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Dear visitors,

due to high demand, we recommend purchasing tickets online in advance to avoid waiting at the ticket office.
We kindly request groups of 15 or more to purchase their tickets online on weekends, public holidays and during school holidays, as we cannot guarantee joint admission otherwise when visitor numbers are high.

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Please note our changed entrace fees at Museum am Löwentor during the special exhibition "Triassic Life – Dawn of the age of reptiles" 17.10.2025-07.06.2026.
This also applies to 12-months-ticket owners.

During the special exhibition, "Triassic Life", at the Museum am Löwentor the area "Paleozoic Era" is not accessible.

Please note that prams are currently not allowed in the exhibition at the Museum am Löwentor. A pram parking area is set up on the forecourt for this purpose.

Opening hours

Opening hours

Tue-Fri: 9:00-17:00
Sat / Son / holidays: 10:00-18:00
Mon:closed
Last entry Tue-Fri: 16:30
Last entry Sat / Son / holidays: 17:30

On public holidays the opening hours are the same as for the weekend (10-18 h), even if the holiday is on a Monday.

The museum is closed on the following public holidays: December 24th, 25th and 31st. On New Year (January 1st) our museum will be open from 13-18 h.

Entrance fees

Overview entrance fees special exhibition

Entrance fees Schloss Rosenstein 17.10.2025-07.06.2026
 Tickets for one house12-months-ticket
Adults€ 8.-€ 26.-
Reduced€ 5.-€ 18.-
Children (up to 18 years)freenot offered
Familiesnot offered€ 52.-
Groups (15 pers. or more)€ 5.-not offered
Combined ticket both houses€ 16.-not offered
Combined ticket reduced both houses€ 13.-not offered
Wednesday afternoon from 1 pm (not on public holidays)freenot offered
Entrance fees Museum am Löwentor 17.10.2025-07.06.2026
 Tickets for one house12-months-ticket
Adults€ 12.-€ 26.-
Reduced€ 9.-€ 18.-
Children (up to 18 years)freenot offered
12-months-ticket owner (adult)€ 4.-not offered
12-months-ticket owner (reduced)€ 3.-not offered
12-months-ticket owner (family: two adults)€ 8.-not offered
Familiesnot offered€ 52.-
Groups (15 pers. or more)€ 9.-not offered
Combined ticket both houses€ 16.-not offered
Combined reduced ticket both houses€ 13.-not offered
Wednesday afternoon from 1 pm (not on public holidays)€ 4.-not offered

Reduced admission:

  • Students
  • Trainees
  • Pensioners
  • Volunteers
  • Voucher coupons
  • Severely disabled with degree of disability 50

Separate admission price for selected tickets:

  • National Family Pass
  • Museums-PASS-Musées
  • StuttCard
  • Bonuscard + Kultur
  • GEOcard
  • Ticket for travelling with the VVS abo or the Metropol day ticket, with a bwtarif ticket valid for the day, with the D-Ticket or the D-Ticket JugendBW

Free admission:

  • Children upto and including age 17
  • Members Deutcher Museumsbund, ICOM
  • Severely disabled with degree of disability 100 + accompanying person if registered on ID card (B) 
  • Disabled person + accompanying person if entered on H permit (in need of help)
  • Members of the Förderverein Naturkundemuseum Stuttgart
  • National Family Pass (in conjunction with the vouchers)
  • Refugees who can prove their refugee status with a document from the immigration authorities
  • Holders of the Medal of Merit of Baden-Württemberg + one accompanying person
  • Holders of the Medal of Rescue of Baden-Württemberg + one accompanying person
  • Press (with registration + national press card)

Card payments: possible

Vouchers: We will be happy to send you entrance vouchers against invoice at the above conditions. Orders can be placed via kontakt[at)smns-bw.de.

Dogs are not allowed in our exhibitions.

Guided Tours

Guiding Fees for Museum am Löwentor and Schloss Rosenstein
 Price and DatesMinimum group size
Guided Tour (1 h)€ 80.- (Tue - Fri)
€ 100.- (Sat, Sun, PH)
€ 120.- (exceeding opening hours)		No minimum size
Tour for preschool (1 h)€ 4.- per person / 1 hNo minimum size
Tour for schools€ 4.- per person / 1 h
€ 5.- per person / 1,5 h		10 persons*2
Tour for schools from Stuttgart€ 1,50 per person*110 persons*2
Projects for pupils, excl. material cost€ 6.- per person / 1,5 h
€ 7.- / € 9.- per person / 2 h		10 persons*2
Talks€ 3.-
€ 2.- reduced		No minimum size
Children's birthday parties€ 80.- (1 h)
€ 100.- including material cost (1,5 h)
€ 120.- / € 150.- including material cost (2 h)		No minimum size

*1 sponsored by state capital Stuttgart
*2 does not apply for special-needs schools

To our guided tours

Plan your journey

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Museum am Löwentor

Address: Rosenstein 1, 70191 Stuttgart

Located: Intersection of Ehmannstrasse and Nordbahnhofstrasse

By car:
Please note that only a limited number of parking spaces are available. We therefore recommend arriving by public transport.
Parking area in the Ehmanstraße (for a navigation device please use “70191 Stuttgart – crossroad Ehmannstraße/Nordbahnhofstraße”). 
location in Google Maps

 

By public transport:

  • S-Bahn-Linien S4, S5, S6: Stop "Nordbahnhof"
  • Straßenbahnlinie U12: Stop "Nordbahnhof"
  • Straßenbahnlinie U13, U16: Stop "Löwentor"

Schloss Rosenstein

Address: Rosenstein 14, 70191 Stuttgart

Located: within the Rosensteinpark, atop the Wilhelma zoo respectively, the tram stop "Mineralbäder/Naturkundemuseum"

By car: Please use the parking lot Wilhelma zoo. For a navigation device please use "Wilhelma 13, 70376 Stuttgart".
location in Google Maps

By public transport:

  • Straßenbahnlinie U1, U2, U14: Stop "Mineralbäder/Naturkundemuseum"
  • S-Bahn-Linien S1, S2, S3: Stop "Bad Cannstatt"
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Address

Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart
Museum am Löwentor, Rosenstein 1, 70191 Stuttgart
Schloss Rosenstein, Rosenstein 14, 70191 Stuttgart
Tel.: 0711 / 8936-0
Fax: 0711 / 8936-100
E-Mail: Museum(at)smns-bw.de

 

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