Culture ticket
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The Kulturticket offers the opportunity to gain free or discounted access to many cultural events and venues in Kassel. These mainly include museums, galleries and theaters.
The theater facilities usually have a (remaining) ticket contingent of up to approx. 10-20 tickets. If necessary, the cultural institution will provide additional tickets shortly before the event. Please note that the number of free tickets per event may be limited.
Special days, premieres, guest performances, special events/exhibitions, audio guides, guided tours, etc. may be excluded from discounts.
Theater
The Kassel State Theater impresses as a modern theater company with around 500 permanent employees and a remarkable balance between tradition and modernity. Every year, it delights audiences with a diverse program that includes 30 new productions in the fields of music theater, drama, dance theater and children's and youth theater. This cultural offering is complemented by a series of symphony, chamber, family, school and special concerts.
- Free tickets from one week before the event (box office/online)
- 5€ surcharge for musicals and operas, if applicable
- excluded: premieres, special events, guest performances, New Year's Eve/New Year's Day
The Theater im Centrum - TIC for short - has been an integral part of Kassel's theater landscape for over 20 years. Since the red curtain first rose for the musical "Boygroup" in May 2003, the Theater im Akazienweg has made a name for itself and successfully established itself as an independent musical theater without subsidies.
Free tickets from one month before the event
The Comedy Kassel offers light entertainment at a high level. In the small but fine theater, you can laugh heartily. Whether spoken theater, revue, comedy or cabaret, the Komödie always acts artistically and thematically at the height of the times, regardless of whether it is its own productions or guest performances.
- Free tickets from one week before the event (box office)
- excluded: premieres, special events, guest performances, New Year's Eve/New Year's Day
The Theaterstübchen Kassel was founded in 1996 and has blossomed into a top address among live stages as Kassel's jazz club. It stands for regional, national and international blues, jazz, funk, soul and pop.
- free ticket for events up to €15, €5 discount from €16 and €15 discount from €26
- excluded: Special events, New Year's Eve
The Small Stage 70 in Kassel is a dedicated amateur theater with a long tradition that has been performing a varied mix of adult plays and fairy tale productions since 1970.
- free ticket (advance booking/box office)
- excluded: premieres
The Studio Lev Kassel is a non-profit association founded in 2009 to stage musical projects by and with young adults.
- free tickets from one week before the event
- free participation in workshops
- free participation in discussion events
- excluded: premieres
The Louis Spohr Music Academy not only offers lessons and musical training, but also regularly organizes concerts. These concerts are an important addition to the lessons, as they promote young musical talent and give the public an insight into the work of the academy. Attending a concert there allows you to experience young talent live and experience the diversity of musical training at first hand.
- free admission to public concerts
- excluded: special events, guest performances
The Wehlheider Hoftheater is a non-profit association in which young and old can enjoy theater.
- Free tickets from one week before the event (by telephone/box office)
- excluded: premieres
Independent theater work between performing and visual arts - The AktionsTheaterKassel is part of the independent theater scene in Hesse and is always on the move. It does not have a fixed space, but looks for the right environment for each play.
- free ticket (box office)
- excluded: premieres
The actors of the Theater am Fluss take care of everything else involved in a theater production in addition to their acting commitment: stage design, props, music and sound, sound engineering, internet presence, advertising, event organization, etc.
- free tickets from one week before the event (by telephone/box office)
- excluded: premieres
The Capitol Cinema Witzenhausen is a traditional art house cinema that has played a central role in the cultural life of the region since it opened in 1927. The cinema has received several awards for its sustainable approach.
- Maximum discount of 3 euros for selected films
The Ringelnatz was opened in Witzenhausen in the fall of 2013. It is an organic bistro that offers lunches and coffees as well as cultural events.
- Free admission ticket (advance booking/box office)
The current cultural program of the city of Korbach can be viewed on the website of the city of Korbach.
