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Please note that special exhibitions can require a different entrance fee.

Reduced entrance fee until 16^th February due to remodeling of the permanent exhibition at Schloss Rosenstein.

A reduced admission price applies to: Students, trainees, pensioners, volunteers as well as selected tickets (Landesfamilienpass, Museums-PASS-Musée, Stuttcard, Bonuscard + Kultur, VVS-Abonnement (only for a limited time, please note current information), VVS- Tickets (only for a limited time, please note current information), GEO-Card and voucher coupons.

Free admission:

• Children up to their 18th birthday
• 100% severely handicapped + accompanying person if registered on ID card (B)
• Disabled person + accompanying person if entered on H permit (in need of help)
• Members of our friends’ and supporters’ association
• National Family Pass (in conjunction with the vouchers)

On public holidays the opening hours are the same as for the weekend (10-18 h). The museum is closed on the following public holidays: December 24^th, 25^th and 31^st. On New Year (January 1^st) our museum will be open from 13-18 h.

At the Museum am Löwentor we offer an audio guide in English for adults. You can use your own mobile device or lend one. Fee: € 2.-

Information on accessibility in our museum can be found here.

Yes, the “Café Fossil” at the Museum am Löwentor. At Schloss Rosenstein there is the Africa Lounge with a coffee machine and water dispenser. Nearby (at the public transport stop “Mineralbäder/Naturkundemuseum”) you can find the bistro/café “Flora und Fauna”.

In our exhibitions, food and drinks are allowed in special areas. At the Museum am Löwentor you find that “picnic area” downstairs near the lockers and restrooms. At Schloss Rosenstein you can use our Africa Lounge.

Please note: Due to redesign of the permanent exhibition the Africa Lounge in Schloss Rosenstein cannot be used at the moment. Temporarily, you can take your meal at the column hall.

The collections are fundamental for the research at the museum. There are approximately 12 million objects from the areas zoology, botany and geology/paleontology. The entomology has its own department due to the enormous number of species.

Our collections are not open to the public.