Over 3,000 guests celebrate the museum festival with us every year. This year it will take place on Saturday, 23 August and Sunday, 24 August 2025. You can find all the information on this page.
On the last weekend of the summer holidays, you can look forward to a varied entertainment programme. Families can look forward to hands-on stations and demonstrations in the museum garden, on the Stone Age playground and at the discovery site with the Höhlenblick tower.
Decorate yourself with self-made Stone Age jewellery or have colourful Stone Age tattoos painted on. Once you're well prepared, you can go on a wild hunt in the museum garden with a bow and arrow or a spear sling. Then learn the art of flint knapping or forge your own work of art in the workshop.
Every person registered on the annual pass receives free admission on both days of the festival. Simply show your card at the box office. Valid for all annual tickets redeemed at the Neanderthal Museum by 16 August 2024.
Without our archaeologists, we wouldn't even know about these Stone Age techniques today. Slip into their role and dig for lost fossils. You can then analyse your finds together with our experts.
Animal fun is also guaranteed: ZOOM Erlebniswelt Gelsenkirchen and the Grüner Zoo Wuppertal provide insights into their work. A visit to the Tarpan enclosure of the Ice Age Animal Park is also on the programme. The hands-on circus awaits particularly skilful guests.
The museum festival will take place on Saturday, 23 August and Sunday, 24 August 2025. Saturday between 2 and 6 pm. Sunday between 10 am and 6 pm. The museum is open from 10 am on Saturday.
You can purchase your ticket online here or at the box office on the museum forecourt or in front of the discovery site for €6 per person. Payment is only possible in the museum. For only 6€ extra you get a ticket for the permanent and special exhibition (children 2€ extra).
Museum festival ticket (all ages) €6.00
Incl. admission to museum festival (without museum) | start of museum festival SA 2 pm, SO 10 am
Combined ticket museum + festival child (4-16 years) 9,50€
Incl. admission museum + museum festival | start museum festival SA 2 pm, SO 10 am | museum from 10 am each day
Combi ticket museum + festival adult (from 17 years) 14,00€
Incl. admission museum + museum festival | start museum festival SA 2 pm, SO 10 am | museum from 10 am each day
Please use public transport if possible. The S28 (stop ‘Neanderthal’) stops directly above the museum. The S8 (stop ‘Hochdahl S’) can be reached via a footpath (approx. 20 minutes). If you come by car, please navigate to the only free car park in the immediate vicinity of the museum ‘P&R S-Bahn Neanderthal’.
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Savoury and sweet dishes and drinks are available. In keeping with the current special exhibition ‘EIS ZEIT REISE GRÖNLAND’, the ‘Düsseldorfer Eiszeit’ ice cream parlour provides a delicious way to cool down with its natural ice cream creations.
A free drinking water station is available for you at the museum. Please bring your own cup or bottle, as we want to avoid unnecessary paper or plastic waste. Reusable drinking bottles are available in our museum shop.
Free sanitary facilities are available in the museum and on the museum forecourt and bus car park in front of the site.
You can take part in our raffle for just €1 per ticket. You can win Stone Age surprises from the museum shop. By taking part, you are supporting the work of the non-profit Neanderthal Museum Foundation.