Miele-Museum
Corporate museum at Miele's headquarters in Gütersloh with around 200 exhibits, from milk separators and washing machines to bicycles and a Miele car.
About the museum
Miele was founded in 1899 by Carl Miele and Reinhard Zinkann in Herzebrock as a centrifuge factory and, owing to its rapid growth, soon moved to Gütersloh. From the production of milk separators and butter churns grew an internationally active household appliance manufacturer that still shapes Gütersloh today.
The museum at the company headquarters on Carl-Miele-Straße tells this corporate history through appliances and documents. Alongside washing machines, vacuum cleaners and dishwashers, it displays products with which the company at times served entirely different markets: handcarts, bicycles, mopeds and motorcycles – two-wheeler production helped Miele get through the difficult 1930s, among other periods. The most valuable piece is considered to be the only surviving example of the Miele K 3 automobile.
In early 2018 the exhibition, covering around 1,000 square meters, was redesigned to plans by interior architecture students from Detmold, including the entrance area. Since then, stations such as a rotunda of vacuum cleaner models since 1927, a 1960s kitchen, a wall of historic advertising and a vehicle display have structured the tour. The Miele Experience Center with current appliances is right next door.
Highlights
- The only surviving Miele K 3 automobile
- Rotunda of Miele vacuum cleaners since 1927
- Bicycles, mopeds and motorcycles made by Miele
- 1960s kitchen and historic advertising
- Free admission, Experience Center next door
Permanent exhibitions
- Miele-Firmengeschichte – Tour through more than 125 years of company history with household appliances, two-wheelers, an automobile and advertising materials from various decades.
- Founded
- 1986
- Operated by
- Miele & Cie. KG
Admission & discounts
Admission is free.
| Children & teens | –Free admission for everyone. |
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Free admission according to the Museumsinitiative OWL and Stadtmuseum Gütersloh; the Miele website does not list admission prices.
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
Equipped for visitors with disabilities according to the Museumsinitiative OWL; Miele provides no further details.
Kids & families
The museum hasn’t published any information on this – please ask the museum directly.
Getting there & parking
By car
Parking available
Visitor parking lot directly opposite the main entrance (signposted), with EV charging stations.
Amenities & dining
The museum hasn’t published any information on this – please ask the museum directly.
Events & venue rental
The museum hasn’t published any information on this – please ask the museum directly.
Plan your visit
| Good to know | Groups please register by phone in advance. The neighboring Experience Center offers advice, appliance demonstrations and cooking events (booking via the Miele website). |
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