The Round Table on Regional History is a broad alliance of archives, libraries, heritage centres, museums, universities, historical commissions, associations and working groups. This alliance has called for a joint themed year in 2025. From January to December, campaigns, exhibitions and events throughout Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania will be dedicated to the mobility of people, objects and ideas. The highlight will be a conference on 12 and 13 September 2025 in Güstrow.
Further offers, more detailed information on events and opening times can be found here:
www.landesmuseum-mv.de/runder-tisch-landesgeschichte
January
10 January, 7 p.m., Wismar history regulars' table
‘How wine came to Wismar’,
SCHABBELL, Wismar
24 Jan, 7 pm, Lecture, Dr Philipp Gabsch
Remembering war and expulsion using the example of Neubukow
Heinrich-Schliemann Memorial Neubukow
24.1., 6 pm, film evening with discussion
"Bruderland has burnt down’. On the history of contract workers in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania with Dr Patrice G. Poutrus and Dr Ann-Judith Rabenschlag as well as the author of the film Angelika Nguyen,
Latücht Neubrandenburg
Ongoing exhibitions in MV:
► Women - who move, University of Rostock, Main Building, Treasury (ground floor) and Schaudepot (1st floor, all year round)
► The ship was our world. Sailors tell stories at the Rostock Maritime Museum (until 25 May)
► Stumbling Stones from Wismar, Heinrich Schliemann Memorial Neubukow (until 28 February)
February
16 Feb, 11 a.m., Discovery tour for young and old
Dr Sabine Lindqvist Where does this come from?
Object hikes from the place of discovery to the museum.
Pomeranian State Museum Greifswald
20.02.,7 p.m., Lecture, Dr Katja Winger
Homo migrans - Migration from an archaeological perspective
Heinrich Schliemann Memorial Neubukow
Ongoing exhibitions in MV:
► Women - who move, University of Rostock, Main Building, Treasury (ground floor) and Schaudepot (1st floor, all year round)
► Stolpersteine from Wismar, Heinrich Schliemann Memorial Neubukow (until 28 February)
► The ship was our world, Rostock Maritime Museum (until 25 May)
March
6 March, 4 p.m., Storytelling Salon
‘Sustainable mobility - trends, technology & vehicles’
Technical State Museum MV, Wismar
13 March, 6 p.m., opening of the exhibition
‘I have done nothing. Why talk so much?’ The case of Josef Jakubowski
Mecklenburg Foundation, Schwerin (duration until 15 June)
Ongoing exhibitions in MV:
► Women - who move, University of Rostock, Main Building, Treasury (ground floor) and Schaudepot (1st floor, all year round)
► The ship was our world, Rostock Maritime Museum (until 25 May)
April
1 April, 8 a.m., activation of ‘Archival item of the month’
Why refugees and displaced persons in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania became resettlers in 1946.
Landeshauptarchiv Schwerin, annotated by Dr Matthias Manke
Available atwww.kulturwerte-mv.de/Landesarchiv/Archivalien/
24 April, 6 p.m., lecture series on mobility,
Prof. Dr Mario NiemannOld and new home. Settlement villages in Mecklenburg in the 1920s and 1930s,
University of Greifswald
Ongoing exhibitions in MV:
► The Case of Josef Jakubowski, Mecklenburg Foundation, Schwerin (until 15 June)
► ERDE - On Earth - On Two Wheels. Cycling in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Technical State Museum MV, Wismar (all year round)
► Women - who move, University of Rostock, Main Building, Treasury (ground floor) and Schaudepot (1st floor, all year round)
► The ship was our world, Rostock Maritime Museum (until 25 May)
May
6 May, 7 p.m., lecture, Dr Florian Ostrop
The case of Josef Jakubowski - an execution in Strelitz and the fight for the death penalty
Heinrich Schliemann Memorial Neubukow
8 May, 6 p.m., lecture series on mobility,
PD Dr Bernd Kasten: Africans in Mecklenburg 1905-1925,
Rostock Museum of Cultural History
15 May, 6 p.m., lecture series on mobility,
PD Dr Klaas-Hinrich Ehlers:Linguistic ‘over-adaptation’ of immigrants at the level of regional colloquial language,
University of Greifswald
18 May, 3 p.m., Exhibition opening
Memorabilia from journeys in the 20th century
Dorf Museum Lohmen (duration until 3 Oct.)
