Local history museum in the Baroque Schloss Schönebeck in Bremen-Nord, with collections on whaling, shipbuilding, rope works and the Africa explorer Gerhard Rohlfs.
December 5, 2026 – January 17, 2027
Photo exhibition by Joest Leopold in the Kunstkeller: multiple exposures address injustice and crimes committed by the USA at home and abroad over more than a hundred years.
November 14, 2026 – December 27, 2026
Drawing on holdings of the Heimatmuseum (local history museum), the exhibition shows two expeditions by Captain Eduard Dallmann to New Guinea in the 1880s.
October 17, 2026 – November 28, 2026
In the Kunstkeller, self-taught artist Anja Fiz from Grasberg shows intuitively painted acrylic and pastel works that draw attention to beauty in small things.
Schloss Schönebeck was first documented as a castle in 1357 and was built in the Baroque style around 1640. It has probably belonged to the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen since 1950 and is one of the most important historic buildings in Bremen-Nord.
In 1972 the Heimat- und Museumsverein für Vegesack und Umgebung e. V. (local history association for Vegesack and surroundings) set up a museum here. The collection, largely owned by the association, is devoted to the historic whaling from Vegesack (1653 to 1872), the beginnings of industry in the region with the examples of ceramics and rope works, shipbuilding on the Lower Weser, the rescue of shipwrecked sailors, herring fishing, and sailing and steamship navigation.
Separate sections commemorate the Africa traveler Gerhard Rohlfs and the South Seas captain Eduard Dallmann; in addition, there are middle-class living rooms of the 19th century. The large navigation hall also serves as the wedding room.
| Adults | €5 |
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| Children & teens | freefree up to age 18 · Children and young people up to 18 pay no admission. |
| Groups (10+ people) | €4 per personper person |
Free admission: Open Monument Day (2026: September 13)
Association members enter free. For the children's program on the first Sunday of the month, admission is free for children and one accompanying adult.
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Great for kids & families
| Kids’ admission | free up to age 18 |
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Every first Sunday of the month at 11:00 there is a children's program on the second floor: a fairy-tale hour (July, September, November) or Kasperle puppet theater (August, October, December). Children's birthday parties by arrangement.
Schönebeck
Regio-S-Bahn to the "Schönebeck" stop; bus lines 90, 91 and 92 to "Bahnhof Schönebeck."
By car via the A 270, exit 6 (Grohn / St. Magnus / Schönebeck).
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Civil weddings in the large navigation hall on the third Friday of each month (appointments from 13:00); non-legal ceremonies and photo shoots by arrangement. Contact: hochzeiten@museum-schloss-schoenebeck.de, phone 0421 24195725. Children's birthday parties by arrangement.
Inquiries & details| Guided tours | yes |
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| Audio guide | yes |
| Good to know | Digital tours with audio guides. Group tours and special openings by phone registration at 0421 623432. |
