Daily hours

The Concentration Camp Memorial Site Dachau is open Tuesday - Sunday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.. Admission is free. How to contact the Memorial Site you may find on its offical web pages.
Beware: Closed on Mondays.

Guided tours

The Memorial Site itself offers tours or support for doing tours only to individual visitors. Visitor groups are referred to some independent organizations. These providers of guided tours normally expect a contribution from their participants - either a donation or a flat-rate fee. Specifics may be settled when making an arrangement.
School classes may book a tour guided by a teacher from the Dachau area. Currently 6 such teachers have a limited amount of free time to guide these tours. Arrangements are done by Josef-Effner-Gymnasium in Dachau, Tel. (08131) 6664720. Early reservations are highly recommended.
Groups of all kinds may book a tour through Dachauer Forum, Tel. (08131) 996880, Fax (08131) 9968810. Early reservation necessary too. These guided tours last for more than 2 hours and include afterwards the option of a discussion. Further offers of guided tours for groups may be applied for at the protestant Church of Reconcilation, Tel. (08131) 13644, at the Förderverein für internationale Jugendbegegnung (Sponsors for international youth's reunion), Tel. (08131) 83303, and at our organization - Verein "Zum Beispiel Dachau" (no phone contact, English and German tours only).

Directions

If you come by car

1. From the center of Munich
Starting at Stiglmaierplatz (near Central Station) follow Dachauer Str. Reaching Mittlerer Ring turn right to enter it, and follow signs to Dachau for about 7 km. Shortly after passing the MAN factory on the left you will encounter a junction with a sign to the Concentration Camp Memorial Site. Turn right and after a further 4 km you reach the city boundary of Dachau. Immediately afterwards pass an intersection straight ahead to Dachau-Ost. 1 km from there you will arrive at the Memorial Site's parking lot.

2. From the north of Munich (Schwabing)
Variant 1: Leave Munich by Leopoldstr. and Ingolstädter Str. At Neuherberg take highway A99 towards Stuttgart. At junction Feldmoching fork off to highway A92, then take next exit Oberschleißheim. (continue at 5.)
Variant 2: At the end of Leopoldstr. take highway A9 towards Nuremberg. At intersection München-Nord take highway A99 towards Stuttgart. Continue as in variant 1.

3. From Rosenheim / Salzburg / Innsbruck (highway A8)
Before reaching Munich fork off at intersection Brunntal to highway A99 towards Stuttgart. By-passing Munich you will come to exit Oberschleißheim of highway A92 as described in the previous section.

4. From Ingolstadt / Nuernberg (highway A9)
At intersection Neufahrn fork off to highway A92 towards Stuttgart. Take exit Oberschleißheim. (continue at 5.)

5. From exit Oberschleißheim to Memorial Site (common to preceding descriptions)
Follow signs to Dachau. After 2 km do not take the fork towards Stuttgart but remain on the Dachau road. At the Dachau city boundary you encounter an intersection controlled by traffic lights. Turning right it's still 1 km to the Memorial Site's parking lot.

6. From Augsburg / Ulm / Stuttgart (highway A8)
Take exit Dachau / Fürstenfeldbruck. Follow signs to Dachau and keep on federal road B471 for about 9 km until exit Dachau-Ost (with a sign to Concentration Camp Memorial Site). Further 3 km ahead turn right at traffic lights (Schleißheimer Str.), then left at next intersection. 1 km from there you will arrive at the Memorial Site's parking lot.

If you use public transport

From the center of Munich (Central Station or Marienplatz) take S-Bahn line 2 towards Dachau or Petershausen. At the Dachau station take the front exit and enter Bus 724 (up to bus stop Memorial Site Parking Lot). or Bus 726 (up to bus stop Memorial Site Main Entrance). Travel from Central Station to Concentration Camp Memorial Site will take about 40 minutes.

Passengers from Munich who already own a validated ticket for 2 zones or a Day-Ticket for all zones or for outlying zones don't need another ticket for the ride on the bus. Otherwise fares are: adults 1.00 € single ticket or one strip of the blue strip ticket, children 0.90 € single ticket or one strip of the red children strip ticket. Purchase and validation of tickets is available in the bus.

S-Bahn line 2 leaves Munich Central Station at:
(Tuesday - Friday) 8:18 a.m., 8:38 a.m., 8:58 a.m., 9:38 a.m., 10:18 a.m., 10:58 a.m., 11:38 a.m., 12:18 a.m., 12:58 a.m., 1:18 p.m., 1:38 p.m., 1:58 p.m., 2:18 p.m., 2:38 p.m., 2:58 p.m., 3:18 p.m., 3:38 p.m.. Later connections unsuitable for visiting the Memorial Site, it closes at 5:00 p.m.
(Saturday, Sunday, holiday) 8:18 a.m., 8:38 a.m (no matching bus on Saturday!)., 8:58 a.m. 9:18 a.m., 9:38 a.m., 9:58 a.m., 10:18 a.m., 10:38 a.m., 10:58 a.m., 11:18 a.m., 11:38 a.m., 11:58 a.m., 12:18 a.m., 12:38 a.m., 12:58 a.m., 1:18 p.m., 1:38 p.m., 1:58 p.m., 2:18 p.m., 2:38 p.m., 2:58 p.m., 3:18 p.m., 3:38 p.m.. Later connections unsuitable for visiting the Memorial Site, it closes at 5:00 p.m.

Walking from Dachau station to the Memorial Site

Offers at the Memorial Site to individual visitors A guided tour of the outside area and selected parts of the museum. It starts on Thursday, Saturday, Sunday, and Holidays at 1:30 p.m. Participants meet at the entrance to the museum. The tour is free of charge and lasts for about 2 hours 30 minutes. A short introduction of 30 minutes covering history, site layout, and exhibition design. It might encourage participants to do afterwards a self-guided tour of the site. The introduction is presented inside the left-hand former prisoner's hut, starting on Thursday, Saturday, Sunday, and Holidays at 12:30 p.m. Offer is free of charge, too. An audio guide supporting a self-guided tour may be rented for 2.50 Euro (reduced rate 1.50 Euro) inside the right-hand former prisoner's hut.