Museum Ostseebad Binz
Small local history museum in the former Kleinbahnhof (narrow-gauge railway station) in Binz, on the history of the Baltic resort, with a Gründerzeit salon, bathing culture and a fishermen's room. Admission is free.
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About the museum
The Ostseebad Binz museum shows how the fishing and farming village of Binz became a popular seaside resort. It is located in the building of the narrow-gauge railway station, in the rooms of the municipal library, on about 160 square meters.
It is run by the volunteer friends' association together with the Kurverwaltung (spa administration). The collection mainly documents accommodation and bathing culture: furniture, tableware and furnishings from hotels and guesthouses of the Gründerzeit, historic swimwear, a postcard collection, and a model of the first Kurhaus (spa house) in Binz. Other rooms are dedicated to the lives of fishermen and farmers more than a hundred years ago, to the narrow-gauge railway “Rasender Roland”, and to the Seebrücke pier disaster of 1912.
In the Binz cemetery, the friends' association has also set up a lapidarium, collecting gravestones of personalities who shaped the town.
Highlights
- Gründerzeit salon with original furniture
- Bathing culture and historic swimwear
- Fishermen's and farmers' room
- Model of the first Kurhaus (spa house) in Binz
- Lapidarium at the Binz cemetery
Permanent exhibitions
- Salon der Gründerzeit – Original furniture, tableware and furnishings from hotels and guesthouses of the Gründerzeit.
- Badewesen – Historic swimwear and evidence of bathing life in the Baltic resort.
- Fischer- und Bauernstube – Insight into the lives of Binz fishermen and farmers more than a hundred years ago.
- Operated by
- Förderverein Museum Ostseebad Binz e. V.
Admission & discounts
Admission is free.
Admission is free; the friends' association welcomes donations.
Accessibility
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Kids & families
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Getting there & parking
By public transit
Binz Ost – Kleinbahnhof
Stop “Binz Ost – Kleinbahnhof”, served by regular buses and the Binz local bus; also reachable by the narrow-gauge railway “Rasender Roland”.
By car
Parking available
A few parking spaces directly next to the museum building.
The museum is in the building of the Binz Kleinbahnhof (narrow-gauge railway station).
Get directionsAmenities & dining
The museum shares the building with the municipal library.
Events & venue rental
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