Städtische Galerie Delmenhorst
Municipal exhibition space for contemporary art in the Art Nouveau villa Haus Coburg with a collection on modernism around Fitger and Stuckenberg.
About the museum
The Städtische Galerie Delmenhorst is housed in Haus Coburg, a villa that the young architect Heinz Stoffregen designed in 1904/05 for the physician Hermann Coburg. The house combined a residence, a medical practice, and rooms for house concerts; Stoffregen later shaped Delmenhorst's cityscape with the water tower, town hall, and market hall.
From 1961, Hermann Coburg Jr. ran the private galerie pro arte in the villa, which in ten years showed around 70 exhibitions of international, often abstract art and regional positions. In 1973, the city acquired the building; in May 1974, the Städtische Galerie opened there with an exhibition on the commercialization of urban space.
Since then, the gallery has shown changing exhibitions of contemporary art and given young artists space for their first major appearances. In parallel, the municipal art collection grew to include painting, sculpture, graphic art, photography, and installations. Its focal points are artists from the circle of the Berlin avant-garde gallery DER STURM, the Delmenhorst history painter Arthur Fitger, and Fritz Stuckenberg, whose estate has been on permanent loan to the house since 1998. Site-specific projects regularly make the city itself the subject; since 2021, Matilda Felix has headed the gallery.
Highlights
- Art Nouveau villa Haus Coburg by Heinz Stoffregen (1904/05)
- Largest museum collection on Arthur Fitger in Germany
- Estate of the STURM artist Fritz Stuckenberg
- Changing exhibitions of contemporary art
- Färbergarten (dyers' garden) in the courtyard and artothek in the city center
- Founded
- 1974
- Operated by
- Stadt Delmenhorst
- Director
- Dr. Matilda Felix
Admission & discounts
| Adults | €4.50 |
|---|---|
| Reduced | €3.50Groups of 6 or more, people with severe disabilities, recipients of social benefits |
| Children & teens | freefree up to age 18 · Children and young adults up to 18 years free |
| Seniors | –No senior discount listed |
| Visitors with disabilities | €3.50 |
| Students & apprentices | freeFree admission for students (school and university), trainees, and people doing voluntary service |
| Groups (6+ people) | €3.50 per personGroup tour (60 min., max. 25 people): €65 plus €3.50 per person |
| Families | €7.502 adults with children |
| Public guided tour | €5.50reduced €4.50; school classes and students free |
| Children's workshop | €2.50per child |
Free admission also for members of the Freundeskreis Haus Coburg, of ICOM, BBK, Museumsverband, and the Deutscher Museumsbund, and with the Delmenhorst Ehrenamtspass (volunteer pass). Card payment currently not possible. Vouchers and annual passes at the ticket desk.
Accessibility
- Wheelchair accessible: not available
- Elevator: no information
- Accessible restroom: no information
- 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
The building is not accessible.
Kids & families
Great for kids & families
| Kids’ admission | free up to age 18 |
|---|---|
| Family ticket | €7.50 · 2 adults with children |
- Family tours & workshops
- Kids’ birthday parties
Printing and dyers' garden workshops for children ages 4 and up, multi-day holiday workshops, and an open printing workshop on Wednesdays in the artothek. Children's birthday parties with an exhibition tour and creative part (up to 10 children, €100).
Getting there & parking
By public transit
Bahnhof Delmenhorst · 5-min walk
About a 5-minute walk from Delmenhorst station; the building is at the corner of Fischstraße and Friedrich-Ebert-Allee.
By car
Parking available
Some parking spaces in the courtyard, access via Fischstraße. Bicycle parking in front of the building and in the inner courtyard.
Access to the courtyard and entrance from Fischstraße and Friedrich-Ebert-Allee.
Get directionsAmenities & dining
- Museum shop
- Lockers
Ticket desk with publications, postcards, and editions on the mezzanine level (Hochparterre); restrooms and free lockers are also there.
Events & venue rental
- Spaces for rent
- Private parties
- Corporate events
Up to 25 guests.
Tea room also outside opening hours: seated dinners up to 15, standing receptions up to 25 people; in good weather also the courtyard. On request with an exhibition tour or workshop.
Inquiries & detailsPlan your visit
| Guided tours | yes · approx. 60 min |
|---|---|
| School programs | yes |
| Good to know | Regular tours, short visits (Thursdays), and artist talks. Group tours for up to 25 people in German and English by arrangement, also language-sensitive. Please put bags and backpacks in the lockers. |
