Visitor Service
The Händel-Haus Foundation is in charge of both the exhibitions in the Händel-Haus and the exhibition in the Wilhelm-Friedemann-Bach-Haus. The exhibitions in the Handel House and the Wilhelm-Friedemann-Bach House as well as the library of the Handel House Foundation are open.
Opening hours Handel House and Museum Shop
Closed on Mondays (except public holidays and the Handel Festival)
April to October: 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
November to March: 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
The Handel House is always open on public holidays
Opening hours Wilhelm-Friedemann-Bach-Haus
Open Fridays and Saturdays only.
April to October: 10:00 am to 6:00 pm
November to March: 10:00 am to 5:00 pm
Admission Handel House
Permanent exhibitions and special exhibitions
- Single ticket: €9.50 / concession: €6.00
- Group ticket (15 people or more): €8.50 per person
- Family ticket (2 adults accompanying at least one child under 18): €20.00
-Children up to 6 years free admission
Admission to the Händel-Haus and the Wilhelm-Friedemann-Bach-Haus is free for members of the Freundes- und Förderkreis des Händel-Hauses zu Halle e.V.
Admission Wilhelm-Friedemann-Bach-Haus
Single ticket: €4.00 / concession €3.00 (Single tickets can be purchased directly at the W.-F.-Bach-Haus)
Combined Tickets
Handel House & Wilhelm-Friedemann-Bach-Haus
- Single ticket: €11.00 / concessions: €7.50
- Combined family ticket for the Händel House & Wilhelm Friedemann Bach House (2 adults accompanied by at least one child up to 18 years): €22.00
*Entitled to a reduction on presentation of appropriate identification: Pupils, students, trainees, severely disabled persons, holders of a Halle Pass and the Welcome Card Halle
School classes and after-school clubs
- for pupils from schools in Halle: admission for up to 90 minutes: 2.00 euros
- for pupils from schools in Halle: admission for up to 180 minutes: 3.00 euros
- for pupils from schools in Halle: admission for 180 minutes or more: €4.00
- for pupils from schools outside Halle: admission for up to 90 minutes: €4.00
- for pupils from schools outside Halle: admission for up to 180 minutes: €5.00
- for pupils from schools outside Halle: admission for 180 minutes or more: €6.00
up to and including 10 pupils: one accompanying adult free of charge
up to 20 pupils: two accompanying adults free of charge
Kindergarten groups: Free admission; accompanying adults (up to 3 people) free
Well informed:
You have the choice: use an audio tour in which you are automatically guided from room to room, or a mobile information system based on WLAN/WiFi at over 50 points in the exhibitions The use of both services is included in the admission price. Or you can book a personal guided tour. Further information on all offers can be found under Guided tours.
Opening hours:
Monday and Friday: 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Tuesday and Thursday: 1:00 p. m. to 5:00 p.m.
Wednesday closed
For more information, please visit the library page.
The Handel House is a historic building and is therefore only barrier-free to a limited extent. The entrance is barrier-free, the upper rooms of the museum are unfortunately wheelchair-accessible to a limited extent.
In the exhibitions of the Handel House we offer our visitors a mobile information system based on WLAN/WiFi in German and English. At over 50 locations in the exhibitions "Handel - the European" and "Historical Musical Instruments" you can obtain additional information with your smartphone, tablet or similar device via NFC tags or QR codes. You can obtain additional information at over 50 locations in the exhibitions "Handel - the European" and "Historical Musical Instruments" using your smartphone, tablet or similar device by means of NFC tags or QR codes via an easy-to-use audio guide function under "Haendel Museum". No app or additional storage space is required. This service is free of charge for visitors.
In addition, an audio guide is offered free of charge via loudspeakers in German, English, French, Italian and Spanish.
You will receive free and comprehensive WLAN/WiFi internet access in the indoor and outdoor areas of the Handel House under "Haendel-Gast". You do not need any special access data for this. This service is made possible thanks to funding from the Ministry of Economics, Science and Digitalisation.
Working Group Musicians' Museums in Germany
The Händel-Haus Foundation is a member of the Working Group of Musicians' Museums in Germany. It is an association of German cultural institutions dedicated to preserving the heritage of musicians and composers.
More information at: www.musikermuseen.de
Conference of National Cultural Institutions
The Handel House Foundation is one of 23 cultural beacons. The Conference of National Cultural Institutions (KNK) is an equal-opportunity interest group of 23 nationally significant cultural institutions of different sizes and orientations. The foundation of the KNK on 1 March 2002 in the Francke Foundations in Halle goes back to the so-called Blue Book.
More information at: www.konferenz-kultur.de