Museum Industriekultur
Nuremberg's industrial history in an old factory hall, with a motorcycle museum and a school museum – closed for renovation, expected until summer 2027.
Om museet
The museum was created in the mid-1980s as a new kind of institution bridging the history of technology, culture, and society, and opened in 1988. It occupies the listed 1920s hall of the screw factory of the Julius Tafel iron rolling mill. Founded in 1875, the works turned scrap iron into bar iron and wrought iron for Nuremberg's metal industry; it shut down in 1975, and apart from the hall and the administration building, the site disappeared in 1990. Since 1994 the museum has been part of the Museen der Stadt Nürnberg (Nuremberg city museums).
Its centerpiece is the “Museumsstraße” (museum street): on one side are units such as a steam engine house or a print shop representing the world of work, on the other side living quarters or a movie theater representing everyday life. The focus is on the lives of people from all walks of life since industrialization. In 2000 the museum was expanded to almost 6,000 square meters. Affiliated with it are the motorcycle museum, covering Nuremberg's once-important two-wheeler industry with its own Zündapp section, and the school museum, which was newly set up in 2008 and has an original classroom from around 1900.
Since late November 2023 the museum has been closed for a comprehensive renovation: fire protection, insulation of the roof and south facade, a photovoltaic system, and repairs to a damp retaining wall are planned. At the same time, the permanent exhibition, which has only been updated piecemeal since 1988, is being reworked – with a new foyer, an introductory room, a forum for discussing current issues, and a seminar room for groups. Reopening is scheduled for summer 2027.
Højdepunkter
- “Museumsstraße” with steam engine house, print shop, and museum cinema
- Motorcycle museum with world-record machines and Zündapp prototypes
- Historic classroom in the school museum
- Listed factory hall of the former Tafel works
Permanente udstillinger
- Museumsstraße: Kultur und Industrie – Recreated working and living environments combine the technical, cultural, and social history of industrialization in Nuremberg; being redesigned during the closure.
- Motorradmuseum – History of Nuremberg's motorcycle production from its beginnings in 1901 to its decline, with a dedicated Zündapp section; currently closed due to renovation.
- Schulmuseum – Exhibition on the history of schooling, run jointly with the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, with a historic classroom; currently closed due to renovation.
- Grundlagt
- 1988
- Ejer
- Stadt Nürnberg (Museen der Stadt Nürnberg)
- Ledelse
- Monika Dreykorn
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Børn og familie
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Transport & parkering
Med offentlig transport
Tafelhalle
Tram 8 (toward Erlenstegen) to Tafelhalle; the stop is right in front of the entrance
I bil
Parkering muligt
Around 35 car parking spaces right in front of the museum.
By car: A3, exit Nürnberg-Behringersdorf, then via Erlenstegenstraße to Äußere Sulzbacher Straße.
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| Fotografering | Permitted free of charge for private, non-commercial purposes without flash or tripod (rule of the Museen der Stadt Nürnberg). |
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| Godt at vide | During the closure, free walking tours around the museum are occasionally offered, providing information on its history, the renovation, and the new permanent exhibition. |
