Opening hours & prices
Tuesday to Sunday 11 am – 18 pm (last admission 17.15 pm), closed on Monday
Special opening times: Good Friday, Easter Sunday, Easter Monday, 1 May, Ascension Day, Whit Monday, Corpus Christi, 3 October, 1 November, 26 December 11am – 18pm
Closed: Shrove Monday, December 24th, 25th, 31st and January 1st
Visitors with online tickets receive priority access to the LUDWIGGALERIE, but if there is a large number of visitors, there may still be waiting times even with online tickets, the RUHR.TOPCARD and the RUHRKULTUR.CARD.
entrance fees
▶ per person 12 €
▶ reduced 6 €
upon presentation of the relevant ID:
- students aged 18 and over
- students
- Trainee
- Persons with severe disabilities with a GdB of 70
- recipients of social benefits
- recipients of unemployment benefits
- Groups from 10 people per person
- members of the Kunstverein Oberhausen e. V.
- Members of the Oberhausen Artists Working Group
- holders of a volunteer card
▶ group ticket 38,40 €
- Small group discount (valid for 4 full-paying adults 20% discount on normal price)
▶ Free admission
- Children and adolescents up to 17 years of age
- Members of the Friends of the LUDWIGGALERIE Schloss Oberhausen e. V.
- Companion of people with disabilities with feature B
- owners of the speciesOthek customer card
- members of the ICoM (International Council of Museums)
- members of the German Museums Association
- employees of the RuhrKunstMuseen
- press representatives
- Holders of the RUHR.TOPCARD and the RUHRKULTUR.CARD
with appropriate legitimacy.
▶ You can get online tickets here
▶ Combined ticket with the gasometer €19. (The Combination tickets are only available at the box office.)
▶ audio guide
A free audio guide is available at the ticket counter for the exhibition and can be used with your own mobile phone. If using your mobile phone, please bring your own headphones. The audio guide can also be downloaded from the website.
Guided Tours
▶ Group tours: 60 minutes 60 € or 90 minutes and foreign language tours 90 € + 6 € reduced admission per person
▶ Public tours: every Sunday and public holiday at 11.30 am, free of charge in conjunction with museum admission
▶ School tours: 30 € + 1 € per student
▶ Guided tours and groups without a guide only after registration and appointment with the visitor service.
cancellation fee
If the group does not show up or if a booked tour is cancelled less than 6 calendar days before the booked date, a cancellation fee of half the price of the booked tour will be charged.
visitor service
Bookings and reservations, information about the exhibitions, guided tours and shop, museum educational offers for adults, children and young people at:
Tel 0208 41249 28
Fax. 0208 41249 30
Barrier-free access
The LUDWIGGALERIE is a barrier-free museum. Disabled parking spaces are available. The path to the entrance is on a sloping level. All floors of the main building can be reached via the wheelchair-accessible elevator. A loaner wheelchair is available. There is a disabled-accessible toilet in the basement of the main building. The Small Castle is on the ground floor and all rooms are barrier-free.
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01806 / 18 16 50 (0,20 € from German landlines, mobile phone price max. 0,60 €/call)
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01806 / 18 16 180 (0,20 € from German landlines, mobile phone price max. 0,60 €/call)
Links to the cooperation partners of the LUDWIGGALERIE
The LUDWIGGALERIE is a member of the German Museums Association.
www.netzwerk-grafische-sammlungen.com
The LUDWIGGALERIE belongs to the Network of Graphic Collections NRW which provides a forum for the museums' activities in the field of graphics.
The museum platform nrw, which was initiated by the NRW Cultural Secretariat and brings together 25 museums, the LUDWIGGALERIE presents major works from its collection.
www.oberhausener-schlossnächte.de
www.kulturpartner.net
www.icom-deutschland.de
www.art-magazin.de/cityguide
www.bvgd.org
Members of the BVGD eV (Federal Association of Tour Guides in Germany) receive reduced admission upon presentation of their ID.