Plan your visit

Visiting address
Museumeiland 1
9711 ME Groningen

Public transport
The museum is a 5-minute walk from Groningen Central Station. Plan your train or bus trip via 9292.

Car
Take the A7 or A28 (via Zwolle) and from Europaplein follow the signs to the city centre.

Company car
Driving a company car into the city centre? From 1 April 2025, a zero-emission zone will apply.

Flying to the Netherlands and Groningen
The most important airport in the Netherlands is Schiphol Airport near Amsterdam. Groningen Airport Eelde is conveniently close.

For up-to-date parking information in Groningen, it’s best to check VisitGroningen.

You can choose a Q-Park parking garage in the city centre, or a P+R (Park & Ride) site on the edge of the city (park at a lower rate and continue by public transport). The nearest Q-Park garage is Q-Park Museum Centrum.

Special parking spaces
Two parking spaces are available on Ubbo Emmiussingel for drivers with a disabled parking permit.

The Groninger Museum is easily accessible to both wheelchairs and mobility scooters. There are a few wheelchairs and walking frames available in the museum. There also is an accessible toilet. Visitors in possession of an ‘OV-begeleiderskaart’ can bring one wheelchair assistant for free.

Drivers with a disability permit can park on one of the two specially reserved parking bays in the Ubbo Emmiussingel, adjacent to the museum.

If you want to borrow a wheelchair, it is advisable to book one in advance. This can be done either by calling +31 (0)50 3 666 555 or by email. After we received your request, we will be in touch as soon as possible.

More information: Accessibility

On or around the Werkmanbrug (in front of the museum entrance), a bicycle parking ban applies. This means you are not allowed to park your bike there. If you do, your bike may be removed.

You can park your bike at Ubbo Emmiussingel, in the racks along the water, or at the Stadsbalkon near the station. At the Stadsbalkon, bikes must be placed in a rack and may not be parked for longer than 12 days.

Free lockers are available in the museum for small bags and coats. We therefore kindly ask you not to bring luggage.

Locker sizes
Pink lockers: 32 × 32 × 47 cm
Grey lockers: 22 × 85 × 47 cm

To protect the artworks, backpacks and back carriers for children are not allowed inside the museum. Please leave umbrellas, parcels, bags and handbags larger than 42 × 30 cm, and back carriers (any size) at home. Suitcases, folding bikes and other travel luggage are not accepted. You may carry children in a front carrier/sling, or use the buggies available in the museum.

Touching the art displayed at the Groninger Museum is not allowed.

You are welcome to use your phone to take photos (unless explicitly stated otherwise in the exhibition). Please set your phone to silent in the exhibition galleries out of consideration for other visitors.

Photography for personal use is only permitted in the exhibition galleries. Flash, selfie sticks and tripods are not allowed. If the size of your camera poses a risk to the artworks or obstructs other visitors, you may be asked to put it away.

If you would like to film or take photos for another purpose, please contact the PR & Communications department at pr@groningermuseum.nl

Drawing is allowed in the exhibition galleries (pencil only, no ink or paint), provided your sketchbook is no larger than 22 × 28 cm. The use of an easel is not permitted.

External guides are not allowed to give tours in the Groninger Museum.

Bringing food or drinks into the museum is not allowed.

Smoking (including e-cigarettes) is prohibited everywhere in the museum.

Animals are not allowed in the museum, with the exception of a clearly identifiable assistance dog.