
DDR-Museum Thale
Privately run museum in Thale that shows housing and everyday life in the GDR along a timeline with numerous original objects.
Om museet
The DDR-Museum Thale opened on May 1, 2011 – with a parade through the town and a meeting of GDR vehicles. The initiative came from the family behind the Möbelhaus Müller furniture store, which has been housed since 2000 in a former administration building of the Eisen- und Hüttenwerk Thale ironworks. The museum is privately operated and is financed without public funding.
The building dates from 1973. On the upper floors there was once a laboratory where research on enamel was carried out for the ironworks' tank and apparatus construction. After the works closed in the early 1990s, the rooms remained largely unchanged; in places the original wallpaper is still preserved.
In terms of content, the exhibition concentrates on home culture and everyday life in the GDR. The objects are arranged as a journey through time: the further you go through the rooms, the further the tour leads back to the founding of the state in 1949. Information panels explain the political history and individual topics; the operators explicitly do not see the house as a scholarly museum, but as a place of remembrance for contemporary witnesses and an insight for younger guests.
Højdepunkter
- Tour as a timeline back to the founding of the GDR in 1949
- Furnished living rooms and kitchens from several decades
- Original rooms of a former enamel laboratory of the ironworks
- Audio guide for your own smartphone
- Annual Ostmobile meeting on May 1
Permanente udstillinger
- Wohn- und Alltagskultur in der DDR – Furnished rooms, household appliances, and everyday objects lead chronologically through four decades of the GDR. Panels put politics and living conditions in context.
- Grundlagt
- 2011
- Ejer
- Privat (Möbel Müller Thale)
Entrépriser & rabatter
| Voksne | 8 € |
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| Nedsat pris | 5 €Children, retirees, university students, groups of 12 or more |
| Børn og unge | 5 € |
| Pensionister | 5 €Retirees |
| Studerende og elever | 5 € |
| Grupper (fra 12 pers.) | 5 € pr. personPer person |
Free admission with a valid HarzCard; reduced with many spa guest cards of the region.
Tilgængelighed
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Børn og familie
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Transport & parkering
Med offentlig transport
Thale station (trains from the direction of Magdeburg, some with direct connections to Berlin) a few minutes' walk away; bus stops directly in front of the entrance.
The museum is located above the Möbelhaus Müller furniture store, which is signposted in Thale; alternatively, drive toward the town center. Overnight guests ride local buses free of charge with the Harzer Urlaubsticket (HATIX).
Planlæg ruteService & spisesteder
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Arrangementer & udlejning
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Planlæg dit besøg
| Audioguide | ja |
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| Godt at vide | Audio guide via your own smartphone: the information panels are read aloud and supplemented with additional information, according to the museum in many languages. The website also offers a virtual tour. The museum is located on an upper floor of the Möbelhaus Müller furniture store. |





