Stadtmuseum Aue
City museum in a former Huthaus (mine building) with the town's history and mining heritage, plus a walk-in show adit (Schaustolln).
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About the museum
As early as 1922, a museum association was founded in Aue to build a collection on the development of the town and its surroundings; in 1936, the Städtisches Museum Aue (Municipal Museum Aue) opened. After the Second World War, it became the Kreismuseum (district museum) in 1954; it had to close in the mid-1960s because its rooms were needed for other purposes.
In 1973, to mark the town's anniversary, the mining museum "Traditionsstätte Erzbergbau" opened on Bergfreiheit. The Wismut enterprises had converted a former Huthaus from the early days of tin mining in Aue (from 1661) for this purpose. After 1990, the building was reorganised and has been called the Stadtmuseum Aue since 1991; in 2002, a new entrance area was added.
The permanent exhibition links town history with mining: it covers everything from the Stone Age in the Auer Tal (Aue valley) through industrialisation to the mining of the SDAG Wismut. The house includes a show adit that makes tin mining on the Heidelsberg tangible.
Highlights
- Show adit inside the museum building
- Town history from the Stone Age to industrialisation
- Mining from the Middle Ages to SDAG Wismut
- Tin figure dioramas of events in town history
- Mineral collection in the bell chamber (Glockenstube)
- Mining educational trail on the Heidelsberg
Permanent exhibitions
- Das Auer Tal von der Steinzeit bis zur Industrialisierung – Upper floor: prehistoric tools, finds from early settlement, crafts, industrialisation and tin figure dioramas of events in town history.
- Vom Bergbau des ausgehenden Mittelalters bis zur SDAG Wismut – In the Knappschaftssaal (miners' guild hall): mining tools (Gezähe), miners' lamps, miners' costumes, and tin and porcelain as products of the old Auer mining.
- Glockenstube und Schaustolln – Local minerals, mining equipment and an original adit, cleared again in 1973, with heavy mining machinery.
- Founded
- 1936
Admission & discounts
| Adults | €4 |
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| Reduced | €1.50Children and young people aged 6 to 18; with ID: students, trainees, people doing military or alternative civilian service, people with disabilities (including a companion), unemployed people and social welfare recipients, and visitors with a Bad Schlema guest card |
| Children & teens | €1.50free up to age 6 · Children and young people aged 6 to 18 pay the reduced rate; children aged 0 to 6 enter free. |
| Seniors | –No senior reduction listed. |
| Visitors with disabilities | €1.50Reduced admission, including for the companion. |
| Students & apprentices | €1.50Reduced admission with ID. |
| Groups (10+ people) | –Guided tour for 10 or more people by advance registration only: €3 per person plus admission; study and school projects €2.50 per person. |
| Families | €8.502 adults with up to 3 children. |
| Combined ticket with the Museum Uranbergbau Bad Schlema (adults) | €8One-time admission to both museums within one year; reduced €5, family €17 |
| Evening event (lecture/local evening) | €5reduced €3 |
| Town tour (10 or more people, per person) | €5 |
| Mining educational trail excursion (10 or more people, per person) | €5 |
Admission is also free for guests of the joint town museum night (Museumsnacht im Städtebund) and for schools and kindergartens based in Aue-Bad Schlema.
Accessibility
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Kids & families
Great for kids & families
| Kids’ admission | free up to age 6 |
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| Family ticket | €8.50 · 2 adults with up to 3 children. |
The show adit can be visited without an age limit; for school trips there are ideas on mining, industry and town history (advance registration requested).
Getting there & parking
By car
Parking available
Parking spaces directly at the museum.
From the B 169/B 93 toward the centre, after the junction at the Hotel "Blauer Engel" toward Schwarzenberg; before the St.-Nicolai-Kirche, turn right into Bockauer Straße. The museum is about 500 m further on, on the left. From the town centre, it is only a few minutes' walk in the direction of the St. Nikolai church.
Get directionsAmenities & dining
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Events & venue rental
- Spaces for rent
The hall can only be rented by associations: up to 3 hours €31, from 3 hours €46.
Plan your visit
| Guided tours | yes |
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| School programs | yes |
| Good to know | Guided museum tours for 10 or more people by advance registration only (phone 03771 23654). There is also the town tour "Aue – eine Stadt mit Tradition" and a guided walk on the mining educational trail to the Weiße Erdenzeche St. Andreas. |
