Klimahaus Bremerhaven

Name

Klimahaus Bremerhaven

Legal name

Klimahaus Bremerhaven gGmbH

Website

https://klimahaus-bremerhaven.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Climate Education Center / Science Museum

NAICS

Museums (712110)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro primary industry

Science & Technology Museums (THAJADAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Educational & Edutainment Parks (Science/Discovery/Children’s Parks) (THAJAEAG)

Keywords

• Climate education center
• Science museum
• Interactive exhibitions
• Event venue rental
• Educational tourism

Headquarters

HQ city

Bremerhaven, Bremen

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Admission Tickets: The primary revenue stream comes from admission ticket sales, including day tickets, afternoon tickets, and annual passes sold both online and at the gate.
2. Event Venue Rental: The venue generates significant revenue from renting its unique spaces for corporate events, conferences, weddings, birthday parties, team-building activities, and exclusive private events. Spaces include themed travel stations, conference rooms (Kyoto, Montreal, Rio, Bali), and the full exhibition.
3. Food and Beverage: On-site restaurant (Restaurant und Café) and Café Südwärts offer pescetarian cuisine with sustainable, regional, and seasonal ingredients. Revenue from meals, snacks, and beverages for visitors.
4. Retail (Shop 8° Ost): The museum shop sells fair trade products, regional foods, games, books, household items, souvenirs, and the Save Mother Earth clothing collection.
5. Gift Vouchers: Gift vouchers sold both online and at the gate, valid for 3 years until end of year, redeemable for admission, food, and retail.
6. Wetterextreme Exhibition Surcharge: The immersive Weather Extremes exhibition requires an additional ticket (€5) beyond standard admission, creating supplementary revenue.
7. Annual Memberships: Annual passes provide recurring revenue from repeat visitors, offering unlimited access to standard exhibitions for one year.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Klimahaus Bremerhaven operates a climate-themed science museum offering walk-through exhibitions (Die Reise, Perspektiven, World Future Lab, Wetterextreme), educational programs for school groups, event venue rental, on-site restaurant and café, branded retail merchandise, and an annual pass subscription. It functions as a non-profit experiential learning destination centered on climate change awareness.

Product overview

Klimahaus Bremerhaven is a globally unique science center and theme park focused on climate, climate change, and weather education. The core offering consists of four main permanent exhibitions: 'Die Reise' (The Journey) — a 5,000 m² walkable world tour along the 8°34' east longitude through nine climate zone stations; 'Perspektiven' (Perspectives) — exploring climate change through Earth's history; 'World Future Lab' — an interactive game-based area for testing climate-relevant decision-making skills; and 'Wetterextreme' (Weather Extremes) — an immersive 360-degree theater experience with a moving uplift platform. Supplementary offerings include an on-site pescetarian restaurant and café, retail shop (Shop 8° Ost), FRoSTA-Kochschule cooking school for educational programs, event venue rental across five rooms accommodating up to 950 guests, an audio guide narrated by Dr. Eckart von Hirschhausen and Prof. Antje Boetius, an annual pass, a monthly podcast ('GradWandel'), overnight stays for school groups, various guided tours, gift vouchers, 0-Euro souvenir banknotes, escape games, and educational programs. A special exhibition 'Sicher, oder?' on disaster preparedness runs from September to November 2026. The venue also functions as an event location for conferences, weddings, team-building, and exclusive private hire.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• FRoSTA-Kochschule: A cooking school within the Klimahaus focused on sustainable and climate-friendly nutrition education for children and youth.
• Wetterextreme

Quantifiable outcome

• 50,000–60,000 students educated annually about climate change impacts
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration6 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

