Offers for daycares and school classes
The educational program of the German Emigration Center allows kindergartens and school classes to experience history firsthand and discover migration interactively. It connects to subjects such as history, politics, and language education and can partially be conducted in German or English. It enables students to reflect on historical contexts of migration, flight, colonialism, or nationalism, and strengthens empathy, self-reflection, and understanding of societal coexistence through biographical learning. The program includes various formats such as guided tours, rallies, and workshops, which are thematically adapted to curricula with age-appropriate questions.
Organizational NotesThe programs are designed for groups of a maximum of 30 students per group. Depending on the format, multiple groups can start at staggered times. Accompanying teachers receive free admission depending on the group size. For a binding booking, please send us the completed booking form.
We are happy to assist you at +49 (0)471 / 90 22 0 – 0
Museum tours
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 and English (upon request)).
Furthermore, the tour specifically promotes social competencies such as empathy and self-reflection, especially through biographical learning in the experiential museum.
| Available for | Secondary Level ISecondary Level II |
| Languages | German, English (upon request) |
| Cost per student (tour in German) | Admission plus 3.00 euros |
| Cost per student (tour in English) | Admission plus 4.00 euros |
| Duration | approximately 90 minutes |
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.
| Bookable for | Primary LevelSecondary Level ISecondary Level II |
| Languages | German / English (on request) |
| Cost per student (tour in German) | Admission plus 3.00 Euros |
| Cost per student (tour in English) | Admission plus 4.00 Euros |
| Duration | Approx. 90 minutes |
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.
| Bookable for | Secondary Level I Secondary Level II |
| Languages | German / English (upon request) |
| Cost per student (tour in German) | Admission plus 3.00 Euro |
| Cost per student (tour in English) | Admission plus 4.00 Euro |
| Duration | approximately 90 minutes |
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?\r
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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 paint a memory picture from their visit to the Deutsches Auswandererhaus.\r
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Booking: The program must currently be booked through museum educator Astrid Birth. Contact: a.birth@dah-bremerhaven.de\r
| Available for | Preschool (Kindergarten, Kita) Primary School |
| Languages | German / English |
| Cost per child | 8.80 Euro |
| Duration | about 90 minutes |
Museum rallies
In the rallies, students explore the permanent exhibition in small groups. According to their grade level, they independently uncover the content, follow various biographies, and work on reflection tasks that relate to their own life realities.
The rally 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.
| Available for | Primary levelSecondary level ISecondary level II | |
| Languages | German, English(only for middle and secondary level II) | |
| Cost per student: | Admission plus 2.50 Euros per sheet | |
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3.00 Euros | |
| Duration | approximately 120 minutes |
In this thematic rally, students 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.
| Available for | Secondary Level I (Middle School)Secondary Level II |
| Languages | German / English |
| Cost per student | Admission plus 2.50 Euro per sheet |
| Cost for solution sheet | 3.00 Euro |
| Duration | approximately 120-160 minutes |
In this rally, students 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.
| Available for | Secondary Level I (Middle School)Secondary Level II |
| Languages | German / English |
| Cost per student | Admission plus 2.50 Euro per sheet |
| Cost for solution sheet | 3.00 Euro |
| Duration | approximately 120-160 minutes |
The rally shows students 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 rally.
| Available for | Secondary Level I (Middle School) Secondary Level II |
| Languages | German / English |
| Cost per student | Entry plus €2.50 per sheet |
| Cost for answer sheet | €3.00 |
| Duration | approx. 120-160 minutes |
Workshops in the Museum
All workshops are available upon request.
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.
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.
Lunch break in the museum
For school classes, we offer a particularly inexpensive lunch as part of a museum visit – upon prior request and subject to spatial availability in our museum restaurant Dining Hall.
The offer includes:
- 1 portion of fries (with ketchup or mayonnaise)
- 1 organic apple
- Still water
Price: €3.50 per person
Please inquire in advance by phone at +49 (0)471 / 90 22 0 – 0 whether the lunch break offer is available on your desired visit date.
We thank Weser-Elbe Sparkasse for the support of our museum education program.
