Stadtgeschichtliches Museum der Hansestadt Wismar

Over het museum

The museum's beginnings go back to 1863: at that time Wismar citizens founded an association and set up a museum of art and antiquities. In the following decades the collection changed premises several times – including to the Hauptwache (main guardhouse) on the Markt and the Alte Schule (old school) near St. Marien. In 1925 the city took over the association's museum, and in 1933 it moved into the Schabbellhaus as a local history museum, where it reopened after the Second World War in December 1950.

The main building at Schweinsbrücke 8 was built from 1569 to 1571 as a residence and brewery for the brewer, merchant and later mayor Heinrich (Hinrich) Schabbell, to designs by the Utrecht master builder Philipp Brandin. With its stepped gable and Renaissance portals, it is among the most magnificent brick buildings in the Dutch Renaissance style on the Baltic Sea. Next door, at number 6, stands a medieval hall house with a Kemladen (storage chamber). The ensemble was extensively renovated until 1997 and again from 2010 to 2017; the museum remained closed during that time.

In December 2017 the SCHABBELL reopened. The tour through both buildings tells, with more than 2,000 objects, the story from the founding of the city in the early 13th century through the Hanseatic period and the Swedish period to the Peaceful Revolution of 1989/90. Highlights include Schabbell's painted living rooms, a 16th-century Flemish tapestry and the only original surviving Wismar Swedish Head (Schwedenkopf). In the "Gläsernes Museum" (Glass Museum), a show lab and show storage give a look behind the scenes of restoration and collection care.

Hoogtepunten

• Painted living rooms and banquet hall of Mayor Heinrich Schabbell
• The only original surviving Wismar Swedish Head (Schwedenkopf)
• Room-height 16th-century Flemish tapestry
• History of the rail bus "Schweineschnauze" (pig snout) of the Wismar Waggonfabrik
• Glass Museum with show lab and show storage
• Hands-on, listening and tactile stations for all age groups

Vaste collectie

• Stadtgeschichte Wismars – Chronological tour through both buildings from the founding of the city in the 13th century to the Peaceful Revolution of 1989/90, with more than 2,000 objects, audio, media and hands-on stations.
• Die Häuser des Heinrich Schabbell – From the vaulted cellar to the roof truss, you can explore the medieval hall house and the Renaissance residence and brewery with original wall and ceiling paintings.
• Das Gläserne Museum – The show lab and show storage demonstrate how objects are restored, studied and preserved.

Opgericht

1863

Beheerder

Hansestadt Wismar

Directie

Corinna Schubert

Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

Concessions are granted only upon presentation of proof.

Toegankelijkheid

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

Certified under "Reisen für Alle" (Travel for All): partially accessible for people with walking and visual impairments, accessible for people with cognitive impairments. Step-free entrance; three steps inside are bridged by a platform lift, the elevator runs from the basement to the attic, and the tour can be done without stairs. Accessible restroom on the first floor, public accessible parking space at the building. Orientation plan for all floors, tactile objects in the permanent exhibition, texts in Easy Language (Leichte Sprache), audio guide with audio description, tours in Simple Language and introductory films in sign language.

Kinderen & gezin

Erg geschikt voor kinderen & gezinnen

• Gezinsrondleidingen & workshops
• Speurtocht, doeboekje of kinderaudiotour
• Doe- en voelstations

Recognized as a family-friendly place by the Tourism Association Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Free children's audio guide, many hands-on stations – such as trying on medieval shoes – and the mascot Bruno Backstein. At the museum ticket desk there are rally booklets for a city and legends rally through the old town. Children and young people up to age 16 have free admission when accompanied by adults.

Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

The museum is in the old town next to the Nikolaikirche.

Service & horeca

• Museumwinkel

Museum shop "Schabbells KulturKontor" with literature on city history, postcards and souvenirs. The museum's garden and inner courtyard invite visitors to rest.

Evenementen & zaalverhuur

• Ruimtes te huur
• Bruiloften / trouwceremonies

Tot 60 personen.

From May through September, weddings of the Wismar registry office in the enclosed inner courtyard under the open sky (up to 60 guests); in bad weather the adjoining connecting building is available, sparkling wine reception in the museum garden possible. Reservations through the Wismar registry office.

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