Municipal art museum in an Art Nouveau villa with a park in Nordhausen, showing changing exhibitions ranging from printmaking to classical modernism.
Through January 3, 2027
Around 150 Expressionist paintings, prints, and sculptures from several countries, including works by Ernst Barlach, Erich Heckel, Otto Mueller, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Alfred Kubin, and Käthe Kollwitz; opened in mid-September 2026.
The villa on what is now Alexander-Puschkin-Straße was built in 1907/08 as an upper-middle-class residence in the Art Nouveau style. Its striking features include a tower with views across the town as far as the Kyffhäuser hills, its gables, and the terrace facing the garden; a small park surrounds the house.
In October 1926 the town of Nordhausen bought the property, and in 1927 it opened a municipal museum there displaying historical furniture. After extensive restoration, the building was converted into an art museum (Kunsthaus) in 2002.
An important cornerstone of the holdings is the gift from Ilsetraut Glock, who in 1998 gave the town an extensive collection of prints by renowned artists of the 19th and 20th centuries. This gave rise to the Ilsetraut-Glock-Grabe-Stiftung, a foundation that regularly awards the Nordhäuser Grafikpreis (Nordhausen Printmaking Prize).
Today the Kunsthaus presents numerous temporary exhibitions every year: themed shows featuring works of classical modernism – on clowns, flowers, or the color red, for example – presentations of regional artists, and the exhibitions for the printmaking prize. The park is also used for events.
| Adults | €5 |
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| Reduced | €3 |
| Children & teens | freefree up to age 17 · Free admission for anyone under 18 (fee schedule of the municipal museums since May 2023). |
| Groups | –Guided tour per group (up to 25 people) €40, for school classes €25; tours by prior appointment. |
| Combined ticket for Flohburg, Tabakspeicher, and Kunsthaus Meyenburg | €12reduced €7 |
| Public guided tour (plus admission) | €3 |
| Annual pass (one municipal museum) | €20reduced €12; non-transferable |
| Three-museum annual pass | €55reduced €32; non-transferable |
Friday is museum day with discounted admission (price list: €2; under the 2023 fee schedule, this is the reduced rate). The fee schedule also lists a "Touri-Ticket" valid for three days at all three municipal museums (€7). Higher admission may apply for major special exhibitions; the Mehrkindfamilienkarte (large-family card) is accepted.
The museum hasn’t published any information on this – please ask the museum directly.
The museum hasn’t published any information on this – please ask the museum directly.
The museum hasn’t published any information on this – please ask the museum directly.
The museum hasn’t published any information on this – please ask the museum directly.
The museum hasn’t published any information on this – please ask the museum directly.
| Guided tours | yes |
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| Good to know | Regular guided tours of the exhibitions; group tours by prior appointment. |
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