Erika-Fuchs-Haus

Current exhibitions

About the museum

The museum is dedicated to Erika Fuchs (1906–2005), who as editor-in-chief of the German Micky Maus magazine, launched in 1951, translated the stories from Duckburg (Entenhausen) into German for decades and gave them a playful language all their own. She lived in Schwarzenbach an der Saale from 1933 to 1984 and is buried there. To honor her work, the Dr.-Erika-Fuchs-Stiftung was founded in 2007; it provides financial support to the museum, which belongs to the town of Schwarzenbach.

The museum opened on August 1, 2015 in a narrow, elongated new building by Karlsruhe architect Dominik Burkard; the exhibition was designed by the Berlin agency m.o.l.i.t.o.r. The core of the collection is the extensive Duckburg collection of Donaldist Gerhard Severin.

The permanent exhibition leads through seven rooms covering around 600 square meters: from an animated film on the history of comics to a walk-in Duckburg with the Money Bin and Gyro Gearloose's workshop, and a biographical comic about Erika Fuchs by Simon Schwartz. In the largest room, hands-on stations let visitors explore stylistic devices such as alliteration and onomatopoeia; original objects such as her typewriter show how she worked. Changing special exhibitions are devoted to comics in all their forms. In 2026 the museum received the Institutionenpreis Deutsche Sprache (German Language Institution Prize).

Highlights

• Walk-in Duckburg with a coin bath in the Money Bin
• Gyro Gearloose's inventor's workshop and Grandma Duck's farm
• Biographical comic about Erika Fuchs by Simon Schwartz
• Hands-on stations on the art of language (alliteration, onomatopoeia, "Erikativ")
• Original drawings by German-language comic artists as a tribute
• Erika Fuchs's typewriter and notebook

Permanent exhibitions

• Dauerausstellung: Erika Fuchs und Entenhausen – Seven rooms on the history of comics, a walk-in Duckburg, the life of Erika Fuchs and her art of language, with many hands-on stations, plus a reading library.

Founded

2015

Operated by

Stadt Schwarzenbach an der Saale

Director

Joanna Straczowski

Visitors per year

approx. 12,500 (2018)

Admission & discounts

Free admission with proof for the Ferienpass (holiday pass), Entdeckerpass Metropolregion Nürnberg, DMB/ICOM and the friends' association "Klub der M.I.L.L.I.A.R.D.Ä.R.E.". School classes including educational program €3.50 per child (€10 surcharge for fewer than 15 pupils), Schwarzenbach schools free; external kindergartens €3.50 per child. Children's birthday party for up to 10 children, flat rate €80. Program for people with dementia €10 per person including coffee and cake.

Accessibility

• Wheelchair accessible: no information
• 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 website provides no information on the building's physical accessibility. Accessible footpaths lead from Bahnhofsplatz and the "Rathaus" bus stop to the museum (approx. 300 m). Guided tours for people with dementia and for people with visual impairments.

Kids & families

Great for kids & families

• Family tours & workshops
• Hands-on stations
• Kids’ birthday parties

Walk-through Duckburg (including the Talerbad in the money bin) and interactive language stations, for example for filling speech bubbles. Children's birthday party with a tour (approx. 90 minutes, up to 10 children), group room for the coffee table. Creative workshops by the JuKu-Mobil on Wednesdays. Children under 14 only when accompanied by a parent or guardian.

Getting there & parking

Bicycle racks available.

Amenities & dining

• Museum shop

Museum shop with comics, graphic novels, manga, games, posters, and gift ideas. Dogs are not allowed in the museum.

Events & venue rental

The museum hasn’t published any information on this – please ask the museum directly.

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