Augusteum, Oldenburg

The Augusteum is an art museum in the city of Oldenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany.[1][2] The museum houses the old master painting collection of the State Museum for Art and Cultural History.[3]

Augusteum

The museum opened in 1876 as Oldenburg's first art museum. The building is in the neo-Renaissance style. The Augusteum presents old master artworks including examples by Christian Griepenkerl and Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein. The Augusteum building is near the northeast corner of the Schlossgarten Oldenburg. The Prinzenpalais, Elisabeth-Anna-Palais, and Schloss Oldenburg are all close to the museum.

See also

References
  1. "Das Augusteum". Stadt Oldenburg (in German). Germany. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
  2. "Augusteum". Oldenburg Tourist (in German). Germany. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
  3. "Augusteum – Galerie Alte Meister". Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte Oldenburg (in German). Germany. Archived from the original on 2015-09-11. Retrieved 13 September 2015.



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