Blaulichtmuseum Beuster

About the museum

The Blaulichtmuseum (Blue Light Museum) is located in Beuster, a district of the Hanseatic city of Seehausen in the eastern Altmark near the Elbe. In 2001 the founders acquired a site of about one hectare that had served the local LPG (agricultural cooperative) in GDR times as a workshop base for tractors and farm machinery. The badly dilapidated buildings were renovated through their own labor.

The museum was inaugurated in 2002 with a two-day museum festival; the sponsoring association Blaulichtmuseum Beuster e.V. followed in September 2003. Since then, the association has organized the multi-day Blaulichttage every summer, with vehicle demonstrations, rides, and hands-on activities.

The collection shows emergency vehicles of the Volkspolizei, the fire department, and the rescue service of the GDR, as well as vehicles of the NVA, the Soviet armed forces, and the GDR government. The grounds also include a recreated Konsum store, a forge, a Minol gas station, a newspaper kiosk, an exhibition on RFT broadcasting technology, a reconstructed office of a neighborhood police officer (Abschnittsbevollmächtigter), a bread oven, and a field railway loop.

Highlights

• Emergency vehicles of the Volkspolizei, fire department, and rescue service of the GDR
• Vehicles of the NVA, Soviet armed forces, and GDR government
• Recreated Konsum store and Minol gas station
• Field railway loop
• Blaulichttage with demonstrations every year in July

Permanent exhibitions

• Blaulicht-Fahrzeuge der DDR – Historic vehicles of the fire department, Volkspolizei, and rescue service as well as military and government vehicles show the technological history of the GDR.
• DDR-Alltag – Recreated places such as the Konsum store, Minol gas station, newspaper kiosk, forge, and a Volkspolizei office convey everyday life in the GDR.

Founded

2002

Operated by

Blaulichtmuseum Beuster e.V.

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Great for kids & families

The museum explicitly welcomes families as well; during the Blaulichttage there are hands-on activities and a children's program.

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