Regionalmuseum Neubrandenburg

Current exhibitions

About the museum

The museum's story begins in 1872, when citizens of Neubrandenburg and notables from the surrounding area founded a museum association. Its aim was to collect, research, and publicly display evidence of the region's past. The town gave the association the Treptower Tor, a city gate where the first exhibition floor opened just a year later – the beginning of one of the oldest civic museums in the region.

The association ran the museum until 1935; under pressure from the Nazis it dissolved, and the museum passed into municipal ownership. The collections came through the fire that destroyed much of the town in 1945 largely unscathed, and the museum reopened as early as October 1948. As the Historisches Museum of the Neubrandenburg district, it gained additional sites from 1982; its archaeology and research on Rethra, the Germanic peoples, and the Middle Ages in particular earned it a reputation beyond the region.

Since 1990 the institution has been called Regionalmuseum Neubrandenburg, and the museum association was re-established that same year. After stints in a villa near the train station and in the Vierrademühle mill, the permanent exhibition on the history of the town and region moved in 2013 into the former Franciscan monastery, the oldest building in town; the EU-funded redesign was developed together with the Polish partner city of Stargard. In addition, the museum shows an exhibition on Brick Gothic architecture in the tower of the Konzertkirche and the exhibition "Die Slawen und Rethra" (The Slavs and Rethra) in the Treptower Tor.

Highlights

• Permanent exhibition on the history of the town and region in the oldest building in town
• Model of the town of Neubrandenburg
• The Neubrandenburg mayor's chain of office
• Sections on Fritz Reuter, competitive sports, and the Fünfeichen camp
• Samoa collection
• Changing special exhibitions on the top floor

Permanent exhibitions

• Stadt- und Regionalgeschichte – A walk through the town's eras, from the town model, religious art, and crafts to Fritz Reuter, competitive sports, and the Fünfeichen camp.
• Wege zur Backsteingotik – In Neubrandenburg zur Wehr und Zier – Exhibition in the tower of the Konzertkirche St. Marien on the construction methods and significance of northern German brick architecture.

Founded

1872

Operated by

Stadt Neubrandenburg

Director

Claudia Hoffmann

Admission & discounts

Prices according to the fee schedule of Neubrandenburg's municipal cultural institutions. Free admission for members of the friends' associations, the Deutscher Museumsbund, and the Museumsverband M-V.

Accessibility

• Wheelchair accessible
• Elevator: no information
• 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

The Franciscan monastery is accessible, with offerings for people with hearing impairments; the Treptower Tor has no accessible entrance.

Kids & families

Great for kids & families

• Family tours & workshops

Holiday programs and children's festivals; for daycare and elementary school groups, hands-on tours, outdoor discovery tours along the town wall and craft courses in the Treptower Tor tower (about 60 minutes each).

Getting there & parking

Amenities & dining

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Events & venue rental

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