Ostpreußisches Landesmuseum

Current exhibitions

About the museum

The museum's roots lie in the postwar period, when many refugees and expellees from East Prussia settled in the Lüneburg area. On the initiative of forester Hans-Ludwig Loeffke, an East Prussian Hunting Museum was established in 1958 in the Altes Kaufhaus, but just a year later it was largely destroyed by arson. After the collection was rebuilt, it reopened in 1964 on Salzstraße and was expanded in 1981 into a hunting and state museum.

In 1987 the state museum, now under academic direction, moved into a new building on the site of the former Kronenbrauerei brewery; since then it has been funded by the federal government and the state of Lower Saxony, and since 1994 it has been run by the Ostpreußische Kulturstiftung. After 1991 numerous exhibition partnerships with institutions in Poland, Lithuania and Russia followed. In 2010 the museum took over the neighboring brewery museum in the historic brewhouse of the Kronenbrauerei.

Between 2014 and 2018 the museum was expanded and gained a Baltic German department. Since then, the late Gothic Scharffsches Haus on Heiligengeiststraße has served as the entrance building with a café, and a new building in the courtyard as the foyer. The permanent exhibition, opened in 2018 and covering around 2,000 square meters, ranges from landscape and wildlife through the Teutonic Order and Prussia to flight, expulsion and integration after 1945.

In March 2026 a dedicated Kant Museum opened in the courtyard – the first permanent exhibition in Germany on the Königsberg philosopher, based on the largest surviving Kant collection.

Highlights

• Kant Museum (since March 2026) with a VR reconstruction of old Königsberg
• Amber – the "gold of the Baltic Sea"
• Paintings by Lovis Corinth, Käthe Kollwitz and the Nidden artists' colony
• Moose diorama and the department of game, forests and horses
• Baltic German department
• Brewery museum in the historic brewhouse of the Kronenbrauerei

Permanent exhibitions

• Kant-Museum – Across some 600 square meters, the life and thought of Immanuel Kant are presented with interactive stations and a virtual reconstruction of Königsberg.
• Dauerausstellung Ostpreußen und Deutschbalten – Regional history from the Teutonic Order to flight and expulsion, plus nature, hunting, amber, fine art and the Baltic German department.

Founded

1987

Operated by

Ostpreußische Kulturstiftung

Director

Dr. Joachim Mähnert

Admission & discounts

Free admission for children and teens under 18, school classes and refugees from Ukraine.

Accessibility

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

Accessible entrance via Ritterstraße (back of the museum), where parking is available for people with a recognized mobility impairment. Café, restrooms and exhibition rooms are at ground level or reachable by elevator.

Kids & families

Great for kids & families

• Family tours & workshops
• Activity booklet, scavenger hunt or kids’ audio guide
• Kids’ birthday parties

Family tour "Ingo-Pfad" with Ingo the otter, museum backpack and puzzle booklet; hands-on activities and downloadable materials, kids' club, holiday programs and children's birthday parties. Family ticket available.

Getting there & parking

Amenities & dining

• Café
• Museum shop

MuseumsCafé Bernstein in the entrance building, museum shop in the foyer (including amber jewelry, books).

Events & venue rental

The museum hasn’t published any information on this – please ask the museum directly.

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