Open day: International Museum Day, May 17th

Der Salmen Offenburg © Jigal Fichtner
This event is available in
German
Baden-Württemberg tells
Every year in May, museums around the world open their doors on "International Museum Day" with a special program. The Salmen is also taking part again! Under the motto "Baden-Württemberg tells stories", which is the motto of the state-wide program on this day, the focus at the Salmen this year is on individual
personalities from our permanent exhibition and the current special exhibition. Listen to the stories of Gustav Rée, Eva Mendelsson and individual protagonists from the special exhibition "33 Democrats" in various public guided tours!

11:15 am: Gustav Rée (90 min).
14:15: "33 Democrats" - Peter Benenson and Nadia Murad (30 min.)
15:15: Eva Mendelsson (90 min.)

Admission to the exhibitions is free on this day. For the guided tours we charge our normal tour fee of 4€.
Address
Lange Straße 52
77652
Offenburg
+49 781 82 2701
Tarif
Free entry with the Museums-PASS-Musées
Dates
On 17 May 2026
Sunday: 11:00-17:00
Additional informations
Exhibitions in this museum
Was ihr nicht seht! © Der Salmen
Exhibition
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Together with hundreds of Black people in Germany, Dominik Lucha makes visible what often remains unseen: "What you don't see!" takes an impressive look at the everyday racism experienced by Black ...

Gemälde: 33 Demokrat*innen © Catarina Chietti
Exhibition
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Where would society be without Mahatma Gandhi and his philosophy of peaceful protest? Where would the world be today without Martin Luther King and his fight against racial discrimination? It would ...

Der Salmen Offenburg © Dimitri Dell
Exhibition
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Banquet hall. Synagogue. Electric store. Place of the history of democracy. Cultural monument of national importance. The Salmen has an eventful history that makes the building unique in Offenburg's ...