Children's Museums in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

A family looks with interest at exhibits in the Wismar SCHABBELL Museum of City History. , © TMV/Tiemann — ©© TMV/Tiemann

Museums for Children

Touch, Participate and Marvel

True to the motto "The proof of the pudding is in the eating!", smarties of all ages have the opportunity to poke their noses into many fascinating worlds of knowledge from the past and present.

Parents who want to offer their children education as well as fun are in the right place in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. In the exciting museums and adventure exhibitions of the vacation state, young and old researchers can quench their thirst for knowledge, experiment and learn. Whether diving into the underwater worlds of native freshwater fish and exotic sea creatures, embarking on a journey through time to the history of human development or understanding the secrets of nature - the modern worlds of knowledge in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern provide answers to many curious questions. At the same time, they convey complex topics interactively for young and old and encourage them to try things out and experience them. But it is not only mysterious natural phenomena that can be examined more closely in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Technical and historical developments of the state's inhabitants are also impressively shown throughout the state. Mecklenburg-Vorpommern just makes you smart. Many excursion destinations also organize children's birthday parties with individual program points - an unforgettable experience.

Exciting Exhibitions and Hands-on Museums

Young vacationers and their parents can explore the rural life of times past in open-air museums and on historic farms. Curious visitors learn what rural life was like in the past with the help of old machines and tools, as well as lovingly assembled mementos. Children can rummage everywhere, climb onto old combine harvesters and even take the big steering wheel in their own hands for once. Here, people still make pottery, felt, knit and bake just like in grandma's day.

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Marine Science Center - Seal Research Center

Open today
Am Yachthafen, 18119 Rostock (Hohe Düne)

In a hitherto unique way, public and scientific interests are combined in the floating seal station in Rostock Hohe Düne, as the research facility is also open to visitors. From the sundeck, guests can experience the daily life of eight male seals and an African fur seal.

Penzlin Castle - Witch Museum

Open today
Burg, 17217 Penzlin

Cultural History Museum of Everyday Magic and Witch Persecutions in Mecklenburg

©© Anke Neumeister/Deutsches Meeresmuseum

OZEANEUM Stralsund

Open today
Hafenstraße, 18439 Stralsund

With its five exhibitions and 46 aquariums, the OZEANEUM Stralsund invites you on an extraordinary underwater journey beneath the northern seas. Visit Humboldt penguins on the roof terrace, "Niki" the female sand tiger shark in the 2.6-million-litre pool "Open Atlantic" and the giants of the sea - real life replicas of whales.

Museum of the History of the Hanseatic City of Wismar in the Schabbell

Open today
Schweinsbrücke, 23966 Wismar

The "Schabbell", one of the earliest Renaissance buildings in the Baltic region, the neighboring building at Schweinsbrücke 6 and the associated courtyards were reopened in December 2017 after extensive and careful renovation and now serve as exhibition and event space for the Stadtgeschichtliches Museum Wismar.

3 Queens Palace

Open today
Schlossinsel, 17252 Mirow

Suddenly Queen - How Mecklenburg princesses became important European queens. The 3-Queens-Palace on the castle island of Mirow offers an interactive exhibition on the Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and the queens who came from this house. In addition to the exhibition, there is also a café with a view of the lake, a souvenir store with regional products and the Mirow tourist information office.

Open-air museum for folklore Schwerin-Mueß

Open today
Alte Crivitzer Landstraße, 19063 Schwerin

In the historic village ensemble directly on Schwerin Lake, visitors stroll between old farmhouses, fruit trees, herb beds and through the restored garden of a village teacher. The museum-like buildings show village life in the 19th century. Markets, events with traditional music, Low German theater performances, seminars and children's holiday programs take place during the season.

©© Landesamt für Kultur und Denkmalpflege Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Landesarchäologie

Open Air Archaeological Museum Groß Raden

Kastanienallee, 19406 Groß Raden

Located on a peninsula in Lake Groß Raden, the open-air museum provides insights into the life of the Northwest Slavic tribes a thousand years ago with faithful replicas of dwellings and craft workshops as well as a temple.