- free admission ticket for theater and concert events of the cultural program
Museums
Hessen Kassel Heritage is a Hessian institution with over 600 years of tradition in collecting, preserving and exhibiting art treasures. Thanks to the passion for collecting of landgraves and electors, important works of art and historic buildings have been preserved. We receive free admission to the following institutions (these are listed in more detail below):
Schloss Wilhelmshöhe in Kassel, Schloss Friedrichstein in Bad Wildungen, Schloss Wilhelmsthal in Calden (incl. guided tour), Weißensteinflügel (incl. guided tour), Hercules, Löwenburg (incl. guided tour), Neue Galerie, Insel Siebenbergen, Marmorbad (incl. audio guide), Orangerie - Astronomisch-Physikalisches Kabinett
The Hercules-statue in Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe in Kassel, erected over 300 years ago, symbolizes the power of Landgrave Carl. Situated high above the park, it is one of the oldest structures there and can be seen from afar. Today it is considered a landmark of the city of Kassel and stands for its historical and cultural significance.
- Free admission
In the over 200 year oldWilhelmshöhe Palace in Kassel the electors and landgraves of Hesse-Kassel spent their "summer retreats". Today it is a museum for important art and cultural collections.
- free admission
The Lion Castlewas built by Landgrave Wilhelm IX from 1793 to 1801 in Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe based on a ruined knight's castle.
- Free admission and guided tour
With the Siebenbergen flower islanda botanical masterpiece awaits discovery on the edge of the Karlsaue.
- free admission
The Astronomical-Physical Cabinetin the Orangery at the Karlsaue in Kassel offers its visitors an exciting journey through time into the scientific and technical past.
- Free admission
It is a bath that has never been bathed in: The marble bathin the Karlsaue was used for festive occasions and princely representation.
- Free admission and audio guide
Since 1976 the New Gallerymodern works of art from the state and municipal collections.
- free admission
Experience-oriented, surprising, innovative and approachable, the Grimmwelt Kassel presents the fascinating life and work of the famous fairy tale collectors and linguists Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm.
- Free admission (special and permanent exhibitions only)
The Fridericianum in Kassel is one of the most important museums of contemporary art in Germany. It was opened in 1779, making it one of the first public museums in the world.
- free admission
Up to four exhibitions per year are curated by the Kasseler Kunstverein on the first floor of the Museum Fridericianum. The Kasseler Kunstverein was one of the first of its kind and was founded in 1835 as an independent forum for the promotion and communication of contemporary art.
- free admission
The Caricatura - Gallery for Comic Art in Kassel presents several major exhibitions each year with works from the fields of cartoons, caricature and comic painting. In addition, the gallery offers a varied program of readings and satirical stage events.
- Free admission (exhibitions only)
The Kassel City Museum collects, preserves and displays objects on various topics of Kassel's history in its exhibitions.
- free admission
The Natural History Museum (Ottoneum) Kassel is one of the most popular excursion destinations in the region and offers you a journey through time to ancient deserts, seabeds and ice age steppes with their dinosaurs, sharks and mammoths.
- free admission
The Museum for Sepulchral Culture Kassel has existed since 1992 and is dedicated to the themes of dying, death, burial, mourning and remembrance. With a variety of exhibitions and events, it encourages visitors to engage with the social and cultural changes in sepulchral culture.
- free admission
- excluded: Special events
The Kassel Museum of Technology offers a display depot with locomotives, vintage cars, precision instruments and other technical objects.
- free admission
Wilhelmsthal Castle near Caldenis a pearl of European palace architecture. The three-winged complex was built between 1747 and 1761 by order of Landgrave Wilhelm VIII (1682 - 1760).
- Free admission and guided tour
From castle to museum: in over 900 years Friedrichstein Castle in Bad Wildungenhas undergone many a transformation. Today you can see impressive exhibitions here.
- Free admission
The Regional Museum Wolfhager Land houses a remarkable exhibition on the history, craftsmanship, half-timbered architecture and geology of the region in 2 buildings.
- Free admission
Further information
The Mr. Wilson 1st Skateboard Club Kassel e.V.was founded in 1989 and is the second oldest skateboard club in Germany.
- Free admission (max. 12 times per semester)