Stralsund Museum

Stralsund Museum

Entrance to the Museum of Cultural History in Stralsund, in the former St. Catherine Monastery, which was also used as a gymnasium.
Established	1859; 166 years ago (1859)
Coordinates	54°18′45″N 13°05′16″E / 54.3126°N 13.0879°E / 54.3126; 13.0879
Website	www.stralsund-museum.de

The Stralsund Museum (until 2015: Stralsund Museum of Cultural History, Kulturhistorisches Museum) is museum in the Hanseatic city Stralsund, Germany.^[1] It is headquartered in a former convent of the Dominicans, the St. Catherine's Monastery.

The museum, which was established in 1859 as the Provincial Museum for New Pomerania and Rügen, is the oldest museum of its kind in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and presents extensive collections of folklore and cultural and art history in the region of Vorpommern. It houses both permanent exhibitions and special exhibitions on changing subject areas. The permanent exhibitions are dedicated to the prehistory and early history of the region as well as the history of the city. Special exhibitions are mainly concerned with Fine Arts.