Stiftung Focke-Museum

The Focke Museum is a public law foundation and Bremen’s state museum for art and cultural history. It preserves the city’s material heritage from urban historical and applied arts collections and illustrates Bremen’s collective memory. With a broad range of exhibition and educational programs, the museum fulfills the ICOM core tasks of collecting, preserving, researching, exhibiting, and educating. The Free Hanseatic City of Bremen is the sponsor; significant support comes from the “Johann Focke Foundation,” the “Nicolaus H. Schilling Foundation,” the Association of Friends of the Focke Museum e.V., other foundations, private individuals, and companies. Donations in kind from the public continuously expand the collection.

As Bremen's state museum, the Focke Museum conveys the history of the city and its people within a broader regional context. It preserves Bremen's material heritage, contributes to the development of a critical historical awareness, and promotes open, creative dialogues. Adhering to the ICOM core tasks of collecting, preserving, researching, exhibiting, and communicating, it sees itself as a place of cultural participation with identity-forming potential. The museum strives for a diverse team structure and maintains an extensive network of local and regional partners.

The Focke Museum is aimed at all residents of Bremen as well as visitors from the region, Germany, and abroad. The target groups include families, school classes, students, seniors, cultural practitioners, and people with migration and refugee backgrounds. Through inclusive educational programs and formats, the museum addresses diverse knowledge, interests, and experiences, promoting active cultural participation through participatory projects.