News

FRI 29.05.2026 / 15:12 Uhr

Obituary for Lya Pfeifer

Obituary for Lya Pfeifer (1943 – 2026)

FRI 10.04.2026 / 15:17 Uhr

We're giving away 20 pairs of tickets!

Complete the sentence "Museums are important to me because..." and with a bit of luck, win two tickets for a visit on May 17, 2026.

FRI 10.04.2026 / 09:44 Uhr

Spring promotion: 10% discount

Starting April 11th, adults will receive a 10% discount on their tickets every weekend.

TUE 24.06.2025 / 15:51 Uhr

Student discount

WED 18.06.2025 / 13:12 Uhr

Playlist "DAH goes Space"

Get in the mood for our special exhibition with music.

WED 11.06.2025 / 09:59 Uhr

Creative Contest "The Moon and Us" - The Winners

With four out of over 300 images of children and teenagers, the jury decided on the creative competition "The Moon and Us."

WED 07.05.2025 / 15:29 Uhr

Free excursions for school classes

Apply now: For its 20th anniversary, the Emigration Center invites 20 school classes to the museum free of charge, thanks to the support of WESPA.

THU 24.04.2025 / 11:01 Uhr

Restorations: Preserving Tangible History

The German Emigration Center Foundation will enable the restoration of selected collection pieces in the coming months.

WED 23.04.2025 / 14:11 Uhr

Special Exhibition "Allure of the Universe"

From July 5, the German Emigration Center will present the thematic special exhibition "Enticing Universe: Emigrating to the Moon, Mars, Venus?"

TUE 04.03.2025 / 13:43 Uhr

Campaign for International Women's Day 2025

On March 8th, we invite you to consciously listen to the often overlooked voices of women in migration.

MON 10.02.2025 / 17:23 Uhr

The Moon and Us

The DAH invites children and teenagers to participate in a creative competition.

MON 10.02.2025 / 10:16 Uhr

Fresh off the press, in a new design.

The DAH presents its new house catalog.

WED 05.02.2025 / 11:41 Uhr

Junior Advisory Board wanted!

The German Emigration Center is looking for dedicated children and young people to accompany and support the exhibition program.

FRI 11.10.2024 / 08:11 Uhr

Exhibition opening

The new special exhibition "You Don't Have to Travel Far Across the Border" is open daily from 11:30 AM to 5:00 PM until January 5, 2025.

WED 25.09.2024 / 17:48 Uhr

Federal government supports new DAH depot with 1.5 million euros.

We are pleased to share the attached press release.

MON 26.08.2024 / 17:55 Uhr

Awarding of the Bremen Diaspora Prize 2024

On August 24, 2024, five individuals (BIPOC) or migrant-diasporic organizations were honored for their commitment.

MON 01.07.2024 / 17:46 Uhr

With great interest in German-American history.

The chargé d'affaires of the US Embassy in Berlin, DCM Clark Price, visited the German Emigration Center.

WED 12.06.2024 / 14:02 Uhr

The Afternoon Ticket

Come by late in the day to explore the exhibition at a lower price.

MON 03.06.2024 / 08:16 Uhr

"Encounters at DAH"

Young people discuss with eyewitnesses about wars, their triggers, and long-term effects.

MON 27.05.2024 / 15:49 Uhr

75 years of the Basic Law

Employees showcased the German Emigration Center at the Democracy Festival in front of the Bundestag in Berlin.

FRI 10.05.2024 / 17:38 Uhr

Movie night on May 18th at 6 PM: "Green is the Heath"

Supplementary Program for the Special Exhibition "Starting Anew, But How? Espelkamp and Other 'Refugee Cities' in the 1950s"

WED 27.03.2024 / 14:01 Uhr

US Consul General Jason Chue visits the DAH.

The US Consul General from Hamburg visited Bremerhaven in March to learn about, among other things, the Migration Museum.

FRI 22.03.2024 / 15:40 Uhr

Knowledge creation in the migration museum

Director Simone Blaschka presented the educational and mediation work of DAH at a lunch discussion organized by DeZIM.

FRI 22.12.2023 / 08:34 Uhr

Emergency network established

DAH and nine other cultural and scientific institutions pledge to provide each other with mutual solidarity and quick assistance in emergency situations.

SAT 16.12.2023 / 09:47 Uhr

Art-in-Architecture Project Inaugurated

The sound sculpture "Triad (Siren Songs)" is now open to the public and accessible to experience.

