Augusteum
The Augusteum is a German art museum in the city of Oldenburg, Lower Saxony. Completed in 1867 in Oldenburg, the Augusteum is among the first museum buildings in northern Germany.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: JoachimKohlerBremen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Opening hours: Tuesday—Sunday 10:00 AM—6:00 PM
- Type: Museum
- Description: art museum in Oldenburg founded in 1876 by Peter II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg and named after his father the art collector
- Also known as: “Augusteum, Oldenburg”, “Galerie Oldenbourg”, “Grand Ducal Gallery of Oldenburg”, “Grand Ducal Picture Gallery, Oldenburg”, and “Oldenburg museum”
- Address: Elisabethstraße 1, Oldenburg
- Roof shape: hipped
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Prinzenpalais and Schloss Oldenburg.
Prinzenpalais
Museum
Photo: Wissenerleben, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Prinzenpalais is a palace, now used as an art museum, in the city of Oldenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany. The museum houses the modern art collection of the State Museum for Art and Cultural History.
Schloss Oldenburg
Photo: JoachimKohler-HB, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Schloss Oldenburg is a schloss, or palace, in the city of Oldenburg in the present-day state of Lower Saxony, Germany. The first castle on the site was built around 1100 and became the ancestral home of the House of Oldenburg. Schloss Oldenburg is situated 170 metres north of Augusteum.
State Museum for Art and Cultural History
Museum
Photo: Pujanak, Public domain.
The State Museum for Art and Cultural History is an art museum consisting of three separate buildings located close to each other in the city of Oldenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany. State Museum for Art and Cultural History is situated 150 metres north of Augusteum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Oldenburg and Bloherfelde.
Oldenburg
Photo: Dickelbers, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Oldenburg is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is a pleasant town with an old centre full of restaurants, cafes, and pedestrian streets, between Bremen and the Netherlands.
Bloherfelde
Suburb
Photo: WilfriedC, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bloherfelde is a suburb, which is situated 3½ km west of Augusteum.
Hundsmühlen
Village
Photo: JoachimKohlerBremen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hundsmühlen is a village, which is situated 4½ km southwest of Augusteum.
Augusteum
- Categories: art museum, building, tourism, historic site, and tourist attraction
- Location: Lower Saxony, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
53.13614° or 53° 8′ 10″ northLongitude
8.21664° or 8° 12′ 60″ eastHeight
19 metres (62 feet)Open location code
9F5C46P8+FMOpenStreetMap ID
way 32378823OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumOpenStreetMap attribute
roof-shape=hippedWikidata ID
Q767473
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Spanish—“Augusteum” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Augusteum”
- Dutch: “Galerie Oldenbourg”
- Egyptian Arabic: “اوجستوم”
- French: “Augusteum”
- French: “Galerie Oldenbourg”
- German: “Augusteum”
- German: “Galerie Oldenbourg”
- Italian: “Augusteum”
- Portuguese: “Augusteum”
- Russian: “Августеум”
- Slovenian: “Augusteum”
- Spanish: “Augusteum”
- Spanish: “Galerie Oldenbourg”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Oldenburger Kunstverein and Bootzeit.
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