Ostfriesisches Landesmuseum

What Ostfriesisches Landesmuseum does

Ostfriesisches Landesmuseum Emden is the designated regional state museum (Landesmuseum) for East Frisia, located at Brückstraße 1 in Emden, Lower Saxony, Germany. Operated as a municipal institution by the Stadt Emden under the executive responsibility of Oberbürgermeister Tim Kruithoff, the museum is led by Museumsdirektorin Jasmin Alley with Michael Kühn serving as Deputy Director / Head of Administration. The museum's institutional roots trace to 1820 with the founding of the Kunstliebhaberverein, and it serves a dual curatorial mandate covering seven centuries of regional art and East Frisian cultural history — archaeology, the Rüstkammer (armor chamber), civic treasures, and works by Ludolf Backhuysen and Dutch Golden Age masters.

The product surface comprises a permanent collection exhibition (Sammlungsausstellung), rotating special exhibitions (Sonderausstellungen), the historic Rathaus tower with its 23-bell Glockenspiel, and supplementary programs including guided tours (Führungen), Kids Kreativ children's programming, events programming, and the on-site Café Nebenan. The upcoming OLmE App, scheduled to launch August 2026, adds a digital layer of interactive location-based storytelling for East Frisian historical sites. Current special exhibitions include ZICKZACK (Emden brick expressionism) and Die Weimarer Republik, both running through January 2027, with the cross-border Radbod exhibition arriving March 2027 in partnership with the Fries Museum Leeuwarden and Interreg VI programme partners.

Revenue is generated through direct on-site admissions (€8 adult, €4 reduced, children under 17 free, €14 family, €6 group), booked guided tours (€35–€60 per group), annual memberships (1820dieKUNST, Freundes- und Förderkreis providing free admission), the on-site café, and a €14 combined ticket cross-promoting Kunsthalle Emden. The museum is supported by City of Emden institutional funding, supplemented by grants such as the Museumspreis 2026 (€15,000) and federal/Interreg programme funding. Distribution is exclusively walk-in with no e-commerce ticketing indicated; marketing relies on the multilingual website (DE/EN/NL), monthly newsletter, Facebook, Instagram, and earned press. No AI/ML capabilities are evident, and the technology stack consists of standard social, mapping, and communication integrations.

Name

Ostfriesisches Landesmuseum

Legal name

Ostfriesisches Landesmuseum Emden

Website

https://landesmuseum-emden.de

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Ostfriesisches Landesmuseum Emden is the regional state museum for East Frisia, operated by the City of Emden. It presents a permanent collection of regional art and history, rotating special exhibitions, the historic Rathaus tower with carillon, and on-site café, serving general public, school groups, families, and regional tourists.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cultural Museum Services

NAICS

Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions (712), Museums (712110), Historical Sites (712120)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro primary industry

Cultural Heritage Institutions (Archives, Historic Houses, Monuments Foundations) (THAJADAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Art Museums (THAJADAA), Historic Sites, Heritage Landmarks & Archaeological Sites (THAJACAC)

Keywords

• Regional history museum
• Cultural heritage preservation
• Art and history exhibitions
• Guided museum tours
• Museum educational programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Emden

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Admission Fees: The museum charges per-entry admission fees. Standard adult tickets are €8, with reduced rate of €4 for eligible visitors. Children under 17 enter free. Families pay a combined rate of €14. Group rates (10+ persons) are €6 per person. School classes pay €1.50 per student. Tower-only visits are €2.
2. Guided Tours and Group Bookings: The museum offers booked guided tours (60–90 minutes) for groups up to 20 persons, including special exhibition tours (€40), permanent collection tours (€60), Plattdeutsch-language tours (€60), school class tours (€35), and hands-on activity sessions (€50). Revenue is generated per booking.
3. Café Nebenan (On-site Café): An affiliated sustainable café operates on-site (Tue–Sun 10:00–17:00) with coffee, cake, and a lunch menu (12:30–14:30). Revenue is generated through food and beverage sales, complementing the visitor experience.
4. Membership Programs: Members of 1820dieKUNST and the Freundes- und Förderkreis receive free admission as a membership benefit. This drives recurring membership fee revenue and donor support.
5. Combined Tickets: A combination ticket covering Rathaus am Delft plus Kunsthalle Emden (valid within seven days) is sold for €14, cross-promoting related cultural institutions.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

The Ostfriesisches Landesmuseum Emden is a municipal regional museum that collects, preserves, and exhibits the art and cultural history of East Frisia (Ostfriesland). Its core offering consists of a permanent collection exhibition (Sammlungsausstellung), a rotating program of special exhibitions (Sonderausstellungen), guided tours, educational programming for children and schools, public events, and visitor amenities including a historic tower with a Glockenspiel and an on-site café.

Product overview

Ostfriesisches Landesmuseum Emden is a regional cultural-historical museum serving East Frisia. The museum operates as a single unified institution offering a permanent collection exhibition (Sammlungsausstellung) featuring regional art and history, complemented by rotating special exhibitions (Sonderausstellungen). Additional offerings include guided tours (Führungen), children's programming (Kids Kreativ), events, and the adjacent Café Nebenan. A digital companion, the OLmE App, is launching August 2026 for location-based exploration. The museum also maintains the historic Tower with its Glockenspiel. The core offering centers on preserving and exhibiting East Frisian cultural heritage from prehistory through present.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Sammlungsausstellung (Permanent Collection Exhibition)
• Sonderausstellungen (Special Exhibitions Program)
• Führungen (Guided Tours)
• Kids Kreativ
• Veranstaltungen (Events Program)
• Café Nebenan
• Turm mit Glockenspiel (Tower with Carillon)
• OLmE App
• ZICKZACK – Emder Backsteinexpressionismus vor 100 Jahren
• Die Weimarer Republik – Deutschlands erste Demokratie

Quantifiable outcome

• Awarded Museumspreis 2026 with €15,000 prize by hbs kulturfonds/Niedersächsische Sparkassenstiftung, recognizing future-oriented museum development
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

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Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Integration5 records

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Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core, minor and major.

