Richard-Haizmann-Museum Niebüll Exhibition Series

Center for Contemporary Art in North Frisia

The Richard-Haizmann-Museum in Niebüll is one of the most important museums for contemporary art in Schleswig-Holstein. The museum is named after the Niebüll sculptor Richard Haizmann (1895–1963) and has been dedicated to promoting modern and contemporary art for decades. With its collection of Haizmann's works and an extensive program of rotating exhibitions, the museum is a prominent fixture in the North Frisian cultural landscape.

Exhibition Program 2026

The year 2026 is planned with a dense exhibition program:

• Till Verclas – “Light and Structure” (April 18 – July 5, 2026): Sculpture, graphics, and drawing
• Hermann Diestelhorst – “Mee(h)r-Aussichten” (May 9 – July 5, 2026): Painting, parallel to the Verclas exhibition
• Ulrike Pisch – “Atmospheares Painting” (July 11 – October 18, 2026): Painting
• marehalm ART award – Art Prize 2026 (July 19 – October 4, 2026)
• Jörg Bernkopf – “The Flow of Things” (October 10 – December 6, 2026)
• Johann Büsen – “Lucid Dreams” (October 24 – November 22, 2026), via Kunstverein Niebüll
• Image and Gesture – Haizmann works with design photographs (November 28, 2026 – March 7, 2027)
• Ellen Ribbe – “Own Paths” (December 12, 2026 – February 21, 2027)

Program Highlights

Particularly noteworthy is the exhibition of the marehalm ART award 2026, a renowned art prize. In addition, the year presents a broad spectrum of contemporary positions – from painting (Diestelhorst, Pisch, Ribbe) and sculpture and graphics (Verclas) to the combination of historical Haizmann works with contemporary design photography in the exhibition “Image and Gesture”.

Region: Niebüll, District Nordfriesland

Niebüll is the largest town on the Eiderstedt peninsula and the seat of the Südtondern office in the district of Nordfriesland. The town, with around 10,000 inhabitants, is the terminus of the Marschbahn railway and the car train connection to Sylt – an important hub in the north of Schleswig-Holstein. The Haizmann-Museum on Rathausplatz in the town center is one of the city's cultural highlights and a major attraction for art travelers from northern Germany and Scandinavia.