The museums in Osnabrück are dedicated to the city's famous sons and daughters as well as various themes that have a special connection to the city or the region. The significance for the present and future always resonates. This also includes the works of art - such as sculptures and fountains - in public spaces.
The Museumsquartier Osnabrück (MQ4) brings together four buildings that complement each other: Felix Nussbaum Haus, the Museum of Cultural History, The Villa, built in 1901 by Edo Floris Schlikker, and the Akzisehaus.
The Felix Nussbaum House is dedicated to the work of the Jewish painter and organises changing special exhibitions, such as the Osnabrück Art Prize.
The MQ4 also houses a collection of copperplate engravings and woodcuts by Albrecht Dürer as well as the art collection of Osnabrück artist Carl Wilhelm Gustav Stüve (1833-1911).
MQ4 also includes the Café Felka, named after the Jewish painter and wife of Felix Nussbaum.
Costly liturgical utensils and reliquaries are preserved in the Osnabrück Cathedral Treasury.
To the Diocesan Museum
The Museum of Industrial Culture Osnabrück on the site of a former hard coal mine.
To the Museum of Industrial Culture
The Museum am Schölerberg - mediator between man and nature
To the Museum am Schölerberg
The Kunsthalle Osnabrück is located in the Dominican monastery at Hasemauer 1. The Gothic hall church, which was built around 1300, now houses constantly changing exhibitions and is also an artistic performance space. Each year, the programme is based on a theme. "Ghosts!" is the theme for the year from 21 June 2025 to 22 February 2026 and is not only about our own inner ghosts, but also about ancestors, passing on knowledge across generations, traumas and learning strategies.
In addition to event formats and workshops, it aims to create platforms in solo and group exhibitions in which the site-specific context of the Kunsthalle experiences contemporary visibility and participation through the integration of intersectional, interdisciplinary, diverse and queer positions. The Kunsthalle is also responsible for art in public spaces and is home to the Artothek, which is due to reopen in November 2025.
Please inquire on the homepages or directly in the respective houses about the current opening and event times, prices, cancellations, etc.. This information can change at short notice!