22 May, 6 p.m., lecture series on mobility,
Dr Miriam Seils: The foreign half - Reception and integration of refugees and displaced persons in Mecklenburg after 1945
Rostock Museum of Cultural History
22 May, 6 p.m., lecture,
Dr Volker Höffer: Baltic Sea refugees in the Stasi's sights. Border regime and refugee movement on the GDR Baltic coast,
House of the Guest, Kirchdorf auf Poel
Ongoing exhibitions in MV:
► The case of Josef Jakubowski, Mecklenburg Foundation (until 15 June)
► Women - who move, University of Rostock, main building, treasury (ground floor) and display depot (1st floor, all year round)
► Cycling in MV, Technical State Museum MV, Wismar (all year round)
► The ship was our world, Rostock Maritime Museum (until 25 May)
Juni
1 June, 8 a.m.: Activation, ‘Archival item of the month’
On 21 June 1902, Duke Johann Albrecht zu Mecklenburg enters the shaft of the ‘Constantin IV’ colliery in Herne.
Schwerin State Archives, annotated by Dr Bernd Kasten
Available at www.kulturwerte-mv.de/Landesarchiv/Archivalien/
5 June, 6 p.m., lecture series on mobility,
Dr Jesper Clemmensen Escapes from the SBZ and GDR across the Baltic Sea,
Pommersches Landesmuseum Greifswald
12 June, 6 p.m., Lecture series on mobility,
Dr Jörg Ansorge Pilgrim signs - witnesses of medieval mobility
Rostock Museum of Cultural History
15 June, 11 a.m., discovery tour on the subject of mobility:
Dr Sabine Lindqvist:Slavs, Vikings and German settlers
Pomeranian State Museum Greifswald
20 June, from 6 p.m., drive-in cinema for the classic car rally
Technical State Museum MV, Wismar
21 June, from 9 a.m., 10th classic car rally with exit and courtyard fair
Technical State Museum MV, Wismar
26 June, 6 p.m., Lecture series on mobility
Dr Angela Huang/Dr Bart Holterman How mobile is the Middle Ages? Inter-city movements in the Hanseatic period
Pomeranian State Museum Greifswald
Ongoing exhibitions in MV:
► Memorabilia from journeys, Lohmen Village Museum (until 3 October)
► The case of Josef Jakubowski, Mecklenburg Foundation (until 15 June)
► Women - who move, University of Rostock, main building, treasury (ground floor) and display depot (1st floor, all year round)
► Cycling in MV, Technical State Museum MV, Wismar (all year round)
Juli
3 July, 6 p.m., Mobility Lecture Series, Rudolf Conrades
From Paris to Schwerin: How the High Gothic came to the North
Rostock Museum of Cultural History
5 July, from 10 a.m., exhibition
Displacement of Jewish bathers on the Mecklenburg Baltic coast
Warnemünde Local History Museum (all year round)
24 July, 6 p.m., lecture,
Ulrike Stern:Language in the luggage - The heritage of 19th century Low German emigrants
Mecklenburg Foundation, Schwerin
Ongoing exhibitions in MV:
► Memorabilia from journeys, Lohmen Village Museum (until 3 Oct.)
► Pirates!, Rostock Maritime Museum (all year round)
► Störtebeker in Rostock. Pirates in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern?, Kröpeliner Tor, Rostock
► Women - who move, University of Rostock, main building, treasury (ground floor) and display depot (1st floor, all year round)
► Cycling in MV, Technical State Museum MV, Wismar (all year round)
August
1 August, 8 a.m.: Activation, ‘Archival item of the month’
‘What arrived in Wismar from the last Antonite from Lennewarden’.
Landeshauptarchiv Schwerin, annotated by Dr Wolfgang Eric Wagner.
Available at www.kulturwerte-mv.de/Landesarchiv/Archivalien/
Ongoing exhibitions in MV:
► Memorabilia from journeys, Lohmen Village Museum (until 3 Oct.)
1 August, 8 a.m.: Activation, ‘Archival item of the month’
‘What arrived in Wismar from the last Antonite from Lennewarden’.
Landeshauptarchiv Schwerin, annotated by Dr Wolfgang Eric Wagner.
Available at www.kulturwerte-mv.de/Landesarchiv/Archivalien/
Ongoing exhibitions in MV:
► Memorabilia from journeys, Lohmen Village Museum (until 3 Oct.)
1 August, 8 a.m.: Activation, ‘Archival item of the month’
‘What arrived in Wismar from the last Antonite from Lennewarden’.