14 partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• IMAGINARYminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 19 September 2026IMAGINARY, a non-profit organization, created the 'Sicher, oder?' (Safe, or?) traveling exhibition on disaster preparedness and civil protection. All exhibits are available under open licenses. The exhibition runs September 19 - November 22, 2026.
• BeLIFE (Wissenschaftliches Begleitprojekt)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 19 September 2026BeLIFE is the scientific accompanying project for the model regions program, independently reflecting on opportunities and challenges in implementing solutions and making results visible across regions. 'Sicher, oder?' is part of this accompanying project.
• Bremerhavener Entwicklungsgesellschaft Alter/Neuer Hafen mbH & Co. KG (BEAN)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024BEAN is the client/builder for the Wetterextreme exhibition, responsible for funding and constructing the new permanent exhibition. BEAN develops the Alter/Neuer Hafen area of Bremerhaven where the Klimahaus is located.
• Deutsche Wetterdienst (DWD)coreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2024The German Meteorological Service serves as scientific partner for the Wetterextreme exhibition, providing meteorological expertise and content validation for the immersive weather experience.
• arteminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2024ARTE, the European television channel, serves as media partner for the Wetterextreme exhibition, providing promotional and content support for the immersive weather experience.
• studio klv (Jan Löken und Bernhard Kehrer)coreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 1 January 2024studio klv, led by Jan Löken and Bernhard Kehrer, served as the creative agency for the Wetterextreme exhibition. Project lead Astrid Dressel oversaw the creative direction. The studio focused on emotional climate communication that moves visitors to action.
• Sarner International LtdcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 1 January 2024Sarner International Ltd implemented the immersive audio-visual elements and atmospheric effects for the Wetterextreme exhibition, creating the 360-degree projection experiences and special effects.
• Dr. Insa Thiele-EichminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Dr. Insa Thiele-Eich, meteorologist and astronaut, serves as the virtual guide through the Wetterextreme exhibition, providing expert commentary and personal narrative connecting visitors to the science of extreme weather.
• SPIELPROVIEL GmbH & Co. KGminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 1 January 2023SPIELPROVIEL GmbH & Co. KG provides mini-golf equipment and setup for the 'Golf on the 8th Longitude' team-building and event activity, offering an unusual sporting evening program along the climate zones.
• GfG / Gruppe für Gestaltung GmbHcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 1 January 2022GfG/Gruppe für Gestaltung GmbH designed and implemented the World Future Lab exhibition, working on the concept and execution of the interactive game-based learning experience.
• Dr. Fabiola H. Gerpott (Jacobs University Bremen)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022Dr. Fabiola H. Gerpott, formerly of Jacobs University Bremen and member of the WISE Global Research Network, provided scientific guidance for the World Future Lab game development, ensuring educational rigor and climate science accuracy.
• AOK Bremen/BremerhavenminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022AOK Bremen/Bremerhaven supports the FRoSTA-Kochschule programs, emphasizing the importance of family cooking and healthy eating habits for children's development and wellbeing.
• Stadtbibliothek BremerhavenminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022Partner library providing books for the 'Bücherreise' (Book Journey) program, allowing loan of themed books that complement the Klimahaus exhibition experience.
• FRoSTA AG (FRoSTA Tiefkühlkost GmbH)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2015Ten-year partnership (since ~2015) supporting the FRoSTA-Kochschule cooking school within the Klimahaus. FRoSTA provides financial support enabling reduced pricing (€5.00 per student) for school cooking programs. FRoSTA is known for its 'Reinheitsgebot' purity commitment, refusing artificial additives. Their philosophy aligns with the Klimahaus mission of sustainable, additive-free food education.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Questacon: National Science and Technology Centre in Canberra, Australia. Comparable government-backed immersive science center with themed exhibition halls, school programs aligned with national curricula, and premium interactive attractions — a global benchmark for science center business models.
• Phaeno Wolfsburg: Science experience center in Wolfsburg, Germany, designed by Zaha Hadid with hands-on exhibits on scientific phenomena. Operates a similar immersive, experiment-driven science center model aimed at families and school groups, with a comparable ticket-pricing and event-rental business model.
• Universum Bremen: Science center in Bremen, Germany, offering interactive exhibits on themes like technology, humans, and earth. Located in the same northwestern German region as Klimahaus and targets identical audiences (schools, families, tourists) with a comparable admission/event business model.
• Deutsches Museum: One of the world's largest science and technology museums, located in Munich. Comparable as a flagship German science museum with permanent themed exhibition halls, school programming, and large-scale visitor operations, though at a substantially larger scale than Klimahaus.
• Technorama: Swiss Science Center in Winterthur, Switzerland, focused on hands-on natural phenomena and science exhibits. Comparable as a hands-on European science center with strong educational programming, family audiences, and premium exhibition experiences.
• EXPERIMINTA: Interactive science center in Frankfurt, Germany, featuring170+ experiment stations. Directly comparable as a German science center with hands-on exhibit model, school programming, and similar admission/event revenue mix.
• Deutsches Auswandererhaus Bremerhaven: German Emigration Center in Bremerhaven, a permanent exhibition museum directly adjacent to Klimahaus in the Havenwelten district. Operates a similarly themed, award-winning immersive exhibition model in the same city with comparable visitor pricing and group/event programming.
• Odysseum Köln: Science and adventure center in Cologne, Germany, focused on interactive experiences for families and school groups. Operates a similar entertainment-education hybrid model with event venue capacity and themed exhibit halls.
• Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie: Largest science museum in Europe, located in Paris. Closest international peer in scale and concept — a flagship immersive science center with permanent themed exhibitions, interactive sub-attractions, and large school/corporate programming.

Broad incumbents

• Madame Tussauds: Global chain of figure-based visitor attractions operated by Merlin Entertainments. Comparable as a high-traffic, ticket-driven themed experience venue with ancillary F&B, retail, and event revenue — though operating in entertainment rather than science education.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

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