The Wewelsburg District Museum is a public institution of the Paderborn District.
The area of the museum encompasses the whole building of Wewelsburg Castle, except of the area of the German Youth Hostel Association. Furthermore, the museum area includes the whole former guard building, the administrative and magazine building, as well as the exterior area located between the castle and the former guard building including the castle‘s garden and the GeDenkOrt (side wing of the former prisoners‘ kitchen) with forecourt at Ahornstraße 2, Wewelsburg
By entering the museum area, visitors acknowledge the following rules and regulations and agree to adhere to them.
he collections in the exhibition rooms can be viewed by visitors during opening times. The prices for admission and other fees are specified by the fee schedule for the Wewelsburg District Museum in its respective applicable version.
In select cases, upon request, explanations regarding the displayed exhibits can be provided by the museum's scientific and pedagogic personnel during business hours. Visitors are not entitled to an explanation of the exhibition by the supervisory staff. Guided group tours are carried out only upon prior registration at the museum's secretary office (Tel. +49 (0)2955 7622-0, info@wewelsburg.de).
Guided group tours under the guidance of a third party are permitted upon prior written approval by the museum's management. The museum's visitors must behave such that no other visitors are hindered or inconvenienced. Express reference is made to the special rules and regulation in Section III. In addition, care must be taken that items of the collections and furnishings are neither damaged nor soiled nor destroyed or stolen. Unless marked otherwise, exhibited objects must not be touched.
In accordance with the applicable provisions of the German Civil Code, visitors are liable to the full extent for any damages they are causing. This shall, in particular, apply to intentional or negligent damages to exhibits as well as to the unjustified triggering of alarms and emergency facilities. People with supervisory function such as parents or group leaders shall, in the context of their obligation to supervise, be liable for the enforcement of the House Rules towards the people they are accompanying.
A ban on smoking is in effect in all enclosed spaces. The consumption of cannabis is prohibited in the buidlings and on the areas covered by these house rules. Stairways and escape routes must be kept clear. Platforms an d cordoned-off ponds may not be entered.
The taking of pictures and filming of the exhibits as well as of the museum’s facilities is permitted only without flash and only for private use. Capturing any images of the two former SS rooms in the North Tower of Wewelsburg Castle, which are subject to special protection interests, is not allowed as a matter of principle. Prior written approval by the museum’s management must be obtained in advance at +49 (0)2955 7622-0 or info@wewelsburg.de for
To the extent possible, the supervisory personnel may – in exceptional cases – also take articles into safekeeping. When in doubt, said personnel's instructions must be adhered to. No liability is accepted for any and all articles and valuables that are in safekeeping or in the lockers.
As a warning to the living and in commemoration of the victims of the Niederhagen Concentration Camp, the "Wewelsburg 1933 − 1945" Memorial Site was established as an institution of the District Museum.
Due to this particular dedication purpose, visitors in the whole museum area are prohibited from uttering spoken, written or gesticulated extreme right-wing, racist, anti-Semitic and sexist remarks.
It is also prohibited to disparage in speech, writing or gesticular form human freedom and dignity (Art. 1 German Constitution) as well as to use markings and symbols that are in the spirit of unconstitutional or anti-constitutional organisations or representing those. In particular, the open wearing of any and all extreme right-wing markings is not allowed.
Memorial and other public events as well as the display and distribution of information material, pictures or placards on the museum's ground and in the museum's rooms require prior approval by the museum's management.
The exhibition rooms are permanently monitored during opening times. The supervisory personnel is authorised to document what is going on on the whole museum grounds with additional technical aids (e.g. photo/video cameras).
Visitors must follow the orders of the supervisory personnel issued for adherence to the aforementioned rules and regulations. In case of violations of the orders of the personnel or of the aforementioned rules and regulations, visitors can be temporarily barred by the supervisory personnel from the further visit of the respective exhibition or from the entire museum grounds.
In particularly severe cases, visitors may be subject to an indefinite ban from select areas or from the entire museum grounds pronounced by the museum's management. This shall, in particular, apply in case of repeated misbehaviour as well as theft or vandalism.
In case of overcrowding or due to special reasons (e.g. water damage), visitor traffic can be barred in part or in whole from the museum by order to the museum's management.
In cases in which House Rules are exercised, a reimbursement of admissions or other fees is excluded.
These House Rules are effective as of 01 August 2024.
The previous House Rules dated 31 March 2021 become null and void at the same date.
Paderborn, 16 July 2024
Christoph Rüther
District Administrator of the Paderborn District
Kreismuseum Wewelsburg
Burgwall 19
33142 Büren-Wewelsburg
Germany
Phone 02955 7622-0
Fax 02955 7622-22
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