The museum is open on all public holidays except 24 and 25 December, 31 December and 1 January.
The museum is also closed during Carnival (Saturday to Tuesday). In 2025, this is the period from 1 to 4 March 2025.

Closed Days 2025

including admission to the Natural History Museum  

Reduced admission fee (with ID): Students from 19 years of age, university students, apprentices, severely disabled individuals (accompanying person free of charge), recipients of social welfare, senior citizens aged 63 and above, invalidity pensioners, persons enrolled in a youth or federal voluntary service (e.g. FSJ (Freiwilliges Soziales Jahr – gap year doing voluntary work in the service sector), FÖJ (Freiwilliges Ökologisches Jahr – gap year doing voluntary work in the environmental sector), FJD (Freiwilliges Jahr in der Denkmalpflege – gap year doing work in the monuments preservation sector) or the Freiwilliger Wehrdienst (FWD – voluntary military service).

Free admission: Members of the Internationale Gutenberg-Gesellschaft in Mainz e.V., the Förderverein Gutenberg e.V., the Freundeskreis Gutenberg, the deutscher Museumsbund, and the ICOM, visitors from partner cities of the state capital of Mainz, holder of the MuseumsPASS Musées, the mainzcardplus, the holiday pass, the Juleica pass and the Ehrenamtskarte (voluntary work pass).

Individual and group tours through the exhibitions of the Gutenberg Museum are offered in many languages by the Mainz tour guides in cooperation with mainzplus Citymarketing GmbH.

Inquiries regarding museum educational facilitation offers (special tours, workshops, combination packages, school classes) can be addressed to the Print Shop.

For travelling by rail and train, you can use the travel guide of the Deutsche Bahn including a route planner.

Take the buses of the Public transportation to the stop "Höfchen" or "Fischtor". From the stops it is an approximately 7-minute walk to the museum.

Parking at a fee is available in the parking garages "Am Brand" and "Rathaus-Rheingoldhalle".

Reduced admission fee (with ID): Students from 19 years of age, university students, apprentices, severely disabled individuals (accompanying person free of charge), recipients of social welfare, senior citizens aged 63 and above, invalidity pensioners, persons enrolled in a youth or federal voluntary service (e.g. FSJ (Freiwilliges Soziales Jahr – gap year doing voluntary work in the service sector), FÖJ (Freiwilliges Ökologisches Jahr – gap year doing voluntary work in the environmental sector), FJD (Freiwilliges Jahr in der Denkmalpflege – gap year doing work in the monuments preservation sector) or the Freiwilliger Wehrdienst (FWD – voluntary military service).

Free admission: Members of the Internationale Gutenberg-Gesellschaft in Mainz e.V., the Förderverein Gutenberg e.V., the Freundeskreis Gutenberg, the deutscher Museumsbund, and the ICOM, visitors from partner cities of the state capital of Mainz, holder of the MuseumsPASS Musées, the mainzcardplus, the holiday pass, the Juleica pass and the Ehrenamtskarte (voluntary work pass). Free admission: Members of the Internationale Gutenberg-Gesellschaft in Mainz e.V., the Förderverein Gutenberg e.V., the Freundeskreis Gutenberg, the deutscher Museumsbund, and the ICOM, visitors from partner cities of the state capital of Mainz, holder of the MuseumsPASS Musées, the mainzcardplus, the holiday pass, the Juleica pass and the Ehrenamtskarte (voluntary work pass).

A visit to the Gutenberg Museum is possible for visitors with baby carriages.

The bathrooms are located on the ground floor of the museum and in the black pavillons of the Gutenberg Shop on the musem square.

The Gutenberg Museum offers a diverse program of events that can be found in our Calendar of events. Regular events such as our hourly print demonstrations can be found in the Regular events section.

The cloakroom is in the entrance lobby of the museum and is free of charge for all visitors. We kindly ask you to return the cloakroom chip to the cash desk at the end of your visit.

Please note that we cannot assume liability for items in the cloakroom area.

Group tours through the exhibitions of the Gutenberg Museum are offered by the tour guides of mainzplus Citymarketing GmbH in many languages.

Photography for private purposes is permitted in the Gutenberg Museum. Flash photography and the use of tripods, selfie sticks, drones or similar aids are not allowed.

Photography and filming for commercial purposes or as part of daily news coverage requires prior agreement and written permission from the museum management. For this purpose, please download the attached form, fill it out and send it to our Press Office at presse.gmstadt.mainzde. 

In the interest of all, we ask you not to disturb or obstruct other visitors when taking photographs and to respect their rights to the image when publishing them.

Are you missing a personal item that you left behind at the museum? Our staff at the museum box office will be happy to help you by calling +49 6131 - 12 2688.

The Gutenberg Shop is located in the black pavillons on the musem square. The shop's products are also available online at www.gutenberg-shop.de.

Opening hours:

Museum

Print Shop

Please visit the following link for further information about the Print Shop.

Gutenberg Library

Please note the information for Library users.

The museum is open on all public holidays except 24 and 25 December, 31 December and 1 January.
The museum is also closed during Carnival (Saturday to Tuesday). In 2025, this is the period from 1 to 4 March 2025.

Closed Days 2025

Parking at a fee is available in the parking garages "Am Brand" and "Rathaus-Rheingoldhalle".

The Print Shop of the Gutenberg Museum provides a variety of educational museum facilitation offers. These include a large number of special tours and workshops for adults, children, families, school classes, and kindergartens. See the Facilitation offers section for an overview of all offered facilitation formats.

The Gutenberg Museum offers a diverse program of events that can be found in our Calendar of events. Regular events such as our hourly print demonstrations can be found in the Regular events section.

Reduced admission fee (with ID): Students from 19 years of age, university students, apprentices, severely disabled individuals (accompanying person free of charge), recipients of social welfare, senior citizens aged 63 and above, invalidity pensioners, persons enrolled in a youth or federal voluntary service (e.g. FSJ (Freiwilliges Soziales Jahr – gap year doing voluntary work in the service sector), FÖJ (Freiwilliges Ökologisches Jahr – gap year doing voluntary work in the environmental sector), FJD (Freiwilliges Jahr in der Denkmalpflege – gap year doing work in the monuments preservation sector) or the Freiwilliger Wehrdienst (FWD – voluntary military service).

Free admission: Members of the Internationale Gutenberg-Gesellschaft in Mainz e.V., the Förderverein Gutenberg e.V., the Freundeskreis Gutenberg, the deutscher Museumsbund, and the ICOM, visitors from partner cities of the state capital of Mainz, holder of the MuseumsPASS Musées, the mainzcardplus, the holiday pass, the Juleica pass and the Ehrenamtskarte (voluntary work pass).

For information about public tours that do not require advance registration, see the section Regular events.

Special guided tours through our permanent and special exhibitions can be booked at besuch.gmstadt.mainzde.

Individual and group tours through the exhibitions of the Gutenberg Museum are offered in many languages by the tour guides of mainzplus Citymarketing GmbH. Please use the following contact details to find out more about the guided tours and to make a booking:

Arrival with the Deutsche Bahn

If you are travelling by train, please use the travel information service of Deutsche Bahn.

Public transportation:

Take the buses of the Mainz public transportation system to the stop "Höfchen" or "Fischtor". From the stops it is an approximately 7-minute walk to the museum.

Arrival by car / parking spaces

Parking spaces are available for a fee in the multi-storey car parks "Am Brand" and "Rathaus-Rheingoldhalle".

Do you have questions about bookings, your visit to the Gutenberg Museum or would you like to leave important suggestions for us? Then email us at: besuch.gmstadt.mainzde! We look forward to your comments, questions and criticisms.