Horst Janssen is one of the most distinguished german artists in drawing and graphic arts. He grew up with his grandparents in Oldenburg. In 1992, Oldenburg offered him the honorable citizenship award and Janssen accepted with great pleasure. In November 2000, the City of Oldenburg inaugurated the Horst-Janssen-Museum in honor to the artist. Encounter with his work and his personality Horst Janssen shows so many forms and themes: landscape, erotism, portraits, still-life, drawings, graphics, prints, illustrations, posters, books …
On two floors, the Horst-Janssen-Museum shows in selected typical groupings: etching-suites, lithographs, drawings and water-colours, posters and illustrations. Horst Janssen is shown among his teachers and fellow-students as well as objects designed or painted by him, such as a silken carpet, a grandpiano and a writing desk. The studio of Horst Janssen gives an idea of how he worked. The printing press, where most of his etchings were created, is not only there to be looked at but also to be used in workshops. Videos and information terminals offer the opportunity to multimedial discoveries into the thoughts an artistic work of Horst Janssen.
Horst-Janssen-Museum Oldenburg
Am Stadtmuseum 4-8
26121 Oldenburg Germany
fon: +49(0)441-235-2891
fax: +49(0)441-235-3350
info@horst-janssen-museum.de
Service facilities in the museum The museum provides access for disabled people on all levels. The museum is also endowed with: - Lockers for visitors, - Children’s corner, - Museum café, - Museum shop, - Museum library
Opening hours Tuesday to Sunday from 10.00 to 18.00 hrs. Mondays closed
Closed: 1.5., 24.12. und 31.12. Open: All holidays on mondays: Easter Monday, Whit Monday etc.
Entrance fees Day ticket: EUR 3,50 Reduced day ticket: EUR 1,50
Fees may differ for special exhibitions.
location Visitors coming by train will find the museum about 5 minutes' walk from the station. Turn right from the square in front of the station into "Moslestraße". Carry straight on across the "Moslestraße/Raiffeisenstraße" crossroads, and turn right at the next crossroads into "Am Stadtmuseum". Now the museum is a few metres in front of you on the right.
If you come by car, drive towards the centre of town (Stadtmitte) on the ring road "Wallring", also called "Innerer Ring". The museum is opposite the City Center Oldenburg (CCO) on the street "Am Stadtmuseum". Car parking is available during normal business hours in the underground car park of the CCO in the "Raiffeisenstraße". There is direct access from there to the Horst-Janssen-Museum (follow the signs). Outside of business hours, i.e. on Sundays, there are usually plenty of parking spaces on the "Pferdemarkt" car park situated about 100 metres away or underneath the railway bridge on the "91er Straße".