Holzleitner-Museum - Unser kleines Museum zur Waschgeschichte
Small museum on the history of washing, run by an appliance retailer in Mönchengladbach-Wickrath; visits by appointment.
Have only individual sections read aloud
About the museum
The Holzleitner Museum belongs to the Wickrath family company Holzleitner, which sells household appliances, and is devoted to the history of washing. It displays the devices and aids once needed for doing the laundry: wooden tubs, boilers, washboards, laundry beaters, wringers, detergents and semi-automatic machines of the 1960s, along with historical advertising material for laundry and detergents.
A special piece is a drum washing machine by Krauss, built around 1902 in the Erzgebirge (Ore Mountains), whose drum could be moved in all directions.
Highlights
- Krauss drum washing machine (around 1902)
- Semi-automatic machines from the 1960s
- Wooden tub, boiler and washboard
- Historic advertising for detergents
Permanent exhibition
- Geschichte des Waschens – Washing devices and accessories from the wooden tub to the semi-automatic machine of the 1960s, along with historical detergent advertising.
- Operated by
- Holzleitner Elektrogeräte
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