Ofen- und Keramikmuseum Velten

About the museum

The Velten museum was founded on July 7, 1905 as a local museum in the service of the tiled-stove and clay products industry and of local heritage preservation. The collection came from donations by stove manufacturers and the municipality and was initially housed in rooms of a school building. In 1947 it reopened as a municipal local history and ceramics museum, but because of the poor condition of the building it had to close in 1968/69; the holdings were sold to Berlin, where they were stored for decades.

After the founding of a friends' association in 1992, the museum returned: since July 7, 1994 it has been housed as the Ofen- und Keramikmuseum on the top floor of the A. Schmidt, Lehmann stove factory. The factory complex from 1905, with its machinery, is a listed monument and one of the last surviving testimonies to the town's former skyline. In 2014 an important stove collection could be acquired.

Across about 900 square meters, the tour covers around 300 years of art and cultural history of the stove, starting with the Berlin tiled stove that made Velten world-famous, and offers insight into the history of ceramics in the Mark Brandenburg in the 20th century. Since 2015 the Hedwig Bollhagen Museum has been part of the complex; its permanent exhibition presents a selection from the ceramic estate of the ceramicist.

Highlights

• Stove art from around 300 years on about 900 m²
• The Berlin tiled stove, Velten's flagship piece
• Ceramics history of the Mark Brandenburg in the 20th century
• Hedwig Bollhagen Museum with a selection from her estate
• Historic stove factory as an industrial monument
• One ticket for both museums

Permanent exhibitions

• Ofen- und Keramikmuseum – Tour through around 300 years of stove art and the cultural history of heating, as well as through the ceramics history of the Mark Brandenburg in the 20th century.
• Hedwig Bollhagen Museum – Selection from the personal ceramic estate of ceramicist Hedwig Bollhagen, including her tableware shapes and decors.

Founded

1905

Operated by

Förderverein Ofen- und Keramikmuseen Velten e.V.

Director

Nicole Seydewitz

Admission & discounts

One ticket is valid for both the Ofen- und Keramikmuseum and the Hedwig Bollhagen Museum. Gift vouchers available by phone or email.

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Kids & families

Great for kids & families

• Family tours & workshops

Kindergarten and children's tours in both museums, for example with discovery stations at the stove or a decor memory game in the Hedwig Bollhagen Museum; also school tours for secondary levels. Children up to age 12 enter free.

Getting there & parking

By car via the A10 (exit Birkenwerder) or from the Oranienburg junction onto the A111 to the Hennigsdorf/Velten exit. By bicycle, a 3 km detour from Hennigsdorf along the Berlin–Copenhagen long-distance cycle route.

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