What makes up the ‘Dithmarschen myth’? The newly prepared permanent multimedia exhibition explores this question and takes visitors through more than 1200 years of Dithmarschen history - from the medieval heyday of the so-called peasant republic to the horrors of National Socialism. Unique exhibits and documents shed light on important historical events as well as on the land and its people.

Explore the eventful cultural and regional history of Dithmarschen in Schleswig-Holstein's oldest museum building. Opened in 1896, the exhibition building is currently part of a museum complex that now comprises four buildings.

In its more than 150-year history, the Dithmarscher Landesmuseum itself has undergone many changes: originally founded in 1872 as the ‘Dithmarsischer Alterthümer’ collection, it is now a modern and openly orientated regional museum that spans the arc from the beginnings of the cultural landscape to the present day and also addresses socio-political issues.

Adults (from 18 years):
6,00 €

Children/young people (up to 18 years):
3,00 €
=> Museum Card holders have free admission until 17.11.2024!

up to 6 years: free

Family ticket: € 15.00

People with disabilities: free

Guided tours: € 45.00 plus admission

Regular tours

Teaching sheets and detective game, craft sheets for school classes and families, Guided tours by arrangement: € 45.00 plus admission

Information: museum leaflet on the „Dithmarscher Landesmuseum, the „Landwirtschaftsmuseum Meldorf“ and the „Dithmarscher Bauernhaus“, Exhibition catalogues, Publication on the „Swinschen Pesel“ (Swin’s parlour)

Arriving by car

On the A23 motorway, take the Albersdorf exit (exit 4) and follow the B 431 to Meldorf. At the roundabout, take the second exit towards Markt/Domstraße.

Coming from Heide or Brunsbüttel on the B 5, please follow the signs in the town.

Parking spot

Free parking is available in the museum's own car park on Domstraße. Parking in Bütjestraße is only possible with a time limit (parking disc).
parking disc

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of the region: Dithmarschen

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