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3,157 museums in Germany, the Netherlands, and Denmark – with verified details on what children can experience, what admission costs for the family and whether a visit works with a stroller and changing bag. Choose what matters to you and find suitable museums near you.
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Select everything that matters for your outing. We only show museums that meet all selected points.
3,157 museums match
Show on the mapOur family filters in detail
Each point is a filter of its own in the search – combine it with region, category, “Open now” or “Free admission”. Every one is backed by a specific statement from the museum.
Kid-friendly
According to the museum well suited for children and families. Museums that are only partly suitable – for example only from school age – are marked separately, with a minimum age if the museum recommends one.
1,974 museums · ShowKids 12 & under free
Children aged 12 and under get in free – or admission is free for everyone.
1,463 museums · ShowFamily tours & workshops
Family tours, workshops or holiday programmes especially for children and families.
1,732 museums · ShowActivity booklets & trails
Things to discover on your own: activity booklet, museum trail, children’s audio guide or explorer kit.
840 museums · ShowHands-on stations
Stations to touch, try out and join in throughout the exhibition.
928 museums · ShowStroller-friendly
Easy to get around with a stroller – step-free or with an elevator.
336 museums · ShowKids’ birthday parties
The museum hosts children’s birthday parties with a programme.
825 museums · Show
Our focus: museums kids enjoy
A museum visit with children depends on the details: Is there anything to touch? What does admission cost for the whole family? Can you get in with a stroller, and where can you change a nappy? These things are hard to find on many museum websites. MuseumsAtlas collects them for every museum – consistent, comparable and free.
We only publish a museum once its opening hours, prices and family offers have been researched, based on what the museums themselves publish. If a museum recommends a minimum age – a memorial site, for example – we show it clearly. And if a museum has said nothing about a point, we say so openly instead of guessing.
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Kid-friendly with hands-on stations
A selection of well-known museums where children can touch and try things out themselves.
Wartburg
Deutsches Museum
Kronborg
Zisterzienserabtei Maulbronn
Jüdisches Museum Berlin
Frederiksborg Slot
Hamburger Kunsthalle
Markgräfliches Opernhaus
Nationalmuseet
Museum für Naturkunde Berlin
Statens Museum for Kunst
Miniatur Wunderland
Kid-friendly museums by region
Germany
- Baden-Württemberg185 kid-friendly
- Bavaria266 kid-friendly
- Berlin64 kid-friendly
- Brandenburg54 kid-friendly
- Bremen19 kid-friendly
- Hamburg27 kid-friendly
- Hesse91 kid-friendly
- Lower Saxony133 kid-friendly
- Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania45 kid-friendly
- North Rhine-Westphalia271 kid-friendly
- Rhineland-Palatinate65 kid-friendly
- Saarland10 kid-friendly
- Saxony140 kid-friendly
- Saxony-Anhalt51 kid-friendly
- Schleswig-Holstein65 kid-friendly
- Thuringia75 kid-friendly
For nurseries, schools, family portals and editors
You plan outings with children, run a family portal or write about days out? Feel free to link to this page or straight to a suitable selection – every search can be shared as a link, such as “kid-friendly with hands-on stations in Bavaria”. For partnerships, tips and questions, reach us at christoph.hein@museumsatlas.com.
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Something missing or out of date?
Family offers change – a new trail, a holiday programme, a new changing room. If you notice something, let us know. Museums can also send us their details directly: christoph.hein@museumsatlas.com