The Museum Kunst der Westküste (West Coast Art Museum) is a non-profit foundation. The museum collects, researches, communicates and exhibits art that deals with the themes of sea and coast. The point of departure is formed by the paintings collection of the museum's founder, Prof. h.c. Frederik Paulsen, whose ancestors came from the Island of Föhr. With this museum he is able to express his close ties with the island and make his extensive Sammlung Kunst der Westküste (West Coast Art Collection) accessible to the public.

The Museum Kunst der Westküste was conceived according to plans by renowned architect Gregor Sunder- Plassmann as a multipart museum complex uniting tradition and modernism in a harmonious whole. Six galleries provide a total of 900 square metres of exhibition space. As daylight floods into the cleverly designed buildings, the museum enters into an ever-changing dialogue with its rural environment. The complex also includes a museum garden and Grethjens Gasthof restaurant, built in the style of a turn-of-the-century Scandinavian manor house.