admission 1 exhibition
Goslarer Museum
from €6 1 exhibition
Moor- und Fehnmuseum Elisabethfehn
from €6.50 1 exhibition
Natureum Niederelbe
from €11 3 exhibitions
Albert-König-Museum
from €3
Dinosaurier-Park Münchehagen
from €16.90
Emsland Moormuseum
from €8
Forschungsmuseum Schöningen
from €9
Jagdschloss Springe
from €3
Küstenmuseum Wilhelmshaven
from €5
Museum am Schölerberg
from €6.50
Museum der Stadt Alfeld (Leine)
Free admission
Museum Lüneburg
from €10
Sandsteinmuseum Bad Bentheim
from €3
Seehundstation Norddeich
from €12
UNESCO-Weltnaturerbe Wattenmeer-Besucherzentrum Cuxhaven
Free admission
Baden-Württemberg (20)
Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Karlsruhe
from €6 1 exhibition
Museum Natur und Mensch
from €5 1 exhibition
Grube Wenzel
from €11
MiMa Mineralien- und Mathematikmuseum
from €9
Museum Biberach
from €6 2 exhibitions
Paläontologische Sammlung der Universität Tübingen
Free admission
Besucherbergwerk Tiefer Stollen
from €13
Bienenkundemuseum Münstertal
from €4
Carl-Schweizer-Museum
from €4
experimenta
from €12 1 exhibition
Fürstlich-Fürstenbergische Sammlungen
from €5
Museum am Löwentor
from €8
Museum Auberlehaus
from €7.50
Museum im Ritterhaus
from €6
Museum Schloss Rosenstein
from €8 2 exhibitions
Naturkundemuseum Reutlingen
Free admission
Urgeschichtliches Museum im Rathaus
Free admission
Urmensch-Museum
from €2
Urwelt-Museum Hauff
from €9
Urweltmuseum Aalen
from €2
Thuringia (17)
Barbarossahöhle
from €12.50
Phyletisches Museum
from €4.50 1 exhibition
Naturkundemuseum Erfurt
from €6 1 exhibition
Mauritianum
Free admission 4 exhibitions
Museum für Naturkunde Gera
from €6 5 exhibitions
Schaubergwerk Morassina
from €14
Brehms Welt – Tiere und Menschen
from €7 1 exhibition
Deutsches Bienenmuseum Weimar
from €5 1 exhibition
Deutsches Gartenbaumuseum
from €6.50 1 exhibition
Eichsfeldmuseum
from €5 3 exhibitions
Jagdhaus Gabelbach
from €6
Museum der Natur Gotha
from €6
Naturhistorisches Museum Schloss Bertholdsburg
from €6 3 exhibitions
Parkhöhle
from €7
Schieferpark Lehesten
from €9.50
Goldmuseum Theuern
from €3
Hörselbergmuseum
from €4
Saxony (16)
Panometer Leipzig
from €16
Naturkundemuseum Leipzig
Free admission 1 exhibition
Panometer Dresden
from €16 1 exhibition
Burg Mylau
from €12 1 exhibition
Senckenberg Museum für Naturkunde Görlitz
from €5 3 exhibitions
Kunstsammlungen Zwickau
from €4 3 exhibitions
Lausitzer Findlingspark Nochten
from €10
Schloss Wolkenstein
from €4.50
Senckenberg Naturmuseum Dresden
from €5 1 exhibition
Freilichtmuseum Erlichthof
from €3
Grube Tannenberg
from €4.50
Lindenmuseum Clara Schumann
Free admission
Museum der Westlausitz Kamenz
from €5
Museum für Naturkunde Chemnitz
from €4
Museum Naturalienkabinett Waldenburg
from €9
Urzeitpark Sebnitz
from €7
Schleswig-Holstein (12)
Zoologisches Museum Kiel
from €8 1 exhibition
Museum für Natur und Umwelt Lübeck
from €7 1 exhibition
Nordfriesland Museum Husum
from €8 2 exhibitions
Steinzeitpark Dithmarschen
from €10.50
Tierpark Arche Warder
from €15
Eiszeit-Haus
Free admission
Haus der Natur Cismar
from €5
Naturkundemuseum Niebüll
from €4
Naturkundliches Museum Wilster
Free admission
Naturwissenschaftliches Museum Flensburg
from €10
Schleswig-Holsteinisches Eiszeitmuseum
from €7
Torfbahn Himmelmoor
from €7
Hesse (11)
Senckenberg-Naturmuseum
from €12 2 exhibitions
Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt
from €8 6 exhibitions
Museum Wiesbaden
from €8 8 exhibitions
Naturkundemuseum im Ottoneum
from €2 1 exhibition
EXPERIMINTA ScienceCenter
from €14
Fossilien- und Heimatmuseum Messel
Free admission 1 exhibition
Lahn-Marmor-Museum
from €6 2 exhibitions
Mineralogisches Museum der Philipps-Universität Marburg
from €3 1 exhibition
Museum Sinclair-Haus
from €6 2 exhibitions
