Fritz-Reuter-Literaturmuseum, Literature museum in Stavenhagen, Germany

The Fritz-Reuter-Literaturmuseum occupies the former Stavenhagen town hall, a two-storey plastered building with a mansard roof erected in 1785–1788, where Reuter's father served as mayor and town judge for nearly 40 years. On the ground floor left, Reuter's birth room is furnished as a Biedermeier living room. The permanent exhibition shows manuscripts, paintings by Reuter's own hand and objects from his possession, plus a reference library of about 15,000 volumes.

The building was erected in the late 18th century as an important administrative center for the town. The museum itself opened in 1949 and underwent substantial modernization in 2001, which significantly improved its exhibition spaces and technical equipment.

Since 1999 the town and museum have awarded the Fritz-Reuter-Literaturpreis every year on 7 November, Reuter's birthday, for works in or about Low German, funded by the Sparkasse Neubrandenburg-Demmin. The museum also publishes the yearbook kikut – Plattdütsch gistern un hüt, which has appeared almost annually since 1976 and was long edited in Stavenhagen.

The museum is easy to reach from the town's main square and occupies a historic building without an elevator. Visitors should note that opening hours vary between seasons and checking ahead of time is recommended.

The museum director Arnold Hückstädt worked for decades under the Stasi codename "Wilhelm Scherer", and from 1987 his colleague Monika Weilandt reported as "GMS Ulrike" on western visitors until three weeks after the Berlin Wall fell. The building itself served Reuter's father as town hall and courthouse for nearly 40 years.