NATUREUM and lighthouse Darßer Ort

Open today
Darßer Ort, 18375 Born am Darß

The NATUREUM as a natural history museum in the National Park of "Vorpommersche Boddenlandschaft" is located on the peninsula Darß near Prerow directly at the accessible lighthouse Darßer Ort and is one of several locations of the German Oceanographic Museum. Here, the diversity, dynamics and need for protection of the unique Darß landscape are presented in particular.

Rostock Zoo

Open today
Barnstorfer Ring, 18059 Rostock

At Rostock Zoo, the best zoo in Europe, experience 4,200 animals in 430 different species from all over the world in just one day. In the DARWINEUM, you will embark on a spectacular journey through evolution. The heart of the living museum beats in the Tropical Hall - home to the gorillas and orangutans. Open daily from 9 a.m.

Bee trail in the country Fleesensee

Kirchweg, 17213 Göhren-Lebbin

On the outskirts of the village, on the rustic church path from Göhren-Lebbin to Kirch Poppentin, our journey begins. With the help of the information on the honeycomb boards, there are a total of 10 riddle questions for you. At the end of our trip you can rest on the 360 degree sun lounger and enjoy the view over the fields. With the correct solution word you can pick up a small surprise at the Tourist Information Göhren Lebbin on the market square.

Aeronautical Engineering Museum Rechlin

Open today
Am Claassee, 17248 Rechlin

In historical ensembles of buildings you can learn more about the impressive history of Rechlin's development into the former central and largest test site for land-based aircraft up to 1945 and the reuse by Soviet-Russian aviation until 1993. The NVA's information centre and the former shipyard are also presented - as well as the lives of the people who worked and lived here.

Open-air museum Klockenhagen

Mecklenburger Straße, 18311 Ribnitz-Damgarten OT Klockenhagen

The open-air museum Klockenhagen is a historical village in a village, because on five hectares of parkland there are typical Mecklenburg farmhouses, barns, windmills and a village church.

Granitz hunting lodge

Open today
Jagdschloss Granitz, 18609 Binz

Granitz hunting lodge is one of the most popular destinations on the island of Rügen

Nature treasure trove

Ribnitzer Landweg, 18311 Neuheide

Gemstone & Amber Center

Experimentarium

Seestraße, 18374 Ostseeheilbad Zingst

The future belongs to curiosity! In the Zingst Experimentarium, just a few steps away from the Baltic Sea beach, all curious people can experience selected laws of physics and mathematics in a playful, amusing way.

Museum Otto Niemeyer-Holstein Studio

B111, Lüttenort, 17459 Koserow

The Otto Niemeyer-Holstein studio is one of the special attractions of the Island of Usedom: a refuge where art and nature meet directly.

Museum of local history Hiddensee

Kirchweg, 18565 Kloster

The museum of local history, located in one of the oldest buildings in the village of Kloster, is one of the cultural focal points of the island of Hiddensee.

Pomeranian State Museum

Open today
Rakower Str., 17489 Greifswald

14,000 years of eventful history on the southern Baltic coast on both sides of the Oder are presented between the former Franciscan church and the city wall - in an award-winning ensemble of buildings that impressively combines Gothic, classicist and contemporary architecture. The valuable collection of paintings presents works by renowned painters such as Caspar David Friedrich, Frans Hals, Philipp Otto Runge, Max Liebermann, Max Pechstein and Vincent van Gogh.

Dinosaur Land Rügen

Am Spycker See, 18551 Glowe

Hiking through prehistoric times An experience for the whole family

MÜRITZEUM - The NatureExperienceCenter in Waren (Müritz)

Open today
Zur Steinmole, 17192 Waren (Müritz)

The Müritzeum shows the beauty and special features of the Mecklenburg Lake District and the Müritz National Park in an interactive exhibition. In Germany's largest aquarium landscape for native freshwater fish, you dive under the water surface of the 1000 lakes.

Bothmer Castle & Castle Park

Open today
Am Park, 23948 Klütz

Bothmer Castle is one of the largest baroque palaces in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. It was built in 1726-1732 by the architect Johann Friedrich Künnecke. The builder was Imperial Count Hans Caspar von Bothmer.

Heinrich Schliemann Museum

Open today
Lindenallee, 17219 Ankershagen

"Discover Schliemann's world" - under this credo, the Schliemann Museum in Ankershagen, Mecklenburg, will be guiding visitors through Heinrich Schliemann's multifaceted life with a new exhibition starting in June 2019.

