The museum:

We see it as our mission to provide our guests with cultural education and artistic entertainment through our exhibitions and activities. Visitor friendliness is therefore a top priority for us.

Our team is regularly strengthened by student interns. In the areas of editing, public relations and archiving, the internship is a rewarding experience for them and a great support for our museum work.

Since January 1, 2025, the Kurt Tucholsky Literature Museum has been part of the Office for Culture, Tourism, and Economic Development of the City of Rheinsberg.

Contact: Ellen Krukenberg (Head of Office)

From 1993 to March 2024 (retirement), Dr. Peter Böthig directed the museum. He meritoriously built it up and developed it into what it is today: a cultural memorial site of national significance and much more...

Literary Studies Project Manager: Peter Graf (from July 15, 2025)

Secretary: Christine Wedekind

Visitor Relations: Andrea Schulz and Toni Matthies

The Kurt Tucholsky Literature Museum is funded by the Ostprignitz-Ruppin district and the Ministry of Science, Research, and Culture of the State of Brandenburg. The City of Rheinsberg has always been the sponsor.

Guiding principle of the museum

At the center of our work is collecting, preserving, researching, and presenting materials on the life and work of Kurt Tucholsky.
In accordance with our social task, we work actively with Tucholsky as a model for the spirit of tolerance and understanding.
By focusing on Kurt Tucholsky and the literary publications of the Weimar Republic, we place ourselves in the Enlightenment and democratic tradition that addresses the intellectual standards and everyday problems of modern humanity. The guideline of our activity is always the international ICOM code of ethnics for museums.

Museum and gallery:

Adults: 5,- Euro
Reduced: 4,- Euro
Family ticket: 10,- Euro
(2 adults with children up to 14)

School classes,
per student: 1,- Euro

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Guided tours, group prices and more...

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We stand with Israel

Kurt Tucholsky was of Jewish descent. The museum has been working on Jewish topics for over 30 years, has researched and documented the life of Tucholsky's friend Else Weil, who was murdered in Auschwitz, has been working with the Ernst Ludwig Ehrlich Studienwerk for years, initiated the laying of stumbling blocks in Rheinsberg and much more – a clear commitment to the right to exist of Jews and the State of Israel is important to us as part of our own cultural identity.