District museum in the Baroque “Alte Apotheke” palais with prehistory and early history, the Slavic period and a North German glass collection.
July 8, 2026 – January 31, 2027
On show are colourful advertising graphics by the graphic designer from Plön, among them Esso maps and works for the Dräger-Werke, as well as war drawings from his estate.
The museum opened on November 29, 1955 as the district local history museum on Schloßberg. Its first director, Dr. Karl Hucke, placed an early emphasis on researching the glassworks of the region. In 1956 a friends' association was founded to take over sponsorship. As the collection grew, the house moved in 1969 to the old Plön town hall and in 1982 to its present building.
This building, the “Alte Apotheke” on Johannisstraße, is itself part of the town's history: a building already stood here in the Middle Ages, and in 1636 it was rebuilt as a brick building. In the ducal era court officials lived here; in 1756 the Rococo hall was created on the second floor, and later ducal daughters lived in the “Witwenpalais” (widows' palace). From 1803 to 1928 it housed the Plön court pharmacy; after the Second World War it provided housing for refugees, and in the 1970s it was threatened with demolition before the district bought and restored it.
The permanent exhibition ranges from the Stone Age through the Slavic fort of Plune and Holstein glass of the 16th to 18th centuries to pewter, silver, the Plön Shooting Guild and the former cadet academy. In 2017 the museum received the “Zertifiziertes Museum” (Certified Museum) seal of quality.
| Adults | €4 |
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| Reduced | €2Students, trainees, Bürgergeld (basic income support) recipients, severely disabled people |
| Children & teens | freefree up to age 14 · Children up to age 14 enter free. |
| Groups | –Group tour €30 plus admission, up to a maximum of 10 people. |
Free admission also for holders of the MuseumsCard and members of ICOM, Deutscher Museumsbund, Bundesverband Museumspädagogik and Museumsverband Schleswig-Holstein. School classes from the Plön district enter free.
Listed building: the first floor, with part of the permanent exhibition and the garden hall, is wheelchair-accessible; the second floor cannot be reached by wheelchair users without a lift. The heavy historic entrance door opens with the bell on the right. A 3D tour on the website shows the second floor virtually.
Great for kids & families
| Kids’ admission | free up to age 14 |
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Painting and craft table in the garden hall, hands-on stations and a dress-up corner with a chain mail shirt, helmet and Slavic clothing. Workshops for groups (Stone Age, Slavic era, glass culture) for children aged about 6 to 14, at €3 material cost per child. The changing table is in the men's restroom.
Bahnhof Plön · 10-min walk
From Plön station on foot toward the church, across the market square and through the pedestrian zone (Lange Straße), then along Hamburger Straße.
Parking available
Visitor parking behind the museum, reached via a short gravel path.
From the B76 toward the district administration; at the first traffic light turn right. From the B404, turn left at the first traffic-light intersection (by Lidl).
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| Guided tours | yes |
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| School programs | yes |
| Good to know | Group tours by registration. |
