Augusteum Oldenburg

Augusteum

Three houses - one museum: whether a journey to the time of the dukes in the palace, baroque painting in the Augusteum or works of classical modernism in the Prinzenpalais: with its wealth of themes, the museum invites you to discover it. 

The Augusteum was completed in 1867 and is thus one of the oldest museums in northern Germany. Built in the style of a Florentine palace, today it houses one of the most traditional collections of classical painting in Germany. The Old Masters Gallery on the ground floor contains Italian, French, Dutch and German works from the 15th to 18th centuries. The spectrum ranges from the Late Middle Ages to the High and Late Baroque.

Comprehensive Collection

The core of the collection consists of Baroque paintings by Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein, who came to Oldenburg as a court painter fleeing the French Revolution. Oldenburg Duke Peter Friedrich Ludwig acquired around 80 of Tischbein's paintings, thus laying the foundation for the museum's later collection.

Ceiling Paintings by Griepenkerl  

The first floor is home to changing special exhibitions, most recently on the occasion of the Bauhaus Year. A real eye-catcher on the way to the upper floor is the impressive ceiling painting by the Viennese Academy painter Christian Griepenkerl, who was born in Oldenburg: it shows the heavenly Aphrodite as the epitome of grace and beauty, embedded in four scenes from the legend of Prometheus.