Plan your visit

Special opening hours 2023

Closed days 2023

Closed days 2023

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), holder of the Bahncard (railway card), the wgb-KulturCard.
Holder of the Wiesbaden Tourist Card pay a reduced admission fee of €3.50.

Free admission: Children up to 7 years of age, 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).

The audio guide is available at the museum ticket counter. 6 audio tours take visitors through different sections of the museum. 5 extra tours offer a deeper insight into special areas of the permanent exhibition.

Languages: German, English, French, Korean

Cost: €3.50 (The korean audio guide is free)

The audio guide is available for iOS and Android.

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.

Please note that from November 2022 until the end of March 2023 these tours are suspended! 

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

For traveling 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), holder of the Bahncard (railway card) and the SWR Kulturkarte (culture card)

Holder of the Wiesbaden Tourist Card pay a reduced admission fee of €3.50.

Free admission: Children up to 7 years of age, 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).

Audio guide

Our audio guide with six "listening tours" takes adults, adolescents, and children through the permanent exibition of the museum. The audio guide is available in the languages German, English, French, and Korean for a rental fee of €3.50 (per device) at the museum ticket counter.

An audio guide app is also available for download for iOS and Android.

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.

Special prices for groups of 10 or more:

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. Furthermore, photography and filming in the vault is generally not permitted for conservation reasons. 

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 2644.

The Gutenberg Shop is located in the exhibition building. The offers of the shop are also available at www.gutenberg-shop.de.

Opening hours:

Museum

Closed on Mondays and public holidays.

Print Shop

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

Gutenberg Library

Please note the information for Library users.

Special opening hours 2023

Closed days 2023

Closed days 2023

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

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), holder of the Bahncard (railway card), the SWR Kulturkarte (culture card) and the wgb-KulturCard. 

Holder of the Wiesbaden Tourist Card pay a reduced admission fee of €3.50.

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.