Your visit

MUSEUM KUNST DER WESTKÜSTE

Hauptstraße 1 · 25938 Alkersum/Föhr
Tel. +49 4681 747400
info@mkdw.de

 

Opening hours

18 Feb - 17 Mar 2024
Tue - Sun 11 am - 4 pm

19 Mar - 31 Oct 2024
Tue - Sun 10 am - 5 pm

1 Nov - 22 Dez 2024
Tue - Sun 11 am - 4 pm

27 Dez 2024 -12 Jan 2025
Tue - Sun 10 am - 5 pm

 

Open 1 Apr, 1 May, 9 May, 20 May, 3 Oct, 31 Oct, 31 Dec 2024, 1 Jan 2025

Closed Mondays, 15 Jan to 17 Feb and 24 to 26 Dec 2024

 

ADMISSION FEES

Adults     10 €
Reduced
pupils, students, trainees, social service volunteers (FSJ, 18-29 years), visitors with disabilities (degree of disability 50+, designated accompanying persons receive free admission)
    5 €
Children/teens (18 and under)     free

 

  
Groups (at least 10 people) per person     5 €
Annual ticket     50 €
Annual ticket reduced*  30 €
Friends, sponsors and patrons free
Public guided tours in german (not for groups)
 
5 € + admission
Guided tours in german or english for
registered groups up to 25 people Tuesday to Friday
    90 € + admission
Guided tours in german or english for
registered groups up to 25 people weekend / holidays
  120 € + admission

 

GETTING THERE

JOURNEY FROM MAINLAND/DAGEBÜLL-MOLE AND FROM THE ISLAND OF AMRUM

You can reach the ferry harbour Dagebüll-Mole by rail or with your car. The ferries of the Wyker Dampfschiff-Reederei Föhr/Amrum (WDR) depart for Wyk auf Föhr daily every 50 to 90 minutes. The museum of the island Amrum/Wittdün can also be reached with WDR ferries or those of Adler-Schiffe. Schedules and prices can be found at www.faehre.de. 

 

TRAVELLING FROM THE ISLAND OF SYLT

From May until October, the Adler ships also head from Sylt/Hörnum via Wittdün on Amrum to Wyk harbour. For ferry schedules and fares please visit the website www.adler-schiffe.de. Throughout the year it is possible to travel by Deutsche Bahn from Westerland to Niebüll and from there by the Norddeutsche Eisenbahngesellschaft (NEG) to Dagebüll Mole from where the ferry leaves for Wyk auf Föhr. From Sylt you also have the option of travelling by small airplane from Westerland airport to Wyk airport.

 

PARKING

The Museum Kunst der Westküste has two parking areas which are not located right by the museum complex, but about 100 or 150 metres further on the same side of the street towards Utersum: drive to 7 Hauptstrasse (at the administrative building of the Museum Kunst der Westküste, Ferring Stiftung, and Friisk Funk) or to 11 A Hauptstrasse and leave your car there.

Located right at the museum building, to the left of the museum entrance, are two parking spaces which are reserved exclusively for our visitors with limited mobility (disability placard) and marked accordingly.

 

BICYCLE PARKING AREAS

The Museum Kunst der Westküste has two areas where you can park your bicycle: one is located right to the left of the main entrance at the back of the large, thatched-roof exhibition hall (facing the village square) and the other is fifty metres down the street across from the bakery.

Bicycles may not be parked at the entrances to the museum and to the museum restaurant Grethjens Gasthof.

 

ACCESSIBILITY

The museum offers barrier-free facilities, including a toilet for the disabled, an elevator for guests, and ramps in the main exhibition area. Only in a few locations you may need help, as doors don’t open automatically. We will gladly assist you.

The exhibition area on the gallery above Grethjens Gasthof, where we usually present photography exhibitions, is not barrier-free. We recommend wheelchair users to visit the museum in company (if “B” is entered in the disability card, admission for the accompanying person is free). Our staff will gladly assist you.

 

FAMILIES

A baby buggy that can be borrowed free of charge is available at the museum shop. This allows you to comfortably carry your baby through the exhibitions.

In our hygge room children can play, read, paint, listen to audio drama, or simply take a hyggelig, cosy break in our authentic old wooden boat under parental supervision.

With our “fun block” children aged 7 and up, whether alone or accompanied, become explorers in the exhibitions, taking a closer look at individual works. The “fun block” is available at the museum shop for a fee of 3 €.