The Pinneberg City Museum is situated in the heart of Pinneberg, in the historic building of the District Court, which dates from 1855. It is a museum in the city and for the city. It is a vibrant museum for the town and the region, and a meeting place for ideas, culture and education. As an active institution within the local community, the Pinneberg Town Museum sees itself as a place of exchange, a forum for debate and a bridge between the past, present and future.
This approach underpins the programme of special exhibitions, which addresses current issues, presents them in relation to the museum’s own collection and invites visitors to get involved. The permanent exhibition on the town’s history provides an overview of Pinneberg’s development from prehistory and early history through the Schauenburg era and the Danish period, the Prussian era and the Weimar Republic, right up to the Nazi era.
The collection focuses on regional themes relating to the town, the district of Pinneberg and Schleswig-Holstein. In addition to the collection on the town’s history, the museum houses three major special collections: an extensive part of the estate of the artist Günther Thiersch (1914–1986); a comprehensive historical collection of minerals and gemstones, as well as photographs, ethnographic artefacts and other items from the estate of the natural scientist Johannes Görbing (1877–1946); and a significant collection of ILO engines, which provides an insight into the history of technology and regional industrial history.