Städtisches Museum Göttingen

Over het museum

The impetus for the museum came from the Germanist Moriz Heyne, who, after being appointed to Göttingen in 1883, campaigned for a municipal collection of antiquities. On October 1, 1889, it opened in a few rooms of a house on what is now Goetheallee; donations from citizens and the administration made the holdings grow quickly, so that the collection had to move to a larger building on Burgstraße as early as 1893.

Since 1897, the museum has been located in the Hardenberger Hof on Ritterplan, a Renaissance noble palace built in 1592 – the last of its kind in Göttingen. Gradually, the neighboring Alte Posthalterei (old post house), the carriage house, and, in 1979, the house of the former postmaster were added; the expansion was the occasion for a complete redesign of the permanent exhibitions.

In 2008, a structural inspection showed that the overloaded attics endangered large parts of the complex. The exhibitions were closed and tens of thousands of objects were moved to a new external storage facility. Since 2015, areas have gradually become accessible again, and in 2025 the renovated largest exhibition room in the Hardenberger Hof reopened.

The collection comprises around 150,000 objects on life in Göttingen from the Middle Ages to the present, with a focus on the 18th to 20th centuries, including paintings, graphic art, Judaica, and scientific instruments. Today the museum sees itself as a city museum in transition and in 2014 was the first municipal city history museum in Lower Saxony to restitute cultural property seized as a result of Nazi persecution.

Hoogtepunten

• Hardenberger Hof from 1592, Göttingen's last surviving noble palace
• Permanent exhibition on Göttingen in the 16th century
• Church art collection
• Judaica holdings and provenance research
• Audio stations available via smartphone

Vaste collectie

• Stadt. Macht. Glaube. Göttingen im 16. Jahrhundert – The presentation on the second floor of the Hardenberger Hof shows how printing, the Reformation, and wars shaped life in Göttingen in the 16th century. The museum's church art collection is integrated into it.

Opgericht

1889

Beheerder

Stadt Göttingen

Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

De toegang is gratis.

The permanent exhibition and some of the special exhibitions are free; admission is charged for individual special exhibitions.

Toegankelijkheid

• Rolstoeltoegankelijk: niet aanwezig
• 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

Because of stairs and steps, the historic building is currently not accessible; accessible rooms are planned after the renovation is completed.

Kinderen & gezin

Erg geschikt voor kinderen & gezinnen

• Gezinsrondleidingen & workshops
• Speurtocht, doeboekje of kinderaudiotour

Regular children's tours, workshops, hands-on days, and a holiday program for children aged about 6 to 12; discovery sheets for school classes and daycare centers.

Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

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

Service & horeca

• Garderobe
• Kluisjes

Coats and jackets are left at the coat check, bags are locked away.

Evenementen & zaalverhuur

• Ruimtes te huur
• Zakelijke evenementen

Tot 65 personen.

Tapetensaal (wallpaper hall) for conferences and workshops with up to 65 people, plus a smaller room for discussion groups of up to 15 people. Booking via museum-buchungen@goettingen.de or tel. 0551 400-2843.

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