Landeshauptarchiv Schwerin, annotated by Dr Wolfgang Eric Wagner.
Available at www.kulturwerte-mv.de/Landesarchiv/Archivalien/
Ongoing exhibitions in MV:
► Memorabilia from journeys, Lohmen Village Museum (until 3 Oct.)
► Pirates!, Rostock Maritime Museum (all year round)
► Störtebeker in Rostock. Pirates in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern?, Kröpeliner Tor, Rostock
► Women - who move, University of Rostock, main building, treasury (ground floor) and display depot (1st floor, all year round)
► Cycling in MV, Technical State Museum MV, Wismar (all year round)
Pirates!, Rostock Maritime Museum (all year round)
► Störtebeker in Rostock. Pirates in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern?, Kröpeliner Tor, Rostock
► Women - who move, University of Rostock, main building, treasury (ground floor) and display depot (1st floor, all year round)
► Cycling in MV, Technical State Museum MV, Wismar (all year round)
Pirates!, Rostock Maritime Museum (all year round)
► Störtebeker in Rostock. Pirates in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern?, Kröpeliner Tor, Rostock
► Women - who move, University of Rostock, main building, treasury (ground floor) and display depot (1st floor, all year round)
► Cycling in MV, Technical State Museum MV, Wismar (all year round)
September
1 Sept., 8 a.m., activation, ‘Archive of the month’: Unsustainable
Conditions. The living conditions of refugees in Schloss Kruckow around 1950,
Landeshauptarchiv Schwerin, annotated by Dr Matthias Manke
Available at: www.kulturwerte-mv.de/Landesarchiv/Archivalien/
5 September, 7 p.m., guided tour by the curators ‘The wandering professor’
for the special exhibition on Gottlob Frege, SCHABBELL, Wismar
15 Sept., 5 p.m., opening of the exhibition
Avenues in Pomerania and Mecklenburg-Strelitz. Historical connections - cross-border projects (Interreg Via),
followed by an opportunity to discuss project ideas
Greifswald University Library
12/13 September, Conference Immigrants and those who stayed,
Those who passed through and those who left. Mecklenburg and (pre-)Pomerania under the influence of changing mobilities -
District council hall of the Rostock district, Am Wall 3 - 5, 18273 Güstrow
Registration: mobilitaet@heimatverband-mv.de - Programme:
www.landesmuseum-mv.de/runder-tisch-landesgeschichte
23.9., 7 pm, Lecture, Dr Florian Ostrop:
Forced labour in the district of Wismar 1939 - 1945’
Heinrich-Schliemann Memorial Neubukow
Ongoing exhibitions in MV:
► Memorabilia from journeys, Lohmen Village Museum (until 3 Oct.)
► Pirates!, Rostock Maritime Museum (all year round)
► Störtebeker in Rostock. Pirates in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern?, Kröpeliner Tor, Rostock
► Women - who move, University of Rostock, main building, treasury (ground floor) and display depot (1st floor, all year round)
► Cycling in MV, Technical State Museum MV, Wismar (all year round)
Oktober
15 October, 6 pm, themed evening ‘Flight and Expulsion’
Mecklenburg Foundation, Schwerin
Ongoing exhibitions in MV:
► Avenues in Pomerania and Mecklenburg-Strelitz Greifswald University Library (exhibition: until 6 October)
► Memorabilia from journeys, Lohmen Village Museum (until 3 October)
► Pirates!, Rostock Maritime Museum (all year round)
► Women - who move, University of Rostock, main building, treasury (ground floor) and display depot (1st floor, all year round)
► Cycling in MV, Technical State Museum MV, Wismar (all year round)
November
20 November, 4 p.m., Storytelling Salon ‘Immigration - Emigration - Emigration’.
Emigration’ Technical State Museum MV, Wismar
22 November, 7 p.m., Museum Winter ‘Wismarerinnen und Wismarer are drawn to the world’
with Corinna Schubert and Maximilian Marotz
SCHABBELL, Wismar
29/30 November, 21st arts and crafts market, Advent at the Grey Monastery
with short guided tours on the mobility of craftspeople and their art in Pomerania,
Pomeranian State Museum Greifswald
Ongoing exhibitions in MV:
► Pirates!, Rostock Maritime Museum (all year round)
► Women - who move, University of Rostock, main building, treasury (ground floor) and display depot (1st floor, all year round)
► Cycling in MV, Technical State Museum MV, Wismar (all year round)