Augusteum, Oldenburg
The Augusteum in 2014 | |
| Established | 1876 |
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| Location | Oldenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany |
| Coordinates | 53°08′10″N 8°13′00″E / 53.1362°N 8.2166°E |
| Type | Art |
| Founder | Peter II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg |
The Augusteum is a German art museum in the city of Oldenburg, Lower Saxony. Completed in 1867 in Oldenburg, the Augusteum is among the first museum buildings in northern Germany. Located at Elisabethstraße 1, it hosts the ‘Old Masters Gallery’ or old master painting collection of the Oldenburg State Museum of Art and Cultural History, featuring Dutch, Italian, German, and French paintings from the 15th to 18th centuries.