Cheese museum · Nieheim
Deutsches Käsemuseum, Nieheim
The Deutsches Käsemuseum in Nieheim opens on the first and third Sunday of each month from 13:00 to 17:00. The 2026 season ran from 12 April to 25 October. A €7.50 ticket covers the cheese museum, the beer museum and the sack museum, under-18s go free, and a public tour starts at 14:00 on open Sundays.
- Open
- 1st and 3rd Sunday, 13:00 to 17:00
- Season
- April to October
- Ticket
- €7.50, three museums
- Under 18
- Free
- Public tour
- Sundays 14:00
Dates
The next dates have not been announced yet. It last ran 12 Apr 2026 to 25 Oct 2026.
What's Inside
The museum covers the history of cheese and cheesemaking and makes the case for raw-milk cheese. The centrepiece is an early Nieheim cheese kitchen with its original tools, where the town's small sour-milk Nieheimer cheese was made.
Tickets and Tours
One ticket of €7.50 gets you into all three Nieheim museums: the cheese museum, the Nieheimer Biermuseum and the Sackmuseum. Children and teenagers up to 18 go free. Individuals and small groups of up to nine can join the public tour at 14:00 on open Sundays without booking. Groups of 10 or more can book a weekday visit; a private tour costs €40 for up to 20 people on top of entry. Book through the Nieheim tourist office on 05274 982 150.
Deutscher Käsemarkt
Every two years Nieheim fills with cheesemakers for the Deutscher Käsemarkt, with a tasting room in the museum. The next is on 1 to 3 September 2028.
Getting There
Nieheim is in the Höxter district of East Westphalia, between Paderborn and Höxter. The tourist office is at Marktstraße 18 in the town centre.
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Questions People Ask
When is the Nieheim cheese museum open?
On the first and third Sunday of each month from 13:00 to 17:00, from April to October. In 2026 the season ran from 12 April to 25 October.
How much does the German Cheese Museum cost?
€7.50, which also covers the beer museum and the sack museum. Under-18s go free.
Official site: nieheim.de/Tourismus-Freizeit/Museen-/Deutsches-K%C3%A4semu…. Dates, hours and prices checked 22 October 2026; confirm on the official site before you travel. See all cheese museums.