Museum Kutz – Kommunikationstechnik und -geschichte

Private museum in Bamberg on the history of writing and office and communication technology, with more than 3,000 objects.

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About the museum

The museum goes back to the collecting passion of Bamberg merchant Artur Kutz (1925–2008) and his wife Rosemarie. Since the 1950s, the couple ran a shop for office supplies and later an office centre, which from 1974 was housed at Am Kranen 12a. In the early 1970s, Artur Kutz began collecting old office equipment such as typewriters and calculators.

Over more than thirty years, this grew into a collection of over 3,000 objects, including rare pieces such as an original Enigma and a replica of the first typewriter. After the founder's death, the private museum was initially run by his son Martin Kutz.

In display cases and on panels, the exhibition traces the development of writing, printing, drawing and measuring, through to communication technology: from cuneiform and Morse apparatus to the typewriter and computer, and on to the first mobile phone and space travel.

Highlights

Original Enigma cipher machine
Replica of the first typewriter
Over 3,000 objects of office technology
From cuneiform and Morse apparatus to the mobile phone

Permanent exhibition

Geschichte der Büro- und Kommunikationstechnik – Objects and panels on writing, printing, drawing, measuring and communication, from cuneiform to space travel.