A New Museum in the Baltic Region

The vision of a new museum on the Greifswalder Bodden was taken up enthusiastically by the University of Greifswald and the senate of the Hanseatic town of Greifswald. They participated actively in creating the necessary conditions for the project.

The town council provided the land and civic collections; the university contributed its valuable art treasures. The Federal authorities and the state of Mecklenburg-West Pomerania became two strong partners supporting the project.

It soon became clear, that a ‘Pomeranian Museum’, could only operate in close cooperation with Polish and Scandinavian institutions, considering the turbulent history of Pomerania. With this in mind an advisory council was set up consisting of experts from Poland, Sweden and Denmark who were to be consulted on the contents of the proposed museum. Besides establishing a platform to present the Pomeranian’s state and cultural history, the museum understands itself as a forum for the Baltic region and a venue for cross-border get-togethers and projects, with an emphasis on working with young people.

More than 100,000 people have already visited the public gallery, which opened in 2000 as the first house. On 4 June 2005 the complete building consisting of 6 houses and 4 outdoor areas was opened to the public.

Stiftung Pommersches Landesmuseum: A trust founded in 1996
On the trust council are represented:
Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Land Mecklenburg-Vorpommern,
Land Schleswig-Holstein, Hansestadt Greifswald,
Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald,
Pommersche Landsmannschaft e.V.,
Wojewodschaft Westpommern,
Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz

Regine Marquardt (chairperson)
Landeszentrale für politische Bildung des Landes Mecklenburg - Vorpommern
Hans Wilhelm Hünefeld
Representative for culture and media of the Federal Government
Dr. Rolf-Peter Carl
Ministry for Education, Research and Culture of S-H
Dr. Arthur König
Hansestadt Greifswald
Prof. Dr. Rainer Westermann
Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald
Prof. Dr. Klaus-Dieter Lehmann
Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz
Susanne Jaffke (MdB)
Pommersche Landsmannschaft, Zentralverband e.V.

Dr. Uwe Schröder (chair)
Pommersches Landesmuseum
Uta-Maria Kuder
Hansestadt Greifswald
Dr. Thomas Behrens
Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald

Prof. Dr. Martin Onnasch (chair)
Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald
Dr. Alix Hänsel
Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Museum für Vor - und Frühgeschichte
Dr. Helmut Backhaus
Reichsarchiv Stockholm
Dr. Eugeniusz Kus
Schloss der Pommerschen Herzöge Stettin
Prof. Dr. Jens E. Olesen
Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald
Prof. Dr. Horst Wernicke
Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald

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