Offers for daycare and school groups

The tour through the permanent exhibition of the German Emigration Center covers the historical emigration from Europe in the 19th and 20th centuries and the historical immigration story to ‘Germany’. Historically, the tour leads through the era of colonialism and is oriented towards the milestones of historical emigration from Bremerhaven to New York City, up to the history of the Federal Republic of Germany, including socio-political discourses and biographies. Points of connection for school lessons include, for example:

• History (colonialism and racism, industrialization, World War I and its prehistory, National Socialism and World War II, American Dream)
• Politics (history of democracy, society and coexistence, National Socialism, belonging and exclusion, nation-building, history of the FRG and GDR)
• Language instruction (the tour will be conducted in German or English upon request).

Furthermore, the tour specifically promotes social competencies such as empathy and self-reflection, especially through biographical learning in the experiential museum.

The guided tour through the first part of the permanent exhibition at the German Emigration Center highlights historical (East) European migration in the 19th and 20th centuries to overseas. Key points in the emigration history from Bremerhaven to New York City discuss motivations and backgrounds of migration, crossing conditions and transit experiences, immigration conditions, and social coexistence in migration societies. Various approaches ensure that students learn both the migration history of a specific biography and gain insights into socially and politically relevant topics.

This thematic tour guides visitors through the permanent exhibition of the German Emigration Center. Few cities worldwide are as strongly associated with the hope for a better life and the American way of life as New York. The thematic tour takes the school class to central stations of a historical emigration to New York, provides insights into the city’s history, and highlights the so-called American Dream. The students will learn whether dreams and reality actually align in New York and how the coexistence of diverse people in the city really takes shape.

Before the children embark on a guided tour together, they learn more about migration: What does the word actually mean? Why do people migrate in and out? And since when?

On a grand journey, they will explore the permanent exhibition together and experience the conditions of emigration in the 19th and early 20th centuries in the first part. In the second part, they will learn more about immigration to Germany. After a brief follow-up discussion, there will be time for everyone to draw a memory picture from their visit to the Deutsches Auswandererhaus.

Booking: The program must currently be booked through museum educator Astrid Birth. Contact: a.birth@dah-bremerhaven.de

The trail takes participants through the milestones of a historical emigration from Bremerhaven to New York City, extending into the history of the Federal Republic and connecting this with social and political debates as well as personal biographies. The tasks are designed according to the respective grade level.

In this thematic trail, pupils explore the connections between nation-building, nationalism, wars, and migration. By examining selected biographies from the 19th and 20th centuries, they learn about the phenomena, their causes, and backgrounds, engage with social developments, and reflect on their own views regarding the discussed topics.

In this trail, pupils explore the connections between colonialism, racism, and migration from the 17th to the 20th century. Through selected biographies, they learn about the phenomena, their triggers, and backgrounds, engage with social developments, and reflect on their own perspectives regarding the topics.

The trail shows pupils the connections between flight, expulsion, and migration from the 17th to the 20th century. By examining selected biographies, they learn about the phenomena, their causes and backgrounds, engage with societal developments, and reflect on their own perspectives regarding the themes of this trail.

What exactly is migration? Since when has it existed and why? How does migration affect all of us? What are prejudices and how do we deal with them? We will explore these important questions together in our interactive migration educational workshop – linguistically, thematically, and didactically tailored to the respective grade level.

Available for Primary Level, Secondary Level I, Secondary Level II, Adults

Languages: German / English

Cost per school class: €120.00 flat rate
Duration: approx. 90 minutes

The Young Digital Collection is constantly expanded by school classes in this multi-week program through self-created online exhibitions with self-selected and curated objects, which are independently digitized. The students engage with the themes of identity and diversity in the migration society through learning materials, a visit to museum education, and a concluding visit to the German Emigration Center.

Bookable for Secondary Level I Secondary Level II

Languages: German

Cost per school group: on request

Duration: Multi-part workshop (on request/custom agreement)