• Fries Museum LeeuwardencoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 September 2026The Fries Museum in Leeuwarden, Netherlands is a key partner in the Redbad (Radbod) cross-border exhibition project. The exhibition will first be shown at Fries Museum from September 2026 before moving to the Ostfriesisches Landesmuseum Emden in March 2027. Nine partners are collaborating to holistically reconstruct the era of the Frisian king Radbod (670–719) using archaeological, historical, and landscape-historical sources.
• Interreg VI Programme Germany–NetherlandscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026The Interreg VI Programme Germany–Netherlands enables the Redbad (Radbod) cross-border exhibition project. The programme funds collaboration between German and Dutch partners for the joint exhibition on the legendary Frisian king Radbod, spanning both countries.
• Verein Weimarer Republik e.V.coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Weimar Republic special exhibition is developed and provided by the Verein Weimarer Republik e.V., a dedicated association. The exhibition is funded by the Federal Ministry of Justice and for Consumer Protection (Bundesministerium der Justiz und für Verbraucherschutz).
• Internationales Filmfest Emden/NorderneyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Helma Sander-Brahms exhibition (June 2024 – April 2025) was developed in cooperation with the International Film Festival Emden/Norderney, recognizing the filmmaker's regional roots.
• Deutsche Kinemathek (German Film Archive)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Helma Sander-Brahms retrospective exhibition was a cooperation with the Deutsche Kinemathek in Berlin. The exhibition presented the first comprehensive retrospective of the filmmaker's work, films, artistic ambitions, motifs, and influences.
• 1820dieKUNST (Art Society)majorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorThe society 'Gesellschaft für bildende Kunst und vaterländische Altertümer seit 1820' (now 1820dieKUNST) founded the original civic collection in 1820. Their members receive free museum admission, and membership serves as an annual pass.
• Freundes- und Förderkreis des Landesmuseums Emden (Friends and Supporters Association)majorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorThe Friends and Supporters Association provides ongoing financial and promotional support. Its members receive free museum admission as a benefit of membership.
• Christopher Street Day (CSD) EmdenminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe CSD Emden team partnered with the museum for Pride Month programming (June 2026) around the 'Ja, ich bin stolz' exhibition on Karl Heinrich Ulrichs, including co-hosted film screenings, readings, and panel discussions.
• Café NebenanminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerA sustainable café operated on the museum premises (Tue–Sun 10:00–17:00, lunch 12:30–14:30), enhancing the visitor experience and providing an additional reason to visit the museum.
• Kunsthalle EmdenminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorA combined ticket (€14) is offered covering both Rathaus am Delft (museum tower) and Kunsthalle Emden, valid within seven days, cross-promoting both cultural institutions.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

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Direct peers

• Museumsdorf Cloppenburg: Lower Saxony's open-air folk museum featuring historic rural buildings and regional cultural history. Comparable as a regional heritage museum in Lower Saxony serving agricultural and civic history preservation.
• Ostfriesische Landschaft: Regional cultural umbrella organization for East Frisia covering heritage preservation, research, and cultural programming. Comparable regional heritage body serving the same Ostfriesland geographic mandate as OLmE.
• Fries Museum Leeuwarden: Regional museum in Leeuwarden, Netherlands, focused on Frisian cultural heritage. Direct partner on the Radbod (Redbad) exhibition and serves the cross-border Frisian cultural identity mission that overlaps with OLmE's East Frisian scope.
• Focke-Museum Bremen: Regional state museum for Bremen and Lower Saxony's urban history, art, and applied arts. Comparable as a municipal/regional museum serving northwestern German heritage with similar institutional scale and city-based operation.
• Landesmuseum Hannover: Lower Saxony's central state museum in Hannover, covering art, history, and natural history of the region. Directly comparable as a fellow Landesmuseum under Niedersachsen state cultural infrastructure, serving the same parent state's regional heritage mandate.
• Kunsthalle Emden: Major private art museum in Emden operating a combined ticket with OLmE. Direct cultural institution neighbor serving the same city audience and offering cross-promotional partnership, though specializing in modern/contemporary art rather than regional history.

Broad incumbents

• Deutsches Auswandererhaus (German Emigration Museum): National heritage museum in Bremerhaven focused on German emigration history. Comparable as a Lower Saxony-based museum institution with strong thematic programming and visitor scale, though national rather than regional in mandate.

Others

• Nordwestdeutsche Kunstausstellung (NW Kunstausstellung): Traditional regional art exhibition held at OLmE itself, representing the wider Lower Saxony/Northwest German museum and gallery ecosystem. Indirect peer through shared exhibition programming ecosystem.

Market position

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Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/Ostfriesisches.Landesmuseum.Emden
• Instagraminstagram.com/ostfriesisches_landesmuseum
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ostfriesisches-landesmuseum

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