For answers to Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about your visit to the World of Molecular Biology exhibition, please click on the relevant question below.
All members the public above the age of 14 years are welcome to book a guided tour via our website. Please note that school visits can be only be booked through our science education webpage.
Outreach and community engagement are integral to EMBL’s mission. The guided tour is free and a pre-booking is mandatory to enable smooth running of our operations.
It is mandatory to book a ticket to be able to visit the World of Molecular Biology exhibition. Entry without a free valid ticket is not possible. For school visits, please follow the link.
The free ticket offers a two hour visit to The World of Molecular Biology exhibition, which includes entry to the exhibition, a guided tour and free exploration of the exhibits.
You can cancel the tickets following the link in your ticket confirmation email. Due to high demand for the guided tours, please cancel your reservations at least 48 hours prior to the visit so that these may be offered to other members of the public.
Guided tours of the exhibition are currently offered per default in German. We will soon start offering English tours once per month.
The guided tour is approximately 45 minutes long, followed by free exploration of the exhibits for another 45 minutes.
The exhibition is located in the EMBL Imaging Centre on the EMBL Campus in Heidelberg (Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany).
Public transport: RNV bus 39A (EMBL Stop) [RNV timetable]
School Bus: Google Maps
Parking: Get in touch for more details or see this link.
Please get in touch with us ahead of your visit in case you need special assistance.
No catering and no vending machines are available at the exhibition. Consumption of food and beverages is not allowed within the exhibition.
We encourage you to inform us prior to your visit for any special assistance required during the visit in order for us to best respond to your requests.
Booking of tickets is only possible upon the acceptance of the general terms and conditions.
We can welcome a maximum of 15 visitors to the exhibition per visit. For larger groups, we will have to make special arrangements and we would request you to get in touch with us at exhibition@embl.org . For school visits, please see our science education webpage.
School visits to the World of Molecular Biology exhibition can be pre-booked for students above the age of 14 years using the link to our science education webpage. Here you will also find more information about the school programme and further details regarding the application process.