Plan a visit

Everything you need to know about your visit

Where?

When?

  • Tuesday Sunday + Holidays 11 am – 5 pm

  • closed on Mondays

A young woman in a wheelchair examines ancient artifacts in a museum with a companion.

Accessibility to the building

The museum has a lift so that large parts of the exhibition are accessible. Access is restricted to two rooms. A barrier-free WC is available.

Questions and answers

from 12 October to 24 October 2025 free admission!
Adults: €4
Reduced: €3
Children / young people: €2
Children up to 6 years: free

Free admission to exhibition openings.
Non-public group tours cost €45 plus admission.

Yes, we accept all common card types.

Tuesday to Sunday: 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM Closed on Monday.

The museum is open on the following public holidays from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM: New Year’s Day, Epiphany, Shrove Tuesday, Easter Saturday, Easter Sunday, Easter Monday, Labour Day, Ascension Day, Pentecost Sunday, Pentecost Monday, Corpus Christi, German Unity Day, All Saints’ Day, Second Christmas Day

The museum is closed on the following days: Rose Monday, Carnival Tuesday, Good Friday, Christmas Eve, First Christmas Day, New Year’s Eve

You should plan around one and a half to two hours to visit the entire museum.

The IKM Weiden is located just a few minutes’ walk from Weiden’s old town centre. Cars can be parked in multi-storey car parks or car parks in the immediate vicinity of the museum and the old town.

You can reach us by public transport via the following stops:
Maria-Seltmann-Haus (line 1901)
Justice building/clinic (lines 1843, 1845, 1951 and bus 6272 and 6295)
Josefskirche (bus 2503, bus 6285 and 6291)

You can reach us from Weiden railway station by public transport or on foot.

We ask you to leave bags and rucksacks in the cloakroom at the ticket desk during your visit. No liability can be accepted. For safety reasons, bags larger than DIN A4 (approx. 20 x 30 cm), suitcases, bulky items, umbrellas and weather capes may not be taken into the exhibition rooms. In cases of doubt, the cash desk or supervisory staff will decide.

Photography, film and sound recordings in and of the IKM Weiden are only permitted for personal, non-commercial use and without flash and equipment such as tripods, light boxes, etc. For all other purposes, timely advance notification of the planned photo, film or sound recordings and written permission are mandatory.

There are benches and stools in the showrooms. Mobile folding stools are also available.

No, but the Reading Café of the Weiden Regional Library is located directly in the Waldsassener Kasten. Many cafés and restaurants in Weiden’s old town centre are happy to welcome you on Saturday afternoons and Sundays!

Unfortunately, dogs and other animals are not allowed in the museum. Assistance dogs are of course excluded. Please inform the ticket office of this.