Vonderau Museum
from €3.50 2 exhibitions
Wolfgang-Bonhage-Museum Korbach
from €4 1 exhibition
Rhineland-Palatinate (11)
Deutsches Edelsteinmuseum
from €9.50 1 exhibition
Naturhistorisches Museum (Mainz)
from €10
Maarmuseum
from €3
Pfalzmuseum für Naturkunde
from €3 2 exhibitions
Dynamikum
from €12
GEOSKOP Urweltmuseum
from €2.60
Grube Bendisberg
from €8
Lava-Dome Mendig
from €8.50
Paläontologisches Museum Nierstein
Free admission
Vulkanmuseum Daun
from €3
Ziegeleimuseum Sondernheim
from €5
Saxony-Anhalt (10)
Franckesche Stiftungen
from €8 2 exhibitions
Museum der städtischen Sammlungen im Zeughaus
from €7 1 exhibition
Brockenhaus
from €8
Geiseltalmuseum
Kreismuseum Bitterfeld
from €3
Meckelsche Sammlungen
from €10 1 exhibition
Museum für Haustierkunde „Julius Kühn“
Free admission
Museum für Naturkunde und Vorgeschichte
from €4.50
Museum Heineanum
from €7
Spengler-Museum und Spengler-Haus Sangerhausen
from €3
Brandenburg (8)
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (8)
Berlin (4)
Bremen (4)
Hamburg (4)
Natural History Museums in Germany: Overview & Tips
Our guide lists 225 natural history museums in Germany, spread across 15 states and 187 towns and cities. Most of them are in Bavaria (48), North Rhine-Westphalia (30), and Lower Saxony (22).
At the city level, Munich (6), Berlin (4), and Halle (Saale) (4) lead the way – ideal if you want to see several natural history museums in a single day.
34 museums are free to visit. For the others with a published price, a regular adult ticket costs €6.50 at the median, and the middle half charge between €5 and €10.
80 museums are fully wheelchair accessible, 194 offer dedicated programs for families, and 77 have a café or restaurant. These figures come from our ongoing research – museums whose details we haven’t verified yet aren’t included in the counts.
Top 10 natural history museums in Germany
The best-known natural history museums in Germany
Museum für Naturkunde BerlinNature · Berlin
Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum BerlinNature · Berlin
Senckenberg-NaturmuseumNature · Frankfurt am Main
Ozeaneum StralsundNature · Stralsund
Neanderthal MuseumArchaeology · Mettmann
Hessisches Landesmuseum DarmstadtArt · Darmstadt
Museum WiesbadenArt · Wiesbaden
NS-Ordensburg VogelsangMemorial · Schleiden
Museum KoenigNature · Bonn
BarbarossahöhleNature · Kyffhäuserland
Natural history museums in Germany with free admission
Naturkundemuseum LeipzigNature · Leipzig
Paläontologisches Museum MünchenNature · Munich
MauritianumNature · Altenburg- Museum der Natur Hamburg – ZoologieNature · Hamburg
Quadrat BottropArt · Bottrop
Geologisches Museum MünchenNature · Munich
Mineralogisches Museum WürzburgNature · Würzburg
ESO Supernova Planetarium & BesucherzentrumNature · Garching bei München
Forum WissenHistory · Göttingen
Geowissenschaftliches Museum der Universität GöttingenNature · Göttingen
Natural history museums in Germany with programs for families
- Museum für Naturkunde BerlinNature · Berlin
- Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum BerlinNature · Berlin
- Senckenberg-NaturmuseumNature · Frankfurt am Main
- Ozeaneum StralsundNature · Stralsund
- Neanderthal MuseumArchaeology · Mettmann
- Hessisches Landesmuseum DarmstadtArt · Darmstadt
- Museum WiesbadenArt · Wiesbaden
- NS-Ordensburg VogelsangMemorial · Schleiden
- Museum KoenigNature · Bonn
- BarbarossahöhleNature · Kyffhäuserland
Wheelchair-accessible natural history museums in Germany
- Museum für Naturkunde BerlinNature · Berlin
- Ozeaneum StralsundNature · Stralsund
- Neanderthal MuseumArchaeology · Mettmann
- Museum WiesbadenArt · Wiesbaden
- NS-Ordensburg VogelsangMemorial · Schleiden
- Museum KoenigNature · Bonn
Panometer LeipzigArt · Leipzig
Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde KarlsruheNature · Karlsruhe
Naturkundemuseum im OttoneumNature · Kassel- Paläontologisches Museum MünchenNature · Munich
Natural history museums in Germany with the highest published visitor numbers
- Ozeaneum StralsundNature · Stralsund
experimentaTechnology · Heilbronn
Klimahaus BremerhavenNature · Bremerhaven- Senckenberg-NaturmuseumNature · Frankfurt am Main
Ruhr MuseumRegional · Essen- Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde KarlsruheNature · Karlsruhe
- Neanderthal MuseumArchaeology · Mettmann
- Museum WiesbadenArt · Wiesbaden
EXPERIMINTA ScienceCenterTechnology · Frankfurt am Main
Tierpark Arche WarderNature · Warder
Current special exhibitions at natural history museums in Germany
- DINOSAURIER! – Zeitalter der RiesenechsenMuseum für Naturkunde Berlin · Berlin · until November 30, 2026
- ZUGvögel – Eine Sammlung in BewegungMuseum für Naturkunde Berlin · Berlin · until June 30, 2027
- Sargassum – Fluch und SegenSenckenberg-Naturmuseum · Frankfurt am Main
- Secret Service: Frauen in der NaturforschungSenckenberg-Naturmuseum · Frankfurt am Main · until October 31, 2027
- 2 Millionen Jahre MigrationNeanderthal Museum · Mettmann · until November 1, 2026
- PLAYMOBIL Zeitreise NeandertalNeanderthal Museum · Mettmann · until November 1, 2027
- Hedwig Kruse – Eine Druckkünstlerin lebt ihren TraumHessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt · Darmstadt · until October 18, 2026
- Wiederentdeckt! Textile Bilder für das Hessische Landesmuseum DarmstadtHessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt · Darmstadt · until October 25, 2026
- Facettenreiche Insekten – Vielfalt, Gefährdung, SchutzHessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt · Darmstadt · until January 24, 2027
- Drachen – Mythos und WirklichkeitHessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt · Darmstadt · until January 17, 2027
By state
Cities with the most museums
Good to know
Founded 1695Franckesche Stiftungen has the longest history594,000visits a year at Ozeaneum Stralsund – the top figure among natural history museums in Germany
61museums are regularly open on Mondays, too
2 hoursis how long a typical visit takes
83museums are showing special exhibitions right nowFrequently asked questions
How many natural history museums are there in Germany?
Our directory currently lists 225 natural history museums in Germany across 187 towns and cities.
What are the best-known natural history museums in Germany?
Some of the best known are Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum Berlin, Senckenberg-Naturmuseum, Ozeaneum Stralsund, and Neanderthal Museum.
Which natural history museums in Germany offer free admission?
34 museums are free to visit – for example Naturkundemuseum Leipzig, Paläontologisches Museum München, Mauritianum, and Museum der Natur Hamburg – Zoologie.
Which natural history museums in Germany are open on Mondays?
Many museums are closed on Mondays, but according to their regular hours 61 are open, such as Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum Berlin, Senckenberg-Naturmuseum, and Ozeaneum Stralsund.
Which natural history museums in Germany are wheelchair accessible?
80 museums are fully wheelchair accessible, including Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, Ozeaneum Stralsund, and Neanderthal Museum. Others are partially accessible – you’ll find the details on each museum’s page.
How much does it cost to visit natural history museums in Germany?
A regular adult ticket costs €6.50 at the median, with prices ranging from €1 to €25.50. Children, students and families usually pay less.
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