The largest Hohenzollern palace complex in Berlin, with Baroque state rooms, a Porcelain Cabinet, Rococo banqueting halls, and an extensive palace garden.
September 25, 2027 – January 9, 2028
Special exhibition in the New Wing on the art of dessert at European courts in the 18th and 19th centuries – with confectioners' tools, display vessels, and three historically laid dessert tables in the banqueting halls.
It all began with a summer house that Elector Friedrich III had built from 1695 for his consort Sophie Charlotte near the village of Lietzow – the Lietzenburg, begun to plans by Johann Arnold Nering. After Friedrich crowned himself the first King in Prussia in 1701, Johann Friedrich Eosander expanded the house into a stately residence with a domed tower and the Great Orangery. When the art-loving queen died in 1705, the palace and the settlement were named Charlottenburg in her honor.
From 1740, Frederick the Great had Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff build the New Wing, whose banqueting halls – the White Hall and the Golden Gallery – rank among the most splendid interiors of the Rococo. His successor Friedrich Wilhelm II added the theater building by Carl Gotthard Langhans and the Belvedere in the park by 1791. Seven generations of Hohenzollerns lived in and altered the palace, so it reflects the changing tastes of the court from the Baroque to the early 20th century – right up to Schinkel's New Pavilion and the mausoleum for Queen Luise in the palace garden.
Badly damaged in World War II, the complex was rebuilt and refurnished from the 1950s onward. Since 1995 the Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg (Prussian Palaces and Gardens Foundation) has managed the ensemble. Today it presents the Baroque state apartments with the Porcelain Cabinet and palace chapel, the rooms of Frederick the Great with one of the largest collections of 18th-century French painting outside France, and permanent exhibitions on the Hohenzollern dynasty and its silver vault.
| Adults | €12 |
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| Reduced | €8School pupils, students, apprentices, participants in the BFD or FSJ (federal/voluntary service programs), recipients of ALG I (unemployment benefit), and people with a degree of disability of 50 or higher (each with proof) |
| Children & teens | €8free up to age 6 · Children under 7 get free admission (no ticket needed); schoolchildren pay the reduced price. The family ticket includes up to 4 children under 18. |
| Seniors | –No senior discount listed. |
| Visitors with disabilities | €8companion free · Reduced admission from a degree of disability of 50, free admission from 100; a companion recognized by a doctor as necessary ("B" or "H" marker) gets free admission. |
| Students & apprentices | €8Reduced for school pupils, students, and apprentices with ID. |
| Groups | –Group packages at a flat rate through the SPSG group service (0331 9694-222): Old Palace with app or personal guided tour (40 min.) €180 for up to 25 people, overflow flat rate €80 for up to 10 more; New Wing with app (50 min.) €240 for up to 30 people. Reduced rates for school and student groups (e.g., €126). |
| Families | €45charlottenburg+ family ticket: 2 adults and up to 4 children under 18, valid for one day for all SPSG sites in the Charlottenburg palace garden, including the special exhibition. |
Individual tickets for the Old Palace and the New Wing €12 each, reduced €8. Combination ticket charlottenburg+: €19, reduced €14, valid for one day for Schloss Charlottenburg (Old Palace and New Wing), the New Pavilion, and the mausoleum, including the special exhibition; online with a fixed entry time at the Old Palace. Annual pass for SPSG palaces: €80, reduced €60. Free admission for, among others, recipients of social benefits and their children under 18, refugees, press, and ICOM members; companions of holders of the Ehrenamtskarte Berlin/Brandenburg (volunteer card) free.
Partially wheelchair-accessible according to the SPSG. Old Palace: step-free access via a side entrance with a ramp; only the exhibition rooms on the ground floor are step-free; from the palace chapel onward, doorways are only 76–81 cm wide. New Wing: step-free access, all rooms reachable by elevator. Accessible restrooms in the Old Palace and the New Wing. Three accessible parking spaces at the Kavalierflügel/Old Palace, two at the theater building. Portable museum stools; guided tours for people with mobility, visual, or cognitive impairments by advance booking; touch objects on tours for blind visitors; tour and guided tours in Leichte Sprache (Easy German) and plain language. No induction loop. The certificate "Reisen für Alle – Barrierefreiheit geprüft" (partially accessible for visitors with walking difficulties, wheelchair users, and visually impaired and blind visitors) was valid from March 2023 to February 2026. Strollers are not allowed in the exhibition rooms.
Great for kids & families
| Kids’ admission | free up to age 6 |
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| Family ticket | €45 · charlottenburg+ family ticket: 2 adults and up to 4 children under 18, valid for one day for all SPSG sites in the Charlottenburg palace garden, including the special exhibition. |
For conservation reasons, strollers are not allowed in the exhibition rooms. Family tours for children from age 6, e.g., "Ganz zu Ihren Diensten" (At Your Service) with Sophie the lady's maid; children's birthday party "Zu Gast beim König" (Guest of the King) with costumes and minuet, bookable year-round.
Schloss Charlottenburg
Bus to "Schloss Charlottenburg" (Old Palace) or "Luisenplatz/Schloss Charlottenburg" (New Wing); another stop is Klausnerplatz.
Paid parking
Paid parking for cars and buses at the palace (fair parken, license plate recognition): €2 per hour, daily maximum €10, overnight (21:00–9:00) a flat €1.
Museum shop (Walther König bookshop) in the eastern wing of the court of honor: April–October Tue–Sun 10:00–17:30, November–March Tue–Sun 10:00–17:00. Café-restaurant "Kleine Orangerie" next to the palace (external operator; check hours with the operator). Free coat check in the Old Palace, lockers for small luggage in the New Wing; large suitcases cannot be stored.
Up to 1,000 guests.
The Great Orangery west of the Old Palace (west wing, rotunda, east wing, cabinets, and terrace, 260–2,000 m²) is rented year-round for receptions, gala dinners, concerts, and exhibitions with 100 to 1,000 guests; booking through the operator spaces mgt GmbH (ORANGERIE CHARLOTTENBURG). The SPSG offers weddings at other palaces, not at Charlottenburg.
Inquiries & details| Guided tours | yes · approx. 40 min |
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| Audio guide | yes (DE, EN, ES, FR, IT, JA, PL, UK, RU, ZH) |
| School programs | yes |
| Photography | Taking photos and videos during your visit without additional equipment or crew is permitted; photography with additional equipment and commercial photo and film shoots require permission. |
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