FRI 15.12.2023 / 11:47 Uhr

Trailer "Wrocław/Breslau"

Insight into the new short documentary of the German Emigration Center.

MON 11.12.2023 / 12:22 Uhr

Ceremonial Presentation: Kalliope Prize for Applied Migration Research 2023

We congratulate the team at TU Chemnitz and look forward to working together!

MON 20.11.2023 / 12:08 Uhr

Film premiere: Curtain up for "Wrocław/Breslau"

World premiere of our new short documentary.

THU 09.11.2023 / 13:19 Uhr

Kalliope Prize 2023 for Human Geographers at TU Chemnitz

Experiencing urban history as migration history: The starting point of an award-worthy idea.

FRI 03.11.2023 / 15:01 Uhr

New film on migration history in the exhibition.

The short documentary about Wrocław/Breslau will be showing at the Roxy Cinema in DAH starting in early December.

THU 05.10.2023 / 16:37 Uhr

The show with the mouse at the migration museum.

The documentary about the German Emigration Center is now available in the ARD Mediathek.

WED 27.09.2023 / 12:51 Uhr

Cooperation with the Bremerhaven Philharmonic Orchestra

The chamber concerts of the 2023/2024 season can be heard in our New York Hall.

MON 28.08.2023 / 14:59 Uhr

Between gospel and metal in the heart of New York.

A musical student exchange between Germany and Israel makes the museum resonate.

WED 02.08.2023 / 09:24 Uhr

What does migration sound like?

The jury has decided: Artists Cyrill Lachauer and Ari Benjamin Meyers will soon create "art on the building" at the DAH.

WED 21.06.2023 / 12:19 Uhr

World Refugee Day 2023 - Hope Away from Home!

We thank you for the enriching exchange on an eventful day.

WED 26.04.2023 / 10:31 Uhr

Multivoiced Evening in Berlin

We invited you to: "Polyphony – Telling Migration Stories" at the Bremen State Representation.

WED 12.04.2023 / 16:40 Uhr

Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia visits

On April 12, 2023, we welcomed NRW's Minister-President Hendrick Wüst.

WED 05.04.2023 / 13:45 Uhr

Historical Travel Guide

Journalist and NDR television editor Sabine Knor researched at the German Emigration Center for her new book.

THU 30.03.2023 / 18:32 Uhr

Opening hours for Easter

The German Emigration Center is open daily from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM and offers numerous family tours.

THU 16.03.2023 / 09:18 Uhr

Move to Spring

Our special exhibition '... a little different, but just as it is.' on Cuban-German history at the Museum in the Kulturbrauerei.

WED 25.01.2023 / 11:17 Uhr

Saturday, November 19, 2022 - The Opening

"It was a different country" – GDR, FRG, and the Cuban-German history.

TUE 13.12.2022 / 13:50 Uhr

On Migrant’s Day

The German Emigration Center invites refugees on Sunday, December 18.

FRI 09.12.2022 / 07:05 Uhr

Debate on the immigration law

Different Perspectives on Citizenship

SAT 19.11.2022 / 13:16 Uhr

Cuban-German History(ies)

Opening of the new special exhibition “... a little different, but just the same.”

TUE 25.10.2022 / 16:03 Uhr

Winter opening hours 2022/23

From November, our winter opening hours will apply again.

TUE 25.10.2022 / 08:54 Uhr

Visit from Namibia

The prominent human rights advocate Uhuru Dempers was a guest at the German Emigration Center.

WED 19.10.2022 / 17:52 Uhr

100 favorite sights wanted

Vote now!

FRI 14.10.2022 / 09:55 Uhr

Halloween at the Experience Museum

With beautifully spooky family tours and a pumpkin workshop, we celebrate the popular Halloween festival.

MON 10.10.2022 / 18:54 Uhr

Autumn is museum time.

Starting Tuesday, October 18, 2022, our popular tours for adults and families will resume.

MON 10.10.2022 / 10:20 Uhr

Promote science in Bremerhaven

The fourth Science Dinner took place at the German Emigration Center.

TUE 27.09.2022 / 17:03 Uhr

Background knowledge in uncertain times

Impulse talks, discussion panels, and a film on Ukrainian (migration) history.

FRI 16.09.2022 / 10:42 Uhr

50 Sites of the Nazi Dictatorship

On the Day of City History, students transform Bremerhaven into a lively library.

