Rainy weather boost visits to museum in the north enormously!

Rainy weather boost visits to museum in the north enormously!

The changeable weather in northern Germany has given the museums in the region a noticeable increase in visitors. Many travel guests have changed their plans and opted for cultural offers to spend the rainy days sensible. As reported wismar.fm, the German Sea Museum in Stralsund was able to record an impressive strongest day of the year on Tuesday-over 11,800 guests flowed through the gates.

The oceanum, which is devoted to the northern seas, enjoyed 7,777 visitors and the modernized marine museum, which presents tropical underwater worlds, was a 4,035 guests. Almut Neumeister, spokeswoman for the German Sea Museum, found that the number of visitors is heavily dependent on the weather. For those who consider inconsistent weather, there is a tip to book the Tickets online with a fixed time window, especially for the late afternoon.

national success of the Landesmuseen

The inlet to the museums in Schleswig-Holstein has increased in recent years. According to ndr.de in 2024 more than half a million visitors, while in the Molfsee open-air museum, an increase was recorded by almost three percent to almost 132,000 visitors. The ongoing special exhibition "Viking Dawn - turning point in the north" continues to attract many people, with around 2,000 tickets sold weekly.

Another highlight was the exhibition of the Portuguese artist Joana Vasconcelos, which lured 45,000 visitors to the castle between May and November. Nevertheless, there are challenges, because for 2025 a decline in the state subsidies by around five percent and a shortened opening time of some museums due to personnel loss and rising costs is expected.

the view of the museum landscape

The trend towards visiting museum can not only be observed in Schleswig-Holstein. Germany has shown a diverse museum landscape with around 6,800 museums, such as [Statista] (https://de.statista.com/themen/2680/museen-und- exhibitions/). Around 33 million Germans occasionally visit museums, and about 2.7 million are regularly interested in cultural institutions.

art museums are very popular among the various museum types, followed by historical and archaeological museums. There are around 6,200 special exhibitions in Germany each year. The Louvre in France, as the most visited museum in the world, recently recorded high number of visitors and even plans a renovation.

It remains exciting to see how the museum landscape in northern Germany will react to the challenges and opportunities, especially with regard to the upcoming changes in the Schleswig-Holstein State Museums. One thing is certain: curiosity about history and culture remains unbroken.