Island museum in the Loog district with eleven themed rooms on the history, tourism and nature of the North Sea island of Juist.
From March 22, 2026
The exhibition looks back on 90 years of the Segelklub Juist (Juist Sailing Club): regattas on the Juist tidal flats (Watt), the history of the boathouse and the island's three boat harbours. On view until March 2027.
The museum traces back to 1934: after the closure of the reform-education school "Schule am Meer," teacher Fritz Hafner offered the island community his natural history teaching collection as the foundation for a small museum. It became the "Seewasseraquarium und Heimatmuseum" (seawater aquarium and local history museum), whose aquariums later grew to as many as 30 tanks.
In a second phase the house was expanded into a coastal museum, where cartography and coastal studies played a major role. Several extensions and additions gave it its present size. The seals that lived in the museum's pool from 1957 are especially remembered; this practice ended in the mid-1970s.
Today the house presents itself as an island museum with about 500 square meters of exhibition space. Eleven rooms tell, among other things, the story of the development of tourism, traffic between the mainland and the island, and the formation and early settlement of Juist. Further rooms are devoted to the Schule am Meer.
| Adults | €6 |
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| Children & teens | €2free up to age 5 · Children and young people aged 6 to 17 |
| Groups | €1.50 per personYouth groups by prior registration, per person |
| Families | €12Family ticket for up to 2 adults with their own children or grandchildren up to age 17 |
| Treasure hunt (per child, plus admission) | €6The receipt entitles you to one more free museum visit within 7 days |
| Public guided tour (Tue 14:30, admission included) | €12 |
Wheelchair-accessible route; exhibition rooms are at ground level, and mobile seating is available.
Great for kids & families
| Kids’ admission | free up to age 5 |
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| Family ticket | €12 · Family ticket for up to 2 adults with their own children or grandchildren up to age 17 |
Family ticket and treasure hunt with the island gnomes "Düntjes" (sailor's knots and a solution word; costumes allowed; small reward).
On Wednesdays the Loog bus (Kutschfuhrbetrieb HUF) runs from Kurplatz to Loog: outbound at 10:30 and 14:00, return at 11:00 and 14:30.
The museum is in the Loog district, about 2 km from the main village, and can be reached on foot or by bicycle; bike racks are at the building.
Get directionsCoffee is available in the foyer, along with books and postcards.
The museum hasn’t published any information on this.
| Guided tours | yes · approx. 60 min |
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| School programs | yes |
| Good to know | Public guided tour every Tuesday at 14:30 (tickets at the tourist information offices and online). Groups of up to 10 people can book individually. Dogs are not permitted. |
