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For children, death is often a difficult topic, fraught with questions and fears. Nevertheless, young people often approach the topics of dying and death with far more ease than adults. Therefore, the Museum of Sepulchral Culture offers a program specifically tailored to the needs of the youngest visitors. There are guided tours, field trips, and project days on fascinating topics, taking place in the museum, the artists' necropolis, or the main cemetery, providing ample opportunity for individual interest, creativity, and, of course, play. Our academic staff also have exciting programs available for a museum afternoon with a kindergarten group or a birthday party.
The events can also be tailored to your individual wishes and needs. Many events are also available in English. Just get in touch!
34117 Kassel
- 0561 / 918 93 15
- 0561 / 918 93 10
- museum@sepulkralmuseum.de
Museum Afternoon
Is the topic of death and dying currently relevant at home, in kindergarten, or among friends? Whether it's the death of a beloved pet, the passing of a loved one, or exposure to death through the media: when the time comes, it's important that caregivers are prepared to address questions and anxieties.
For this reason, we invite educators and their kindergarten groups to visit our museum. A guided tour of the museum takes place, as the numerous fascinating and unusual objects and stories offer the best opportunity to foster an open and curious approach to death. Understanding how people thought about death in the past and present, and how dying in old age is handled, helps to stimulate questions and counteract the great fear of the unknown. Afterwards, the children can create crafts related to the theme of death, while the educators can exchange ideas with museum staff about dealing with children and death, and learn about further resources.
In addition, we also offer training on the topic "How do I explain a cemetery to children?" an event open to all those who wish to take a cemetery tour with children.
Birthday at the Museum
For those looking for a unique birthday celebration, the Museum of Sepulchral Culture offers a choice between a pirate-themed and a ghost-themed party. The museum will provide tableware for the birthday celebration. Parents bring their own food and drinks. On school days, birthday parties can extend beyond regular opening hours. A surcharge of €30 applies for parties starting after 17:00 PM. Parents are welcome to join the festivities, but can also choose to let their children celebrate on their own. Two museum staff members will supervise the group throughout the party.
Number of participants: max. 10 children
€159 including admission for 6 adults, additional adults receive discounted admission
Registration must be completed 4 weeks before the date.
pirate birthday
Ghostly Birthday
Excursion to the artists' necropolis
The artists' necropolis lies on the outskirts of Kassel, in the Habichtswald forest, surrounded by hills, ravines, and gullies. In the early 1980s, the artist Harry Kramer conceived the idea of allowing selected artists to create their own graves there while still alive. Some of these graves already contain the urns of their creators, while others await their arrival, left to themselves and to nature.
Children will find a unique setting at the artists' necropolis. It offers a more engaging introduction to the topics of death and remembrance, and gives children the opportunity to take their lessons outdoors. Furthermore, the grave markers aren't always easy to spot. Anyone with an interest in art and nature, and who enjoys tricky word games and brain teasers, should definitely take a short hike to the artists' necropolis. The artworks can be viewed around the clock. Admission is free, and the Museum of Sepulchral Culture provides a guided tour.
CostsRegular price: €120
Weekend: €150
Guided tour of Kassel's main cemetery
The main cemetery in Kassel's northern district is an important historical monument of the city of Kassel and probably one of the most beautiful cemeteries in the area.
The many artfully and diversely designed graves offer a very open and approachable way for children to engage with the often difficult topics of death, remembrance, and grief. With its park-like atmosphere, it appears as an ideal place to talk to children about different ways of saying goodbye and to alleviate their fear of the unknown. Together, the figures and inscriptions are examined and explained by our staff in terms of their history and meaning; many puzzles and pictures await parents and children.
CostsRegular price: €120
Weekend: €150
Project days "Saying goodbye"
Children and death are still a taboo subject in society. This is evident simply from the lack of discussion or research on this difficult topic.
Whether it's the death of a beloved pet, the departure of a valued person from the child's life, or exposure to death through the media: when the time comes, it's important for adults to be prepared for questions and anxieties.
Therefore, we offer project days on various aspects of saying goodbye in order to prepare parents and education officers for dealing with grieving children and children confronted with death.
Ideally, children or youth groups participate in the three-day project program together with their parents or caregivers. At the museum, crematorium, cemetery, or artists' necropolis, accompanied by our experts, you can explore the topics of dying, death, burial, mourning, and remembrance, or choose to focus on just a few of these five aspects for a single project day. If needed, please contact us to arrange a customized program in advance.
Costs
€200 per day for 6 hours
One, two, or three days are possible.
