Auto- und Uhrenmuseum ErfinderZeiten

About the museum

The car and clock museum ErfinderZeiten opened in Schramberg in March 2010. It is housed in the business park of the former Hamburg-Amerikanische Uhrenfabrik (H.A.U.), founded in 1875, which around 1900 was among the city's major clock manufacturers. The listed factory building H.A.U. 3/5 was designed by industrial architect Philipp Jakob Manz; the exhibition spreads across about 3,500 square meters and five levels.

The core consists of vehicles and clocks from the collection of entrepreneur Martin Sauter, previously shown in Engstingen and available to the museum on loan. The tour and the floors follow chronology: at the very top it is about clockmaking in the Black Forest – from early wooden clocks and cuckoo clocks to Junghans and the H.A.U. – below that the postwar years, the years of reconstruction and the economic miracle with small cars, scooters, motorcycles and recreated everyday scenes.

On the ground floor, special pieces of the collection are gathered, including cars by Borgward, American cruisers and Wankel vehicles by NSU. The museum is part of the Auto- und Uhrenwelt of the city of Schramberg; admission includes the neighboring Diesel Museum with a 1911 MAN large diesel engine and a recreated H.A.U. photo studio. The museum is supported by the Förderverein Technikmuseen e.V.

Highlights

• More than 80 vehicles from the postwar and economic miracle era
• NSU Wankel Spider and NSU Ro 80
• Borgward Isabella and American cruisers
• Black Forest clock history from the cuckoo clock to Junghans
• Diesel Museum with a 1911 MAN diesel engine included in the ticket

Permanent exhibitions

• Highlights der Sammlung – On the ground floor stand selected vehicles from the decades after 1945, for example from Borgward, NSU and the USA.
• Nachkriegs-, Aufbau- und Wirtschaftswunderjahre – Several floors show small cars, scooters and motorcycles in chronological order together with scenes from everyday life of that time.
• Uhrengeschichten – The top floor tells how Schramberg became a center of the clock industry with Junghans and the H.A.U.

Founded

2010

Operated by

Große Kreisstadt Schramberg

Director

Anneliese Müller

Admission & discounts

Admission also includes the Diesel Museum in the same building complex.

Accessibility

• Wheelchair accessible
• Elevator: no information
• Accessible restroom: no information
• Accessible parking: no information
• Service dogs welcome: no information
• Tactile models & exhibits: no information
• Sign language tours: no information
• Easy-to-read materials: no information
• Audio description: no information

The museum states that it is accessible. Dogs are allowed.

Kids & families

Great for kids & families

• Playground / play area

The museum sees itself as an excursion destination for families, including in bad weather; the coffee corner has a play area for children.

Getting there & parking

Amenities & dining

• Café
• Museum shop
• Lockers
• Wi-Fi

Small 1950s-style coffee corner; museum shop with model cars, books and Black Forest souvenirs; free lockers.

Events & venue rental

• Spaces for rent
• Corporate events

The museum is suitable for corporate events among the exhibits; details on request.

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