Nuremberg Trials: Memorium, Courtroom 600 and Whether a Tour Is Worth It
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You do not need a tour to see Courtroom 600: the Memorium Nuremberg Trials is open to individual visitors and takes about 1.5 to 2 hours. If you want the courtroom and the Rally Grounds on the same day, with pickup and a guide, the small-group tour with both museum entries at €99 per person is the one to look at.
Visiting the Memorium on your own
The Memorium is in the Palace of Justice and, according to the city museums, the permanent exhibition takes one and a half to two hours. From 1 November 2026 to 31 March 2027 it is open Wednesday to Monday, 10:00 to 18:00, and closed on Tuesdays. It is also closed on 24 and 25 December 2026 and on 9 February 2027; on 26 and 31 December it opens 10:00 to 18:00, and on 1 January 2027 from 13:00 to 18:00. The museum recommends that individual visitors arrive by 17:45 at the latest.
Adult admission is €7.50 (reduced €2.50, for example for ages 4 to under 18 and students). A small-group ticket for one adult with up to three children under 18 costs €8. The exhibition is step-free, with a lift and an accessible toilet, and there are lockers at the entrance and on the second floor.
Courtroom 600 itself is a point to check before you go: the museum notes that the room can be closed to visitors because of events, and it publishes the closing dates on a separate page. The permanent exhibition stays open on those days.
Two tours that include the courtroom
| Tour | Length | From | Language | Includes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WWII Tour, Courtroom 600 and Third Reich sites | 4 hours | €112.50 per person | English, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian | Hotel pickup; courtroom ticket paid extra |
| Rally Grounds and the Trials, small group | 4.5 hours | €99 per person | English | Pickup, Documentation Centre and Memorium entries |
The 4-hour tour is limited to 8 participants, offers hotel pickup and is marked wheelchair accessible on its booking page. It stops at the Luitpold Arena, the Große Straße, the Congress Hall and the Zeppelin Field, passes the Documentation Centre, and then goes to the Palace of Justice, where you see Courtroom 600 on your own (self-guided, 45 minutes). The listing says the entrance fee for Courtroom 600 is €7.50 per person, not included in the price. On Tuesdays, when the Memorium is closed, the tour visits the Documentation Centre instead.
The 4.5-hour tour is also limited to 8, includes pickup and drop-off by minibus or sedan, and lists admission to the Documentation Centre and to the Memorium with the multimedia show in Courtroom 600, with skip-the-line access. It is listed as unsuitable for wheelchair users and is offered in English. The Memorium is closed on Tuesdays, so if you want to book a Tuesday, ask the provider first how the tour handles it.
Which one for you
If the Memorium is your main interest, go alone: the exhibition is the substance, and a tour that adds the Rally Grounds spends part of its four hours elsewhere. If you want both in one day and prefer not to organise transport, the 4.5-hour tour bundles the admissions; the 4-hour tour is the option for Italian or Spanish speakers and for wheelchair users, though you pay for the courtroom separately.
