KulturAmbulanz

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Over het museum

The KulturAmbulanz was founded in 1987 on the initiative of five committed individuals at Klinikum Bremen-Ost. The goal was to open the clinic to the wider city and to use art and culture to break down prejudices against people with mental illness. The Krankenhaus-Museum (hospital museum) was added in 1989.

The museum is located in a listed courtyard building of the St.-Jürgen-Asyl, opened in 1904, which was the nucleus of today's hospital. It tells the history of psychiatry in Bremen from its beginnings through the medical crimes of the Nazi era to the reforms of recent decades. Since 2023, it has shown a redesigned permanent exhibition centered on the life stories of patients, relatives, and staff. Together with the "Irrstern" memorial in the hospital park, it also serves as a memorial site for the Bremen victims of Nazi "euthanasia."

The KulturAmbulanz also includes the Haus im Park, opened in 2004 to replace an Art Nouveau festival hall that burned down in 2001, which today hosts concerts, theater, and conferences, as well as Café Sophie, run jointly by patients and therapists. It is operated by the municipal hospital group Gesundheit Nord, with support from the Förderverein Haus im Park (friends' association). In 2020, the hospital museum received the museum quality seal of the Museumsverband Niedersachsen und Bremen.

Hoogtepunten

• Permanent exhibition "Wahnsinnig?!" on the history of psychiatry in Bremen
• Memorial site for the victims of Nazi medical crimes, with the "Irrstern" memorial
• Temporary exhibitions between medicine and art
• Historic hospital park with a digital site guide
• Café Sophie, an inclusion project

Vaste collectie

• Wahnsinnig?! Psychiatrie – Gesellschaft – Kunst – Reopened in 2023, the permanent exhibition traces psychiatry in Bremen from the St.-Jürgen-Asyl through the Nazi era to the reforms, drawing on biographies, documents, and artworks from the clinic.

Opgericht

1989

Beheerder

Gesundheit Nord gGmbH – Klinikverbund Bremen (unterstützt vom Förderverein Haus im Park e. V.)

Directie

Dominik Fehsenfeld, Jannik Sachweh (Krankenhaus-Museum)

Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

Patients and employees of Gesundheit Nord are admitted free. The exhibition "Melting Pot 7" and many events are free. Educational programs: talk with a contemporary witness (3 hrs) €100, seminar day (4–5 hrs) €240, seminar day in Leichte Sprache (Easy German) (3 hrs) €100.

Toegankelijkheid

• Deels rolstoeltoegankelijk
• Lift: niet aanwezig
• Aangepast toilet: geen informatie
• Gehandicaptenparkeerplaats
• Hulphonden welkom: geen informatie
• Tastmodellen / voelbare objecten: geen informatie
• Rondleidingen in gebarentaal: geen informatie
• Informatie in eenvoudige taal
• Audiodescriptie: geen informatie

The upper floor of the hospital museum is reachable only by stairs (18 steps); it houses, among other things, the special exhibition "Ankunft." The entrance door and the door to Room 3 are heavy to open. Lectures take place in accessible rooms on the first floor. Haus im Park is accessible in all main areas, Café Sophie largely so. Designated accessible parking space on the grounds.

Kinderen & gezin

Beperkt geschikt voor kinderen

• Gezinsrondleidingen & workshops

Tours for school classes are recommended from grade 8. The house in the park hosts children's theater and holiday programs.

Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

The path from the bus stop is signposted.

Service & horeca

• Café

Café Sophie in the historic half-timbered house with a terrace, run by patients and therapists.

Evenementen & zaalverhuur

• Ruimtes te huur
• Privéfeesten: niet aanwezig
• Zakelijke evenementen
• Bruiloften / trouwceremonies: niet aanwezig

Tot 410 personen.

Haus im Park for conferences, meetings, and cultural events for 10 people or more: large hall (up to 410 seats, divisible, with gallery), small hall (up to 90 seats), conference rooms, foyer, terrace, Steinway grand piano. No private parties; prices on request (phone 0421 408-2116).

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