You have the option of purchasing tickets both on site at the museum and in our online ticket shop.
Combined ticket with the Ruhr Museum: If you have already visited the Ruhr Museum before the Red Dot Design Museum, you will receive a discount when you buy your ticket on site. The admission price is then reduced from 9 euros to 6 euros.
Individuals
| Admission | 9 euros (reduced*: 4 euros) |
| Children under 12 | free admission |
| Fridays | Pay-What-You-Want |
* Students and handicapped persons with ID
Groups
| Family ticket (2 adults + children) | 20 euros |
| Groups of 10 persons and more | 7 euros / person |
| with booked guided tour** | 7 euros / person schools: 4 euros / person |
** Information and fees on guided tours of the Red Dot Design Museum
Club card for 1 year: 39 euros (free admission for 1 person + 1 guest)
Partner programmes
| RUHR.TOPCARD | one-time free admission |
| Ruhrkultur.Card | one-time free admission |
| WelcomeCard Ruhr | one-time free admission |
| KulturPass | free admission (offset against credit) |
| ICOM Card | free admission |
| innogy-Kunden/CityPower-Card | 10 per cent off regular admission |
| Members of the Verband Deutscher Kunsthistoriker e.V. with ID | free admission |
| KulturCard of Theatergemeinde Essen | reduced admission |
| ARTCARD | reduced admission |