Stadt- und Regionalmuseum Perleberg

About the museum

A loss prompted the founding of the museum: in 1899 the finds from the Bronze Age royal tomb of Seddin went to Berlin, to the Märkisches Museum. So that further archaeological finds and antiquities from Perleberg and the western Prignitz would stay in the region, a museum of its own was established in 1905. The initiator and first director was the merchant Wilhelm Ratig.

Since 1931 the museum has been located in a house built around 1800 at Mönchort 7; later the neighboring buildings 9 to 11 were added. The collection survived the Second World War without major losses and, with around 35,000 objects, is among the most extensive regional holdings in Brandenburg. Into the 1990s the museum also carried out archaeological excavations itself.

Between 2010 and 2012 the exhibition rooms were redesigned. In October 2012 the permanent archaeological exhibition opened on the first floor, followed in December 2020 by the new section on rural life on the third floor. In between, the second floor tells the history of the Hanseatic city with a city model, guild objects, medieval church art and two historic rooms.

Today the museum, together with the city archive, belongs to the Perleberg city administration. Besides archaeology and city history, the collection focuses on furniture, textiles and everyday implements, paintings and prints, and the photographic estate of the Perleberg photographer Max Zeisig.

Highlights

• Replicas of the grave goods from the Seddin royal tomb (around 800 BC)
• Düpow silver hoard with coins of the 11th century
• Fully preserved grocery store of 1896
• Biedermeier room and model of medieval Perleberg
• Medieval church art from St. Jacobi and Prignitz village churches
• Exhibition on rural life in the Prignitz 1810–1960

Permanent exhibitions

• Archäologie der Prignitz – Finds from the Stone Age to the Middle Ages on the first floor, with replicas from the Seddin royal tomb, cemetery finds from Glövzin and the Slavic silver hoard of Düpow.
• Stadtgeschichte Perleberg – Starting from the city model, the second floor shows the Hanseatic period, crafts and guilds, church art as well as school and legal history; highlights are the Biedermeier room and the grocery store.
• Ländliches Leben in der Prignitz 1810–1960 – The third floor is devoted to work and everyday life in the countryside from the Prussian agrarian reforms to the postwar period.

Founded

1905

Operated by

Rolandstadt Perleberg

Admission & discounts

Museum education workshops for children cost €1.50 to €3.00 per person, depending on the program.

Accessibility

• Partially wheelchair accessible
• Elevator
• Accessible restroom
• Accessible parking: no information
• 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

Elevator to the second floor; the attic can only be reached by stairs. Step-free restroom, loan wheelchairs, plenty of seating and handrails on all stairs.

Kids & families

Great for kids & families

• Family tours & workshops
• Hands-on stations

Children's tours with workshops for daycare and elementary school children, for example on the Stone Age with a treasure hunt in the museum courtyard, on the Bronze Age with loom and grinding stone, on the Middle Ages with pottery, and on spinning and weaving; plus seasonal activities such as an Easter workshop. The project "Junge Archäologen Prignitz" (Young Archaeologists Prignitz) is aimed at children and young people.

Getting there & parking

The museum is in the historic old town on Mönchort.

Amenities & dining

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

Events & venue rental

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