TUE 13.09.2022 / 07:35 Uhr

"A rise like in an emigrant picture book."

Election Canadian Hans Scheib visits "his" display case at the German Emigration Center.

THU 01.09.2022 / 09:00 Uhr

In dialogue with experts.

High school students are preparing for the "Day of City History" 2022 at the German Emigration Center.

FRI 26.08.2022 / 11:25 Uhr

In the DAH edition: 31xArriving. Stories of Immigration

The latest release from "edition DAH" tells stories of immigration and the portraits on the new building's facade.

THU 18.08.2022 / 10:31 Uhr

Visiting the German Emigration Center

Members of the Bundestag Katrin Budde and Uwe Schmidt followed the life paths of historical immigrants and emigrants.

MON 08.08.2022 / 18:35 Uhr

"Thinking Along in the Museum"

In an interview with Deutschlandfunk Kultur, museum director Dr. Simone Blaschka explains the participatory concept of the Critical Thinking Stations.

FRI 24.06.2022 / 16:41 Uhr

A glimpse into the digital future of museums.

The museum4punkt0 exhibition provided exciting insights into the modern museum landscape.

THU 09.06.2022 / 11:37 Uhr

A Touch of Poetry at the German Emigrant House

On June 9, 2022, the Kiel poet Arne Rautenberg was a guest in Bremerhaven.

TUE 31.05.2022 / 13:21 Uhr

Departure into a new life

Emigration from 1680 to the present is the topic of the current issue of ZEIT Geschichte, featuring three articles from the German Emigration Center.

FRI 13.05.2022 / 07:11 Uhr

Cabaret director receives the Cross of Merit.

Bremerhaven's Mayor Melf Grantz and Bremen's Mayor Dr. Andreas Bovenschulte presented Helene Daiminger with the Cross of Merit.

THU 07.04.2022 / 13:55 Uhr

Outstanding: Cultural Lights Award for "Global Citizens"

Cultural State Minister Claudia Roth congratulated the winner of the Audience Award at the German Prize for Cultural Education.

FRI 01.04.2022 / 17:43 Uhr

Mirror History Podcast

What motivated German emigrants to move far away is explained by museum director Dr. Simone Blaschka in the SPIEGEL GESCHICHTE podcast.

FRI 04.03.2022 / 14:35 Uhr

Schtschastja means happiness.

How the German Emigration Center researches Ukrainian migration in real time.

FRI 04.03.2022 / 12:43 Uhr

Ukraine, Belarus, Russia

A piece of Eastern European migration history as a free tour.

FRI 04.03.2022 / 09:39 Uhr

Reading: "A Formality in Kyiv"

The writer Dmitrij Kapitelman, originally from Kyiv, will read on Thursday, March 31, 2022, at 7 PM at the German Emigration Center.

WED 23.02.2022 / 13:39 Uhr

"Two sides of the same coin."

The Turkish consul general discovered many shared experiences of German and Turkish emigrants during her visit.

MON 17.01.2022 / 08:36 Uhr

"Emigrating means turning your life upside down."

Our museum director Dr. Simone Blaschka in an interview with Spiegel GESCHICHTE.

FRI 05.11.2021 / 17:28 Uhr

Federal Chancellor Dr. Angela Merkel visits the DAH.

On November 4, 2021, we were a stop during her last official visit to Bremen.

WED 01.09.2021 / 17:55 Uhr

The emergence of the new building.

The architecture firm Andreas Heller Architects & Designers is collaborating with 40 other companies on the construction of the German Emigration Center.

WED 01.09.2021 / 07:52 Uhr

Textile restoration

The German Emigration Center hires professionals to protect valuable memorabilia from mold, insects, and signs of aging.

MON 02.08.2021 / 12:20 Uhr

Academy

The Academy of Comparative Migration Studies (ACOMIS) was opened at the German Emigration Center in Bremerhaven in the summer of 2021.

THU 01.07.2021 / 17:45 Uhr

Modeling figures for the German Emigration Center

New figures tell new (old) stories, and the figure makers give us a glimpse into their fascinating craft.

THU 01.07.2021 / 16:05 Uhr

Stagings

In intricate detail work, Alke Thamsen and Ulf Klüsener design the interiors of the exhibition halls at the German Emigration Center.

FRI 01.01.2021 / 15:20 Uhr

Foundation GERMAN EMIGRANT HOUSE

To support the DAH in its numerous tasks, the German Emigration Center Foundation was established in 2006.