Admission
You have the option to purchase tickets both on-site at the museum and in our online ticket shop.
Partner programmes
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 10 euros to 6 euros.
| 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 Deutscher Museumsbund | free admission |
| Members of the Verband Deutscher Kunsthistoriker e.V. with ID | free admission |
| KulturCard of Theatergemeinde Essen | reduced admission |
| ARTCARD | reduced admission |