Museum im Steintor

About the museum

The core of the museum goes back to the town's 1907 purchase of the town-history collection of Anklam banker Rösler, which teachers such as Max Sander had encouraged. The first permanent exhibition opened on June 30, 1927, in the assembly hall of the former Präparandenanstalt (teacher training school). The house got through the war years mainly thanks to Hermann Scheel, who kept the holdings together. After 1945 there was initially no permanent display; in the following decades the museum moved several times.

Today it is housed in the Steintor, the oldest building in the Hanseatic town and, at 32 meters, the tallest brick-Gothic city gate in Pomerania. Across five floors, reached by 111 steps, the permanent exhibition shows traces of Slavs and Vikings on the Peene, the founding of the town, the Hanse and the Middle Ages, through the Thirty Years' War and the period between Sweden and Prussia, the changes of the 19th century, and war and destruction from 1933 to 1949. A separate section is devoted to the Anklamer Schatzfund (Anklam treasure) from the Thirty Years' War.

The holdings also include a Pomerania library, a large picture archive, personal papers, a gallery and special collections such as irons and washboards. A historic classroom in the neighboring Cothenius school belongs to the museum. The museum is run by the Hansestadt Anklam.

Highlights

• Five floors in the medieval Steintor with views over the Peene valley
• Anklam treasure from the Thirty Years' War
• Sections on Slavs, Vikings, the Hanse and town history
• Historic classroom in the Cothenius school
• Free audio guide for your own mobile devices

Permanent exhibitions

• Stadtgeschichte der Hansestadt Anklam und Leben an der Peene – The permanent exhibition runs from Slavs and Vikings through the Hanse and the Middle Ages to war and destruction from 1933 to 1949.
• Der Schatzfund von Anklam – The most important archaeological find from the Thirty Years' War period in Pomerania.

Founded

1927

Operated by

Hansestadt Anklam (Regiebetrieb)

Admission & discounts

Accessibility

• Partially wheelchair accessible
• Elevator: no information
• Accessible restroom: no information
• Accessible parking: no information
• Service dogs welcome: no information
• Tactile models & exhibits
• Sign language tours: no information
• Easy-to-read materials: no information
• Audio description: no information

There is no barrier-free access to all exhibition rooms on the tower floors. Exhibition labels are partly in pictograms, and some exhibits can be experienced by sound; tactile and audio tours are possible.

Kids & families

The museum hasn’t published any information on this.

Getting there & parking

Address: Schulstraße 1, 17389 Anklam.

Amenities & dining

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Events & venue rental

• Spaces for rent

Museum rooms can be used for events under the museum statutes and fee schedule.

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