Villa Schlikker, Historical museum in Osnabrück, Germany.

Villa Schlikker is a museum in Osnabrück housed in a neo-Renaissance residential building from 1900 that addresses questions of democracy and historical responsibility. The three-story structure features marble finishes and decorative wall elements, while an attached café provides refreshments to visitors.

The building was constructed in 1900 by textile manufacturer Edo Floris Schlikker and later served as Nazi party headquarters before British forces took control after 1945. This complex history mirrors the transformations Germany experienced throughout the 20th century.

Since reopening on 15 September 2024, the villa has been called Die Villa_Forum für Erinnerungskultur und Zeitgeschichte. Its permanent exhibition, Demokratie zählt!, is aimed mainly at young visitors. The building's name recalls its builder, the banker Edo Floris Schlikker, whose family came from Schüttorf and made its fortune in the textile industry.

The permanent exhibition "Demokratie zählt!" is aimed mainly at young people and opened with the building's reopening on 15 September 2024. The villa stands at the Heger-Tor-Wall/Lotter Straße corner as part of the Museumsquartier MQ4, together with the Felix-Nussbaum-Haus and the Akzisehaus, so allow time to cross between the buildings.

The building was deliberately transformed into a memory museum that focuses on how societies deal with difficult pasts. This reorientation makes it an example of how physical spaces can take on new meanings.