Museum für Zivil- und Wehrtechnik

About the museum

Behind the museum is the association Verein für Zivil- und Wehrtechnik e.V., which was founded in Bad Windsheim in 2005 with the aim of displaying historic military technology to the public. In summer 2006, the Uffenheim town council gave the green light for a museum on the grounds of the former Grombach furniture factory on Wiesenstraße, where the collection is still housed today.

On around 5,700 square meters, military wheeled and tracked vehicles of the Bundeswehr, the Nationale Volksarmee (East German army), and the US Army stand alongside civilian vintage cars and motorcycles. Many vehicles are kept in running order or restored by the association's members; at the annual museum festival on the first weekend in June, they roll across the large outdoor grounds. The display is complemented by uniforms, medals, weapons, artillery pieces, and contemporary historical documents from various decades and countries.

A separate department is devoted to communications technology: radios, field telephones, switchboards, telephones, computers, and mobile phones trace the development of telecommunications. In addition to its own pieces and loans, the association mainly shows objects from private collectors. The museum is run entirely by volunteers and is open from April to October on the first Sunday of each month.

Highlights

• Military wheeled and tracked vehicles of the Bundeswehr, NVA, and US Army
• Dynamic vehicle show on the outdoor grounds at the museum festival
• Department on the history of telecommunications
• Uniforms, medals, weapons, and contemporary historical documents
• Civilian vintage cars and motorcycles

Permanent exhibitions

• Fahrzeuge – Military wheeled and tracked vehicles as well as civilian vehicles, which the association keeps in running order whenever possible.
• Telekommunikation – The history of telecommunications told through radios, field telephones, switchboards, telephones, computers, and cell phones.
• Ausrüstung – Uniforms, medals, contemporary historical documents, as well as weapons and artillery pieces of various decades and nations.

Founded

2005

Operated by

Verein für Zivil- und Wehrtechnik e.V.

Admission & discounts

Prices may differ for special events.

Accessibility

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Kids & families

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Getting there & parking

Uffenheim is located on the A 7 and the B 13. GPS address: Wiesenstraße 20, 97215 Uffenheim; the museum is located on a former industrial site.

Amenities & dining

For groups, catering in the association's own casino can be booked by arrangement (from coffee and cake to hot meals).

Events & venue rental

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