Like a live concert
with the whole family
Theme islands with innovative sound
In the newly designed rock’n’pop museum, visitors can look forward to a thematically and creatively fascinating journey through the dimensions of pop music. Elaborately staged showcases form themed islands grouped around concepts such as rebellion, live on stage and performance.
Sounds like energy – welcome to our new music club
With our Turbine music club, a new iconic location with space for 300 guests has been created in the basement of the museum. Live music is the main attraction here – but there are also readings, DJ events, temporary exhibitions and interdisciplinary cultural events. It is also possible to hire the premises for corporate events, for example.
Permanent exhibition
Hear, see, feel
With its exhibition concept, the rock’n’popmuseum creates goosebump moments like at a live concert. In the exhibition, all age groups will find a multimedia experience of sounds, images and exhibits. Multimedia and interactive elements make the visit an unforgettable experience. A highlight awaits visitors right at the entrance: Gronau’s most famous son, rock legend Udo Lindenberg, greets everyone in person on a multi-monitor animation.
Visitors can look forward to a thematically and creatively fascinating journey through the dimensions of pop music. Elaborately staged showcases form themed islands grouped around concepts such as rebellion, live on stage and performance.
High-ranking relics of pop music and an innovative sound system round off the unique exhibition concept.
Our special thanks go to Udo Lindenberg and the L’Unique Foundation.
New special exhibition!
"Udo L. lives in the hotel - Exclusive insights into my panic center"
A very special hotel guest moves into the rock'n'popmuseum Gronau in June 2026 - with a good dose of panic in his luggage.
For decades, Udo Lindenberg’s panic center was located behind the inconspicuous door with the number 570 on the 4th floor of the Hotel Atlantic in Hamburg: a retreat, studio and think tank. This hotel room is currently being painstakingly rebuilt true to the original – and forms the central element of the new exhibition at the rock’n’pop museum in Gronau, Westphalia.
The show invites visitors on a very personal tour through the life of this exceptional artist – through creative worlds, stages of his life and spaces of thought. Multimedia, atmospheric and in the typical Udo-speak that accompanies the visitors: direct, reflective and spoken by the master himself.
“Udo L. wohnt im Hotel” is not a nostalgic look back, but a visit in the middle of the present. A look behind the door of a room where German pop history was written – and now tells of attitude, visions and creative restlessness in the artist’s home country.
The exhibition can be seen at the rock’n’popmuseum Gronau until the end of 2026.
Further information on the press preview from May 17, 2026, the official opening and accompanying dates will follow shortly.
Stay tuned – the room key is ready for you.
For further information and press inquiries, please contact:
rock’n’popmuseum
Tel.: 02562-81480
Mail: info@rock-popmuseum.de
Opening hours
Tuesday – Sunday: 10:00 – 18:00
We are open on all public holidays of the year!
Except on these days: 24.12., 25.12., 31.12., 01.01.
Admission/prices
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Adults: 12,- €
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Children up to 6 years: Free admission
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Families with four children up to the age of 14: 30,- €
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Reduced admission: 9,- €
(pro Person/Schüler, Studenten, Menschen mit Behinderung)
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School classes: 4,- €
(pro Person)
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Groups of 10 persons or more: 10,- €
(pro Person)
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Guided tours for 10 or more people: 4,- €
(pro Person)
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In den Preisen inbegriffen sind die Audioguides, mit denen Sie alle Inhalte der Ausstellungen auf die Ohren bekommen.
Discounts
With the GRONAUENERGIE+ app from Stadtwerke Gronau, you receive a 50% discount on the admission price for a family on every 4th Saturday of the month .
As a holder of the RUHR.TOPCARD, you receive one free admission to the permanent exhibition and any temporary exhibitions.
As a member of the ADAC Club, you will receive a 15% discount on the admission price for an adult on presentation of your membership card.
RWE Card – On presentation of the RWE Card you will receive a 15% discount on the admission price for one adult.
As a member of the Friends of the NRW-Stiftung, you will receive a 50% discount on the admission price for an adult on presentation of your membership card.
As a member of the EMP Backstage Club, you will receive a reduced admission price of €6.66 for up to 5 people upon presentation of your digital club card from the EMP app .
The rock’n’popmuseum has an elevator,
a disabled toilet and stable wheelchair ramps, so it is barrier-free.
Unfortunately, dogs are not permitted in the museum.
Approach
Gronau is located in the north-west of NRW not far from the Dutch border and is easy to reach by car or train. Our museum is located in the immediate vicinity of Gronau train station and the city center on the grounds of the Inselpark.
The address Udo-Lindenberg-Platz 1 is not suitable for entering into a navigation device, as it is not permitted to drive directly to it by car.
Please select one of the parking areas below for navigation.
- Udo-Lindenberg-Platz 1
- 48599 Gronau
- Tel.: 02562 8148-0
- info@rock-popmuseum.de
Gronau by car
The city is located on the A 31 (Emden-Ruhr area) and A 30 (Amsterdam - Hanover - Berlin) highways. Due to its proximity to the Dutch city of Enschede (6 km), there is a direct connection to the Benelux highway network.
- Gronau train station (Bahnhofstraße 41)
- Gronau train station (Losserstrasse)
- Open-air area ("Schotterplatz") between the train station and Inselpark > Disabled parking spaces are not separately designated or signposted.
- Outdoor area at the Bürgerhalle (Spinnereistrasse 20)
- Hörsterstraße parking spaces
- Parking lot Johann-Christian-Eberle-Platz
- Parking lot Alter Schloßplatz
- Antonius-Hospital parking garage (Möllenweg)
Gronau by train
Gronau (Westf.) can be reached with the regional train lines RB 51 (Dortmund - Gronau - Enschede) and RB 64 (Münster - Gronau - Enschede).
Further information on traveling by train is available at www.bahn.de/nwm, www.bubim.de or from the DB timetable information service at www.reiseauskunft.bahn.de.
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Udo-Lindenberg-Platz 1
Gronau, NRW 48599
Cassy Carrington - more tinsel when in doubt.
The big, revamped Christmas show by Cologne's “Queen of Christmas” Cassy Carrington - with Xmas classics, her own hits, comedy and Christmas eroticism.
As every year, Cassy invites you to her own, not-so-holy evening. In addition to the entertainment on stage, the drag queen also seeks out spontaneous conversations with the audience and hopefully meets the next flirt under the Christmas tree. They sing and laugh together and sometimes it might even get a little pre-Christmas melancholy. Maybe Cassy will even get out her recorder or read an erotic Christmas poem. This evening is full of surprises.
Organizer: Kreis Borken and Aidshilfe Westmünsterland e.V., in cooperation with the rock'n'popmuseum
Subject to change without notice
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