Sauerland-Museum

Om museet

The Sauerland Heimatbund (regional heritage association) founded the museum in 1925 as the "Sauerländer Heimatmuseum" for the Sauerland region of the Electorate of Cologne. The collection was first housed in two rooms of the Old Town Hall in Arnsberg Platz before moving in 1937 to the Landsberger Hof, where the museum is still based today.

The Landsberger Hof was built in 1605 as a small palace on the city wall, which Elector Ernest of Bavaria had constructed for Gertrud von Plettenberg. The building later passed to the district governor Dietrich von Landsberg, after whom it is named. After the destruction of Arnsberg Castle in 1762, it served the elector as a residence, and from 1803 under Hessian rule as a government building.

As part of Regionale 2013, the building of the Hochsauerlandkreis was expanded into the "Museums- und Kulturforum Südwestfalen." The Stuttgart firm Bez + Kock designed a new building clad in travertine, connected to the old building by a bridge with a panoramic window, providing space for special exhibitions and events. The ensemble also includes the "Blaues Haus" (Blue House), a half-timbered house built after the town fire of 1709, housing administration and an event hall.

Since the reopening of the renovated Landsberger Hof in autumn 2018, the permanent exhibition "Glaube. Macht. Geschichte." (Faith. Power. History.) tells the history of the Duchy of Westphalia from the Paleolithic to the present, with a focus on, among other things, the Nazi era in the Sauerland.

Højdepunkter

• Permanent exhibition "Glaube. Macht. Geschichte." on the Sauerland of the Electorate of Cologne
• Stone Age cave and interactive stations for children
• Two original works by August Macke
• Kleinschnittger – microcars built in Arnsberg, in the foyer
• Historic Landsberger Hof from 1605 and award-winning new building
• Certified "Reisen für Alle" (Travel for All)

Permanente udstillinger

• Glaube. Macht. Geschichte. – A tour through the history of the Duchy of Westphalia, the Sauerland of the Electorate of Cologne, from the Paleolithic to today, with media stations, films, and a focus on the Nazi era in the region.

Grundlagt

1925

Ejer

Hochsauerlandkreis

Ledelse

Dr. Oliver Schmidt

Entrépriser & rabatter

Prices valid from June 19, 2026 to April 4, 2027. Free admission for members of ICOM, the German Museums Association, and the German Association for Art History. Surcharge for tours outside opening hours €75, tour led by the museum director €50.

Tilgængelighed

• Delvis kørestolsvenlig
• Elevator: ingen oplysninger
• Handicaptoilet: ingen oplysninger
• Handicapparkering
• Servicehunde tilladt
• Taktile tilbud: ingen oplysninger
• Rundvisninger på tegnsprog
• Letlæste tilbud
• Synstolkning

Certified "Reisen für Alle – Barrierefreiheit geprüft" (Travel for All – accessibility tested). Almost all rooms are step-free; individual protected areas of the permanent exhibition (including the Nazi-era section and the corner tower with a spiral staircase) are accessible only via steps. Loan wheelchair against a deposit at the reception desk, mobile stools at the reception. Display cases and media tables with knee clearance, multisensory stations. Audio guide also in Easy Language, German Sign Language, and as a tour for blind and visually impaired visitors; induction loops for hearing aids. Two accessible parking spaces in front of the museum gate on Steinweg.

Børn og familie

Velegnet til børn og familier

• Familieomvisninger & workshops
• Interaktive stationer
• Børnefødselsdage

Family tour once a month on Sundays; kids' club for 6- to 9-year-olds. The permanent exhibition offers child-friendly experiential elements and interactive stations, including a Stone Age cave. Children's birthday parties (up to 12 children aged 5 to 12, approx. 2 hours, €100) with themes such as Stone Age, Middle Ages, or castle ghost.

Transport & parkering

By car via the A 46, exit 65 "Arnsberg-Altstadt/Niedereimer," then B 229 toward Arnsberg to Neumarkt. Entrance exclusively at Alter Markt 24–30; the new building on Ruhrstraße has no entrance of its own.

Service & spisesteder

• Café: findes ikke
• Museumsbutik
• Garderobe
• Opbevaringsskabe

The museum café is currently closed (a new tenant is being sought). Museum shop with catalogs and children's books, also accessible without admission. Larger bags, backpacks, and coats must be locked away or handed in to the visitor service. Six charging stations for e-bikes in the courtyard.

Arrangementer & udlejning

• Lokaler til leje
• Firmaarrangementer

Op til 250 personer.

Blue Hall (10–99 people) as well as, in the new building between special exhibitions, the Westphalia room (up to 250 people standing reception), the Sauerland room (up to 150), and the Arnsberg room (up to 50); for cultural and corporate events. Photo shoots, e.g., for wedding couples, by registration.

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