Deutsches Bernsteinmuseum - German Amber Museum

Open today
Im Kloster, 18311 Ribnitz-Damgarten

You can expect an exciting introduction to the natural history and geology of the fossil resin and precious works of art from 3000 years on over 1,000 square metres. The exhibition on the history of the monastery and convent in the adjacent monastery church shows hidden and revealed treasures so that you can also trace the life of the Poor Clares and the Protestant landowner's daughters at this place.

Tractors World Usedom

Open today
Stolper Straße, 17406 Usedom

Friends of agriculture and technical development will get their money's worth here with us. A wide variety of tractors and tractors of different makes and types are on display in the hall and outside.

Gorch Fock I

Temporarily closed
An der Fährbrücke, 18439 Stralsund

Built in only 100 days! Thousands of cadets learned to sail on the German Navy's sail training ship. The Gorch Fock I is the type ship of a class of five sail training ships, which also includes the German Navy's sail training ship of the same name built in 1958.

Molli Museum

Open today
Fritz-Reuter-Straße, 18225 Kühlungsborn

A museum in Kühlungsborn West dedicated to the historic steam locomotive "Molli".

Mecklenburg Resort Railway Molli

Fritz-Reuter-Straße, 18225 Kühlungsborn

The Mecklenburg Resort Railway Molli offers something for any train enthusiast. Built with 900mm gauge width, the Molli is among the world's oldest narrow-gauge railways, and like no other mode of transport forges a link between traditional resort culture and modern holiday facilities.

Salt Museum Bad Sülze

Open today
Saline, 18334 Bad Sülze

The Salt Museum presents the history of salt extraction from the brine of Sülz, the spa and bathing history and shows some other trades of the city. In two special exhibition rooms we show exhibitions of a completely different kind four to five times a year. Children and adults are especially enthusiastic about riding the moor train.

AGRONEUM Alt Schwerin

Open today
Achter de Isenbahn, 17214 Alt Schwerin

In the middle of the Mecklenburg Lake District and the Nossentiner-Schwinzer Heide Nature Park lies the museum village of Alt Schwerin. As early as 1963 it became a very special, agricultural history village and open-air museum - agricultural history to experience, touch and participate in.

Schwaan Art Museum

Open today
Mühlenstraße, 18258 Schwaan

The art museum in the Kunstmühle dedicates its exhibition and collection activities to the painters of the Schwaan artists' colony. In addition to its own collection, changing exhibitions are shown. These tie in with the works of the Schwaan painters and place them in a new context.

Rostock Maritime Museum

Open today
IGA-Park Schmarl-Dorf, 18106 Rostock

Experience a listed 10,000-ton ocean-going freighter from the inside as well - with engine room, bridge or sailor's chamber. This is possible on the traditional ship in the IGA Park.

Forest Museum Lütt Holthus

OT Lüttenhagen, Forsthof, 17258 Feldberger Seenlandschaft

The forest museum Lütt Holhus is a small hands-on forest experience center and provides interesting and interesting facts about local forests with their flora and fauna.

Read more: "Forest Museum Lütt Holthus"

World of Experience of the State Center for Renewable Energies

Open today
Am Kiefernwald, 17235 Neustrelitz

This is not offered anywhere else: the unique exhibition "Resource Chamber Earth" in the world of experience of the State Center for Renewable Energies (Leea) in Neustrelitz. Understand - Experience - Participate!

©© Erlebnis Akademie AG / Naturerbe Zentrum Rügen

Natural Heritage Centre Rügen (Naturerbe Zentrum Rügen)

Open today
Forsthaus Prora, 18609 Ostseebad Binz OT Prora

The Natural Heritage Centre Rügen with treetop path and experience exhibition is open 364 days a year so that you can experience and get to know nature all year round.

©© Stadtgeschichts- und Museumsverein Schwerin e.V.; Dr. Holger Martens

Museum Grinding Mill Schwerin

Schleifmühlenweg, 19061 Schwerin

From magnificent floors to fine walking stick knobs, works of art made of stone and precious stones were produced for the ducal court in the Schwerin Grinding Mill. The mill is located on the edge of the stately palace grounds and is in working order and used as a museum. Visitors can learn about stone cutting and stone grinding and get to the bottom of the living conditions of the day laborers and grinding millers. The museum is open all year round.

