Stadtmuseum Oldenburg

Since the museum is currently undergoing construction and restoration processes, it is temporarily closed but still hosts various exhibitions and projects in different locations within the city centre.

The Stadtmuseum Oldenburg shares its entrance with the co-located Horst-Janssen-Museum, an art museum dedicated to the artist Horst Janssen that opened in 2000.

The museum was set up and, according to his testament, posthumously donated to his hometown by collector and Oldenburg native Theodor Francksen (1875 - 1914) in 1915.

During his relatively short life the bachelor and heir of a substantial inheritance created a private museum within the so-called Francksen Villa, his parental home, and acquired the neighboring house (Jürgens'sche Villa) when he needed additional space for his growing collection.

Both of these historic houses including all collector's items were gifted to the city with the premise of being run as a museum in the future.