Waloseum

About the museum

The Waloseum opened in 2006 in the former transmitter building of Norddeich Radio in the Norden district of Osterloog, around five kilometres east of the Norddeich seal station. It is operated by the Verein zur Erforschung und Erhaltung des Seehundes (association for the research and conservation of the seal), which runs it as a second facility alongside the Seehundstation Nationalpark-Haus.

At its heart is the preserved skeleton of an approximately 15-metre sperm whale bull, which stranded off Norderney in 2003. The exhibition "Unterwasserwelten erleben" (Experiencing Underwater Worlds) lets visitors listen to whale songs, takes them through the evolutionary history of marine mammals, and shows whales and dolphins of the North Sea. Several hands-on stations explain the animals of the North Sea coast.

The upper floor is devoted to the inhabitants of the Wadden Sea and the birdlife of the coast, and shows the diversity and adaptability of the habitat in the Lower Saxony Wadden Sea. The house also contains the quarantine station of the seal station. Here young seals, and sometimes grey seals, are given seasonal veterinary care and observation before they move on to the other animals at the station in Norddeich.

Highlights

• Skeleton of a 15-metre sperm whale stranded off Norderney in 2003
• Exhibition "Unterwasserwelten erleben" on whales and dolphins
• Upper floor on coastal birdlife and the Wadden Sea habitat
• Quarantine station for young seals and grey seals
• Combined ticket with the Norddeich seal station

Permanent exhibitions

• Unterwasserwelten erleben – Around the sperm whale skeleton: whale songs, development and way of life of whales and dolphins, and whales in the Wadden Sea.
• Vogelwelt der Küste und Lebensraum Wattenmeer – The upper floor shows coastal birds and the diversity of animals in the Lower Saxony Wadden Sea.
• Quarantänestation – Seasonally, young seals and occasionally grey seals are cared for and observed here before they move to the seal station.

Founded

2006

Operated by

Verein zur Erforschung und Erhaltung des Seehundes e. V.

Admission & discounts

Tickets online or at the day ticket office (EC card payment possible; there may be waiting times at the counter). Further discounts only at the day ticket office.

Accessibility

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Kids & families

• Hands-on stations

The exhibitions on whales, the North Sea and birdlife have hands-on stations; family card available.

Getting there & parking

By car via the A31 or A28 towards Emden, then the B72 towards Norden/Norddeich. At the second roundabout take the first exit towards Waloseum/Flughafen (airport), and after about 2 km turn left onto the Osterlooger Weg. The Waloseum is about 5 km east of the Norddeich seal station.

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