Wangelin garden

Open today
Nachtkoppelweg, 19395 Wangelin

Observe - grasp - marvel - enjoy in the largest medicinal herb garden in Mecklenburg. In addition to medicinal herbs, you will also find aromatic, magical and dyeing plants, as well as a butterfly garden and a typical North German farm garden. The garden's harvest can be tasted in the garden café and children can let off steam in the playscape.

minimare discovery park at the Baltic Sea

Neue Reihe, 23942 Kalkhorst

The minimare makes Mecklenburg-Vorpommern's history tangible and invites you on a family-friendly and adventurous journey through time.

Schwerin Palace

Open today
Lennéstraße, 19053 Schwerin

Schwerin Palace is located on an island in Lake Schwerin and is among the most important historicism edifices in Europe.

Castle Museum Plau am See

Burgplatz, 19395 Plau am See

Children and museums - you might think that doesn't fit. In Plau am See, that's not true. The town has a museum where even the young won't get bored. The former Plau Castle offers interesting insights into history, and it also houses a unique museum of local history and technology.

Minster Bad Doberan

Klosterstraße, 18209 Bad Doberan

The High Gothic Cistercian monastery church from the 13th century is seeking to be accepted as an UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Museum Zingst with museum courtyard

Strandstraße, 18374 Seeheilbad Zingst

The museum's exhibitions invite you to travel back in time through the history of the town and the former island of Zingst. Other focal points are shipbuilding and shipping history, Zingster Künstler and Zingst in art. The museum courtyard is a place with many possibilities: Creative offers in the Pommernstube, amber workshop, delicacies in the museum bakery and in the Café Alt-Zingst, museum barn with registry office and seasonal organic and adventure market!

©© Fotostudio K3 Kruse GmbH Neustadt-Glewe

Neustadt-Glewe Castle

Alte Burg, 19306 Neustadt-Glewe

The oldest preserved fortress in Mecklenburg stands in Neustadt-Glewe. It is one of the best preserved castles in Mecklenburg and can be visited. At the castle, there is a museum that is well worth seeing, as well as a restaurant and a tourist information office.

Monkgut museums

Strandstraße, 18586 Göhren

The Mönchgut Museums are a group of museums that illustrate how the Mönchgut people once lived.

Cultural Quarter Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Open today
Schloßstraße, 17235 Neustrelitz

Discover. Marvel. Linger. Encounter.

National Park Centre Königsstuhl

Open today
Stubbenkammer, 18546 Sassnitz

Right next to the famous chalk cliff Königsstuhl and the UNESCO World Heritage Site Ancient Beech Forests, the National Park Center KÖNIGSSTUHL offers a special nature experience for the whole family. A world full of secrets is waiting to be discovered by you on 2,000 square meters of exhibition space and 28,000 square meters of outdoor area.

©© Kurverwaltung Feldberger Seenlandschaft

Hans Fallada Museum Carwitz

Open today
OT Carwitz, Zum Bohnenwerder, 17258 Feldberger Seenlandschaft

In its nine exhibition rooms and large garden, the Hans Fallada Museum offers insights into the life of the storyteller who lived in the house from 1933 to 1944. Guided tours, readings, lectures and literary walks take place throughout the year. Audio tours, listening stations and films on Fallada's life complete the offer.

©© Foto: G. Bröcker, Staatliches Museum Schwerin

State Museum Schwerin

Temporarily closed
Alter Garten, 19055 Schwerin

In a prominent location on Schwerin Lake, visitors will find a top collection of Dutch paintings, as well as paintings from the 16th to the 21st century and works of handicrafts and graphic art.

Groot Partie" fish trap shed

Königsbarg, 18565 Neuendorf

The building was built in 1884 by the fishermen of the then fish trap community "Groot Partie" and was ceremoniously opened in 2016 after 10 months of renovation.

