Phonomuseum „Alte Schule“
Private museum in an old village school near Eckernförde with around 1,600 gramophones, radios, and sound devices from 100 years – visit with a guided tour.
About the museum
The Phonomuseum "Alte Schule" in Seeholz, part of Holzdorf, goes back to a private radio collection: the carpenter and restorer Johann Fischerkeller had built up a radio museum in Blickstedt. When he looked for a successor, Rolf Pokrant and his son Nico took over the holdings in 2010 and opened a new museum in the former classrooms of the village school in May 2011. It is still run today by the Pokrant/Jacobsen family.
On more than 400 square meters in four rooms, the exhibition traces about a hundred years of sound and entertainment technology from 1880 to 1980 – from music boxes, phonographs, and gramophones through crystal radios, Volksempfänger, and music cabinets to tape recorders and stereo systems. The collection comprises about 1,600 devices (as of 2025). Alongside the technology, it also covers the history of the music and sound-carrier industry and artists and orchestras of past decades.
Many exhibits are in working order and are demonstrated during the tours; a workshop of its own keeps them running. For visitor groups there is a museum café furnished in 1950s style in 2018.
Highlights
- Around 1,600 devices of sound and radio technology from 1880 to 1980
- Working gramophones and radios that are demonstrated
- Personal tour with every visit
- 1950s-style museum café for groups
Permanent exhibitions
- 100 Jahre Ton- und Unterhaltungstechnik (1880–1980) – Four rooms lead chronologically from the phonograph and gramophone through radios of all eras to the stereo system; many devices are demonstrated in operation.
- Founded
- 2011
- Operated by
- Rolf und Erika Pokrant GbR (Familie Pokrant/Jacobsen)
Admission & discounts
Admission is free.
| Adults | free |
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Free admission.
Accessibility
- Partially wheelchair accessible
- Elevator: no information
- Accessible restroom: no information
- Accessible parking: no information
- Service dogs welcome: no information
- Tactile models & exhibits: no information
- Sign language tours: no information
- Easy-to-read materials: no information
- Audio description: no information
Low-barrier access to the museum for wheelchair users.
Kids & families
Great for kids & families
Many devices are demonstrated in operation, so there is also something for children to hear and see.
Getting there & parking
By car
Parking available
Ample parking at the museum, also for buses.
By car: take the A7 to the Büdelsdorf exit, then the B203 via Eckernförde toward Kappeln/Damp; after about 10 km turn left at the Seeholz exit and after about 300 m turn right into Dorfstraße – the old school building is straight ahead. From Kiel take the B76 to Eckernförde.
Get directionsAmenities & dining
- Café
1950s-style museum café for visitor groups (up to 35 people) with coffee and homemade cake, only with timely registration. The operating family also rents out vacation apartments.
Events & venue rental
The museum hasn’t published any information on this – please ask the museum directly.
Plan your visit
| Guided tours | yes · approx. 1.5 hrs |
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| Good to know | Every visit is guided; plan on about an hour and a half for the tour. Groups of up to 20 people by registration by phone (04352 9117848 or 04331 4380525) or contact form. |
