Museum Neukölln, Historical museum in Neukölln, Germany.
Museum Neukölln is housed in the converted former horse and ox stable of Gutshof Britz, where it has been since 26 May 2010. The ground floor holds the exhibition rooms; the upper floor houses the Geschichtsspeicher, an archive and storage area. The museum traces the district's history and is, after the Märkisches Museum, Berlin's second-oldest regional history museum.
Emil Fischer, a Rixdorf primary school teacher, opened the Naturhistorisches Schulmuseum on 1 October 1897 in the old Rixdorf schoolhouse on Hohenzollernplatz, today Karl-Marx-Platz. In 1934 it reopened as the Neuköllner Schul- und Heimatmuseum, and in 1936 the National Socialists renamed it after its founder. Since 26 May 2010 it has occupied the converted former horse and ox stable of Gutshof Britz.
The museum's name changed from Heimatmuseum Neukölln in 2004. Its 1985 reconception made local residents co-authors of exhibition projects, and two museum teachers each split their working hours between school and museum. The Europarat awarded the museum its Museum Prize in 1987 for this work.
The museum occupies the converted former horse and ox stable of Gutshof Britz; the exhibition rooms are on the ground floor, while the Geschichtsspeicher archive and depot are on the first floor. The move from northern Neukölln in 2010 was debated over fears of falling visitor numbers, but numbers rose to over 22,000 visits in 2015.
The museum has coordinated the Stolpersteine memorial stones for the Neukölln district since 2013. These brass plaques set into the pavement commemorate victims of National Socialism at their last chosen addresses.
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