Municipal art and children's museum on Petrusplatz in Neu-Ulm, with works by sculptor Edwin Scharff and by Ernst Geitlinger, plus a hands-on children's museum.
November 14, 2026 – April 4, 2027
A comprehensive solo exhibition on sculptor and graphic artist Louise Stomps, the first of its kind in southern Germany: around 35 sculptures in plaster, stone and wood, along with graphic series from the late 1920s to the 1980s.
October 27, 2024 – September 12, 2027
Hands-on exhibition in the children's museum: at interactive stations, such as a workshop, a care area and a language area, children try out what they enjoy and what they are good at. Due to its success, it has been extended until autumn 2027.
The city of Neu-Ulm manages the artistic estate of the sculptor, painter and printmaker Edwin Scharff, who was born here. From 1977 it showed part of it in the Edwin-Scharff-Haus on Silcherstraße, before today's museum on Petrusplatz opened in 1999. It is part of the Städtische Sammlungen Neu-Ulm (municipal collections).
The museum joins two buildings: a neo-Baroque corner building on Hermann-Köhl-Straße, built in 1902 as a revenue office and later home to the local history museum, and a new building on Petrusplatz funded by the city. In summer 2009 a children's museum was added, presenting hands-on exhibitions on topics from society, culture and science that change every year across around 500 square meters. After a renovation, the museum reopened in 2018.
The permanent collection shows Scharff's sculptures, paintings and documents alongside works by contemporaries such as Ernst Barlach, Käthe Kollwitz and Wilhelm Lehmbruck; some works are on loan from the Bayerische Landesstiftung. A second focus is Ernst Geitlinger, a pioneer of non-representational painting, much of whose estate came to the city from the 1990s onward and was expanded by a donation from his family. In addition there are several special exhibitions a year and an extensive range of inclusive programs, for which the museum is certified under "Reisen für Alle" (Travel for All).
| Adults | €6 |
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| Reduced | €5Students, school students over 18, seniors aged 65 and over, people with disabilities, recipients of social benefits, job seekers receiving unemployment benefit (ALG I), BBK members, holders of the Ehrenamtskarte (volunteer card) and the artcard (proof required) |
| Children & teens | freefree up to age 18 · Children and young people up to 18 get in free; children up to 14 only when accompanied by an adult, with no more than three children per adult. The regular ticket covers one adult with up to three children. |
| Seniors | €5Aged 65 and over. |
| Visitors with disabilities | €5companion free · Registered companion admitted free. |
| Students & apprentices | €5 |
| Groups | –Request guided tours and accompanied visits for groups at least two weeks in advance (phone 0731 7050-2520 or esm-buchungen@post.neu-ulm.de). |
| Families | €11Two adults with up to six children. |
| Annual pass | €23Reduced €18. |
| Family annual pass | €38 |
Free admission: Free admission for everyone on Wednesdays (except on Christmas Day and January 1).
Free admission also with the UlmCard and for members of ICOM, the Deutscher Museumsbund, the Deutscher Verband für Kunstgeschichte and the Bundesverband Museumspädagogik, for press and for teachers of the AK Schule und Museum Ulm/Neu-Ulm (proof required in each case).
Step-free main entrance; all rooms and floors can be reached by elevator; accessible restroom in the basement of the new building. Tactile overview map at the ticket desk that wheelchair users can roll under, a free information booklet in Easy Language and tactile brochures in Braille and large print on two works by Scharff. The free media guide offers videos in German Sign Language, an audio tour for blind and visually impaired visitors and a tour in Easy Language. Selected guided tours with live captioning; tours for blind and visually impaired groups and dementia-friendly programs can be booked four weeks in advance. No guidance system for blind visitors; being accompanied is recommended. Loan wheelchair, rollator and portable seating in the foyer; charging station for electric wheelchairs in the café. Accessible parking spaces in the Petrusplatz underground garage (paid) and in the parking lot of St. Johann Baptist church on Johannesplatz (free). Certified under "Reisen für Alle" (Travel for All).
Great for kids & families
| Kids’ admission | free up to age 18 |
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| Family ticket | €11 · Two adults with up to six children. |
In the children's museum, experiment and hands-on stations invite visitors to try things out; shoes come off in a socks-only zone. Family audio tour in the media guide, stories in the museum on Sundays (ages 4 and up), creative programs for children aged 6 to 12, holiday weeks and children's birthday parties for ages 5 to 12 (request at least two weeks in advance).
Petrusplatz
Line 5 to Petrusplatz or line 7 to Schützenstraße. A 5–8 minute walk from Neu-Ulm station, about 12 minutes from Münsterplatz in Ulm and about 20 minutes from Ulm Hauptbahnhof (all step-free).
Paid parking
Petrusplatz underground garage, entrance via Hermann-Köhl-Straße (paid). Park+Ride parking garage at Neu-Ulm station with 150 spaces.
By car, follow the signs to "Museen am Petrusplatz". Charging station for two e-bikes under the arcades at the entrance.
Get directionsMuseum café on Petrusplatz, run by Lebenshilfe Donau-Iller (Tue and Wed 10:00–17:00, Thu–Sun 10:00–18:00; in summer, seating in the courtyard). Museum shop of the friends' association in the foyer. Cloakroom and lockers in the basement.
The museum hasn’t published any information on this.
| Guided tours | yes |
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| Audio guide | yes (DE, EN) |
| School programs | yes |
| Good to know | Media guide free at the ticket desk; the German audio track is also available as an app. Request guided tours, theater and literature tours and programs for schools and daycare groups at least two weeks in advance (phone 0731 7050-2520, esm-buchungen@post.neu-ulm.de). "Kunst am Mittag" (art at lunchtime): a half-hour guided tour followed by lunch in the café. There are no guided tours in the children's museum. |
