Cottbus is planning a free museum visit for children and young people!

Cottbus is planning a free museum visit for children and young people!

The city of Cottbus has decided to provide a tasty offer for the younger generation: children and young people up to the age of 18 will have free entry to city museums in the future. This initiative was announced by the city administration on September 2, 2025 and represents a further step towards cultural participation. The focus is on the city museum and the Wendish Museum, which now want to open their access to young guests cottbus.de reported.

In order to make this free entry possible, the administration is planning to moderately increase the admission prices for adults. This adjustment will be presented to the city council in September for discussion and resolution. In the future, adult visitors will have to pay 5 euros, while there will be no entry fee for children and young people. A fee is only charged for special museum educational formats such as school classes. A combination card will also be introduced that allows entry to both museums within one week for 8 euros.

Cultural support for young people

The decision is no coincidence. Last year, over 3,400 students visited the museums, and total visits exceeded the 10,000 mark. Such figures show that there is great interest in cultural offerings and that many young people are open to historical and natural history connections. Events surrounding special exhibitions have proven to be particularly popular.

Compared to other cities such as Berlin, where admission to many museums for children and young people is also free, Cottbus will follow suit to a certain extent. A similar regulation that allows children and young people free access to cultural institutions can also be found in Berlin, for example on Museum Island and in the State Museums visitberlin.de reported.

The last adjustments to the fees in the Cottbus museums were many years ago. The last increase in the Wendish Museum dates back to 2001; the city museum had an increase in 2014. It is therefore high time not only to adapt the admission prices to today's circumstances, but above all to enable access for children and young people.

The overall picture shows that Cottbus is not only strengthening social participation with this initiative, but is also taking its cultural educational mission seriously. The city wants to make it easier for young people to have access to art and history and thus promote interest in their own culture.