Stadtmuseum Oldenburg

Actuele tentoonstellingen

Over het museum

The Stadtmuseum (city museum) goes back to the Oldenburg art collector Theodor Francksen (1875–1914). He bequeathed his collections and his two villas to the city on the condition that they be turned into a municipal museum; it was founded in 1915. Francksen's holdings include some 7,000 prints, among them nearly complete groups of works by Max Klinger and Francisco de Goya as well as Japanese color woodblock prints of the 18th and 19th centuries. For decades, the Francksen Villa of 1877 and its neighboring buildings shaped the museum with their historic living quarters.

In 1968 an extension was added, the so-called Neue Galerie. The museum closed in spring 2021 for a comprehensive renewal; the Neue Galerie was demolished in 2022 and replaced by a new building with a clinker brick facade, while restoration of the villas in keeping with their listed status began at the same time. During the roughly five-year closure, the museum appeared around the city with pop-up formats and involved residents in the planning.

On June 6 and 7, 2026, the new building opened with a large foyer, a museum café and four levels. On about 1,200 square meters of exhibition space, plus another 750 square meters for education and community, it presents a newly designed permanent exhibition on Oldenburg's city history. The historic villas are still being restored and are later to house a revised exhibition. The museum is run by the City of Oldenburg and also includes the Artothek (art lending library) and the Pulverturm (powder tower) on the Schloßwall.

Hoogtepunten

• New permanent exhibition on city history across two levels
• Digital city model and interactive stations
• Print collection of founder Theodor Francksen with Klinger, Goya and Japanese woodblock prints
• Listed Francksen villas (currently under restoration)
• Free admission on the first Sunday of the month

Vaste collectie

• Stadtgeschichtliche Dauerausstellung – Across two levels, the exhibition asks what makes a city and who shapes it – from the first traces of settlement to today, with a digital city model, objects and personal stories.

Opgericht

1915

Beheerder

Stadt Oldenburg

Directie

Steffen Wiegmann

Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

Gratis toegang: Free admission and guided tour on the first Sunday of every month

Ticket valid for the permanent and special exhibitions. Free admission also for members of the friends' association, companions ("B" marker), press, and holders of ICOM and Museumsbund cards. Tickets online or at the museum ticket desk (tel. 0441 235-2885).

Toegankelijkheid

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

The website offers information in Easy Read German (Leichte Sprache); details on the physical accessibility of the new building had not yet been published online.

Kinderen & gezin

Erg geschikt voor kinderen & gezinnen

• Gezinsrondleidingen & workshops
• Speurtocht, doeboekje of kinderaudiotour

Free explorer booklet "SMO Kids" for children ages 8 and up at the ticket desk. Once a month on Saturday mornings, a family tour for discovering and joining in.

Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

Bike racks at the entrance.

Service & horeca

• Café

Café Atrium in the new building, foyer with seating areas.

Evenementen & zaalverhuur

Het museum heeft hierover geen informatie gepubliceerd – vraag het rechtstreeks na bij het museum.

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