General visitor information

Opening hours

• Outdoor area: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m., last entry at 5:30 p.m.
• Greenhouses: 10 a.m. – 5:30 p.m., last entry at 5 p.m.

The Botanical Garden opens every day, except on 24^th and 31^st December.
Short-term changes due to COVID-19 are possible. See entry requirements

Entrance

Main entrance, Menzinger Street 65, 80638 Munich
The south gate is closed (no access via Maria Ward Street or Palace Park).

We recommend using public transport for easy access to the Botanical Garden. Some parking spaces are available opposite the main entrance. Bicycles may be parked on the signposted car park of the Botanical Institute.

Most of the Garden area is suitable for wheelchairs. Three disabled car parking spaces are provided in front of the main building of the Botanical Institute (Menzinger St. 67).

The entrance building with ticket sale and shop

Entry requirements, admission charges

• Access only for vaccinated, recovered, or currently negative on COVID-19 tested people. Please have proof available.
  Access have: children under the age of six, children not yet enrolled in school, and pupils
• Medical mask requirement applies only in the checkout area and indoors (e.g. greenhouses, winter hall, WC). Children under the age of six are exempt from the mask requirement.
• Please keep a minimum distance of 1.5 m to other people.

Day tickets

Price on site: € 5.50, concessions € 4
Admission prices may change for special exhibitions, see event program.

Annual tickets

Price on site: € 48, concessions € 32

Vouchers for annual tickets can only be ordered in writing from the garden administration (bgmsnsb.de). Please note the lead time of about one week. We will send you the invoice and voucher by mail.
Price of the annual ticket: € 48, concessions € 32, plus 2 € shipping costs

Concessions

• Students if not free admission (students of biology, earth and environmental sciences, chemistry and physics at universities and other higher education institutions) as well as course participants of the Goethe Institute upon presentation of appropriate identification (e.g. German or international student ID)
• Seniors: People over the age of 65 (against identity card)
• Severely disabled (against ID)
• Association members of Biologie, Biowissenschaften und Biomedizin in Deutschland e.V. - VBIO
• Volunteers, helpers

Free admission for children and young people under 18 years

• Children under 12 are free. They are only allowed to visit the garden when accompanied by a adult.
• Young people under 18 are free. For special exhibitions and special events, the reduced admission price must be paid.

Guided tours

Guided tours are available in German every 2^nd and 4^th Sunday of the month at 10 am. Duration: approx. 1 hour. For those guided tours listed under events only the usual admission charges apply (no additional fee).

Guided tours for groups

External guided tours for groups (max. 15 people) are possible.

Guided tours for groups, e.g. special theme tours may be arranged for a fee. We need the booking details 3 weeks in advance. Booking information and fees: botgartsnsb.de