State museum across three buildings: Oldenburg Palace with cultural history, the Augusteum with Old Masters and the Prinzenpalais with 19th- and 20th-century art.
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10. oktober 2026 – 7. februar 2027
The exhibition in the palace spans five centuries of landscape depiction, from Tischbein and Heckel to contemporary video and installation art, and asks how changing images of nature are reflected in it.
28. november 2026 – 7. marts 2027
For the 275th birthday of the "Goethe-Tischbein", the Augusteum shows paintings, drawings and watercolors and presents him as a storytelling painter, teacher and court painter.
The museum was founded after the end of the monarchy. After the last Grand Duke abdicated in 1918, it was established in November 1919 and opened in February 1923 in the former residence palace. Its foundations were the Grand Ducal picture gallery, the holdings of the former Museum of Applied Arts and the Landesgalerie for modern painting, founded in 1909. The first director, until 1951, was Walter Müller-Wulckow, who gave the house a modern profile. In 1937 it lost numerous works in the campaign "Entartete Kunst" ("Degenerate Art"), including pieces by Barlach, Beckmann, Nolde and Schmidt-Rottluff.
The palace goes back to a medieval castle and was rebuilt from 1607 under Count Anton Günther in the Renaissance style, later extended in the Baroque and Classicist styles. Today it shows the cultural history of the Oldenburg region from the Middle Ages to the 20th century, applied arts and design, and the historic state rooms of the Grand Dukes.
Two further buildings are within sight. The Augusteum was built in 1865–1867 by Ernst Klingenberg as a gallery building in the style of an Italian Renaissance palazzo; since its renovation in 2013–2015 it has housed the Galerie Alte Meister. The Classicist Prinzenpalais was built in 1821–1826 as a residence for the grandsons of Duke Peter Friedrich Ludwig. It later served, among other things, as a military hospital, school and land registry office, and since 2003 it has housed the Galerie Neue Meister with art of the 19th and 20th centuries. The collection comprises more than 30,000 objects in total; since 2025 the museum has been led by Anna Heinze.
| Voksne | 6 € |
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| Nedsat pris | 4 €Trainees, students up to age 28, unemployed people, recipients of social assistance, severely disabled people, participants in the voluntary social year (FSJ) and federal volunteer service (BFD), groups of 10 or more people, holders of the Oldenburg Pass, Ehrenamtspass and Artcard, members of the Oldenburger Kunstverein, BBK, BDK and the Oldenburger Landesverein, and visitors with a city tour ticket (each with ID) |
| Børn og unge | 1,50 €gratis til og med 6 år · Children and young people aged 7–17 pay €1.50, or €2 with a special exhibition; ages 0–6 free. |
| Pensionister | –No senior discount listed. |
| Personer med handicap | 4 €ledsager gratis · Reduced admission for severely disabled people (€6 with a special exhibition). |
| Studerende og elever | 4 €Students up to age 28; €6 with a special exhibition. Students of certain degree programs at the University of Oldenburg admitted free. |
| Grupper (fra 10 pers.) | 4 € pr. personGroups of 10 or more pay the reduced admission. Guided group tours cost €50 (Mon–Fri) or €55 (weekends and public holidays); foreign-language tours cost €25 extra. In each case plus admission; booking via the online form. |
| Familier | 10 €Family day ticket for up to two adults with their children under 18; €15 with a special exhibition |
| Day ticket incl. special exhibition | 9 €Reduced €6, children aged 7–17 €2 |
| Family day ticket incl. special exhibition | 15 € |
| Annual pass | 30 € |
| Public guided tour (surcharge) | 4 €In addition to admission |
The day ticket applies to all three buildings. Free admission for, among others, school classes with a teacher, companions of severely disabled visitors ("B" marker), ICOM members, members of the German Museums Association and the Museumsverband Niedersachsen-Bremen, and members of the friends' associations. School programs cost €50 per hour, kindergarten groups €40 (admission free in each case). Price list valid from March 2024.
According to the museum, all three buildings are accessible: the palace via the palace inner courtyard, the Augusteum via the right-hand side of the building, the Prinzenpalais via the car park on Huntestraße. The palace is certified by "Reisen für Alle" (accessible for people with walking impairments, partly accessible for wheelchair users). It has an elevator, a unisex accessible toilet, loaner wheelchairs, folding chairs and tours for people with walking impairments. Website information is also available in Easy Language. According to the house rules of the Niedersächsische Landesmuseen Oldenburg, recognized assistance dogs are permitted.
Velegnet til børn og familier
| Entré for børn | gratis til og med 6 år |
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| Familiebillet | 10 € · Family day ticket for up to two adults with their children under 18; €15 with a special exhibition |
Family workshops ("Familienzeit"), children's courses and holiday programs; children's birthday parties in the palace for ages 6–10 (max. 10 children); offers for kindergartens in the palace studio and in the creative workshop in the Prinzenpalais. Children up to age 6 free.
Schlossplatz
Bus stop Schlossplatz directly at the palace; Oldenburg main station approx. 15 minutes' walk
The Hanna Stirnemann Lounge on the ground floor of the palace is freely accessible and offers free Wi-Fi; coffee machine and seating in the café (ground floor).
Civil weddings in the Marble Hall of the palace (approx. 20 seated and 10 standing places) on fixed dates, allocated exclusively through the Oldenburg registry office. Wedding photos outside the ceremony are not permitted. Other rentals are not listed.
Forespørgsel & detaljer| Rundvisninger | ja · varighed ca. 60 min. |
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| Audioguide | ja (DE) |
| Tilbud til skoler | ja |
| Godt at vide | Public guided tours on Sundays 15:00–16:00: 1st Sunday the palace, 2nd Sunday the Augusteum, 3rd Sunday the Prinzenpalais (meeting point each time at the ticket desk). According to the website, on the 4th Sunday there is a tour across all buildings (15:00–16:30); €4 on top of admission. Audio guide and the "App ins Schloss" app. Programs for school classes and kindergartens. |
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