Cultural History Museum in the Holy Cross Monastery

Klosterhof, 18055 Rostock

The former Cistercian nunnery was founded in 1270 by the Danish Queen Margaret. The monastery was named after a splinter from the cross of Jesus Christ. Today, the former monastery houses the Museum of Cultural History, one of the largest and most important collections of cultural and art history in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

View from 35 meters above the ground from the observation tower of the treetop path Ivenack, © 1000seen.de — ©© 1000seen.de

Treetop path Ivenacker oaks

Temporarily closed
Eichenallee, 17153 Ivenack

The accessible treetop trail is 620 meters long. The highlight is the 40-meter-high observation tower with elevator and visitor platforms. The facility is located in the Ivenack Zoo.

Frieda's little barn

Malchower Chaussee, 17209 Darze

The spacious farmhouse does not simply provide a suitable setting for an antique and junk flea market for sundries from grandmother's time.

Otto Lilienthal Museum

Closed today
Ellbogenstraße, 17389 Anklam

Otto Lilienthal Museum, holder of many awards, tells the tale of how the technical history of aviation became human flight's cultural history

Mirow Castle

Open today
Schlossinsel, 17252 Mirow

The present palace was built under Adolf Friedrich III according to plans by Christoph Julius Löwe between 1749 and 1752 as a widow's residence for his stepmother Elisabeth-Albertine.

Adventure World Submarine Museum - H.M.S. Otus

Hafenstraße, 18546 Sassnitz

Erlebniswelt U-Boot GmbH is located in the city harbor of Sassnitz. H.M.S. Otus - Her Majesty's Submarine Otus - is a British submarine of the Oberon class. It was in service from 1963 to 1991 with a crew of 68 in the Royal Navy's first submarine squadron during the Falklands War and in the Persian Gulf.

Pasewalk engine shed

Speicherstraße, 17309 Pasewalk

The Lokschuppen Pasewalk - your experience and event center for the whole family. You can expect extraordinary highlights around the railroad, its history and technology. See, experience and touch in the Lokschuppen Pasewalk. Whether as a day trip, as a special place to celebrate and meet or as a short vacation.

National park house on Hiddensee

Open today
Norderende, 18565 Vitte/Hiddensee

"Veränderung" (change) is the title of the exhibition in the visitor information centre of the National Park “Vorpommersche Boddenlandschaft” and hardly anything could be more appropriate for the island of Hiddensee, which is constantly growing and changing due to the forces of nature.

Pinball Museum Schwerin

Friesenstraße, 19059 Schwerin

It beeps, flashes, rattles and wobbles - the great era of slot machines comes back to life at the Flippermuseum Schwerin. Immerse yourself in the world of pinball machines, video game machines and jukeboxes from different decades.

Phenomena

Open today
Museumsstraße, 17449 Peenemünde

The Phänomenta in Peenemünde invites young and old on an exciting journey of discovery.

Klempenow Castle

Klempenow, 17089 Breest

The Klempenow castle complex is the only preserved lowland castle in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. It was built in the middle of the 13th century by the Lower Saxon knightly dynasty of the von Heydenbrecks on behalf of the Duke of Pomerania and experienced a varied history in the following centuries.

Bible Center Barth

Open today
Sundische Straße, 18356 Barth

Experience exhibition on the Bible - with the Barth Bible from 1588 as the most prominent representative, a Bible garden and Christian rose garden. State-approved place of learning with various cultural and educational events for all interested.

Kunstmuseum Ahrenshoop – Ahrenshoop Museum of Art

Open today
Weg zum Hohen Ufer, 18347 Ahrenshoop

From Barbizon to the Baltic: See how naturalistic painting came to northern Germany.

Slavic village Neustrelitz

Franzosensteg, 17235 Neustrelitz

A visit to the Slavic Village at Lake Zierk is an excursion into the early medieval settlement history of the region. Here you can be active and creative.

phanTECHNIKUM - National Technical Museum

Open today
Zum Festplatz, 23966 Wismar

The exhibition building of the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern State Technical Museum presents the fascinating world of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern's technical and industrial history on an area of around 3,500 square meters and is divided according to the elements FIRE, WATER, AIR and EARTH.

SEA MUSEUM Stralsund

Temporarily closed
Katharinenberg, 18439 Stralsund

The MEERESMUSEUM in Stralsund's old town is currently closed. The museum is expected to open in 2024 after extensive modernization work.