Museum · Bonn · Updated on 1 November 2026.

Museum Beethoven House in Bonn

Beethoven House is a museum in Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia. This place has a story in the app. 22 of the 50 well-known points of interest nearby are within 1 km. Within 350 m you'll find a bench, a public toilet, a water point and a bike pump.

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Story · Beethoven House

You're standing on Bonngasse, in front of the house where Ludwig van Beethoven was born. Take a look at the façade. That baroque stone front dates from around 1700, built on top of an even older cellar. It's one of the few middle-class houses left in Bonn from the days of the prince electors. Back then this street was popular with people who worked at court, right between the palace, the market square and the Rhine.

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Opening hours and admission

Opening hours: We-Mo 10:00-18:00
Admission: Paid
Wheelchair: Partly accessible
Visitors: 100,000 a year

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Beethoven House in Bonn: museum in the birth house

The Beethoven House in Bonn is a museum in the house where Ludwig van Beethoven was born. Here you can see the largest collection about this composer in the world. Among the exhibits are his last piano, his viola and the hearing trumpets he used when he became deaf. The Beethoven House in Bonn is on the Bonngasse. A short distance away you will find the Marktbrunnen, the Altes Rathaus and the Sterntor.

What you can see at the Beethoven House

You are standing in the Bonngasse in front of a baroque façade dating from around 1700. The house was built on an older cellar. Inside, you walk over wooden floors and creaking stairs through rooms with low ceilings. Here you will find, among other things, the keyboard of the organ that Beethoven played as a child. You can also see a conversation book, in which visitors wrote down what they wanted to say once he had become deaf. You can visit the room where he is thought to have been born; it lies in the garden wing behind the front house. If you stay outside, you can also look at the neighbouring house at number 18. His godmother lived there, and his christening was celebrated there.

Opening hours and tickets for the Beethoven-Haus

The museum is open from Wednesday to Monday, between 10:00 and 18:00. These are the Beethoven-Haus opening hours. Entry requires Beethoven-Haus tickets, which are paid. More information can be found on the official website, beethoven-haus-bonn.de. The building is partly accessible for wheelchairs. The opening times were checked on 22 October 2024. You will find the museum in Bonn.

Drinking water, toilets and benches near Beethoven-Haus

Benches are closest at 94 metres from Museum Beethoven House in Bonn, on Bertha-von-Suttner-Platz, and there are 103 within 500 metres. The nearest public toilet is 106 metres away, also on Bertha-von-Suttner-Platz. It is wheelchair accessible and has a baby changing table. There are 7 public toilets within 500 metres. For drinking water, the nearest tap is 157 metres away at the Markt. It is always open, wheelchair accessible and suitable for filling a bottle. There are 5 water taps within 500 metres. A bike pump is 348 metres away on Budapester Straße, and there are 2 bike pumps within 500 metres.

Walks and sights near the Beethoven-Haus

From the museum, you can take a short walk to see other places in Bonn. The Marktbrunnen is 177 metres away. If you keep walking, you reach the Altes Rathaus after 239 metres. The Sterntor is also nearby, and this attraction is 266 metres from the Beethoven-Haus. These sights are all a short distance from one another, so you can easily visit them on one route during your trip to Bonn.

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50 well-known points of interest nearby, those with an audio tour first. 22 of the 50 well-known points of interest nearby are within 1 km.

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