Mecklenburgisches Kutschenmuseum

About the museum

The Mecklenburgisches Kutschenmuseum is located in Kobrow II, a village a few kilometers south of Sternberg in the Sternberger Seenland nature park. Initial planning began in 2003; from the end of 2005, halls for the exhibition were prepared on the site of a former state-owned farm, and the museum opened in June 2006. By 2010, further exhibition halls were added.

The museum is run by a nonprofit GmbH, and the vehicles are provided by a private collector. With more than 200 carriages, wagons, and sleighs from the period between about 1820 and 1950, the collection is among the most extensive of its kind in Germany. The pieces come from many countries, some even from North America.

On display are elegant town carriages, traveling and state carriages, including two vehicles from the royal stables (Marstall) in Berlin, transformation carriages with convertible bodies, mail and hunting coaches, delivery and utility wagons, military vehicles, horse-drawn sleighs, and small children's carriages. The exhibition is complemented by a large collection of travel and picnic items from the 19th and 20th centuries, by horse harnesses, and by tools of the wheelwrights, saddlers, and blacksmiths, whose crafts were needed to build and maintain the vehicles.

Highlights

• More than 200 carriages, wagons, and sleighs (approx. 1820–1950)
• Two carriages from the royal stables (Marstall) in Berlin
• Transformation carriages with convertible bodies
• Children's carriages for goat and pony teams
• Large collection of travel and picnic items
• Museum café with homemade cake

Permanent exhibitions

• Kutschensammlung – Town, traveling, state, hunting, and utility carriages, mail coaches, sleighs, and children's carriages from about 130 years of vehicle building, spread across several exhibition halls.
• Reiseaccessoires und Pferdegeschirre – Suitcases, hat boxes, picnic and toilet items, as well as harnesses and tools show how people traveled by carriage and what crafts stood behind it.

Founded

2006

Operated by

Kutschenmuseum Kobrow gemeinnützige GmbH

Admission & discounts

The public guided tour on Saturday is included in admission. School classes with a teacher and kindergarten groups with a supervisor have free admission; tours for school classes are free of charge.

Accessibility

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

Kids & families

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

Getting there & parking

By car via the B104 to Sternberg, at the edge of town onto the B192 toward Goldberg, and at the first exit turn right to Kobrow II. Also easy to reach by bike from Sternberg.

Amenities & dining

• Café
• Museum shop

Museum café with coffee, homemade cake, and soup of the day, open during museum hours; set coffee table for groups by reservation. Small museum shop.

Events & venue rental

• Spaces for rent
• Private parties
• Weddings / ceremonies

The café and conservatory can be rented for celebrations such as summer parties, birthdays, or weddings; inquiries by email.

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