Stadtmuseum Pulsnitz
City museum in Pulsnitz with a permanent exhibition on town history, indigo block printing, pottery and weaving, and notable personalities.
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About the museum
The city museum is on Goethestraße, only a few steps from the Haus des Gastes on the market square, and is housed in a former factory building of the ribbon industry. It belongs to the museum offer of the gingerbread town of Pulsnitz, where the gingerbread-baking trade has been documented since 1558, and is supported by the Kulturraum Oberlausitz-Niederschlesien.
The permanent exhibition is devoted to the town's history, the traditional crafts of Blaudruck (indigo block printing), pottery and weaving, and to three well-known personalities of the town: Ernst Rietschel, Julius Kühn and Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg. Visitors can print textiles themselves with original printing blocks. Changing special exhibitions complement the offer; in a small café area, warm drinks and Pfefferkuchenspitzen (gingerbread trimmings) from various bakers are offered for tasting.
Highlights
- Town history of Pulsnitz
- Crafts: indigo block printing, pottery and weaving
- Textile printing with original indigo printing blocks
- Personalities Rietschel, Kühn and Ziegenbalg
- Café area with gingerbread tasting
Permanent exhibition
- Dauerausstellung zu Stadtgeschichte und Handwerk – Town history of Pulsnitz, the crafts of indigo block printing, pottery and weaving, and three famous personalities of the town.
- Operated by
- Stadt Pulsnitz
Admission & discounts
| Adults | €4 |
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| Reduced | €2Children up to 17 years, trainees, students, people with disabilities |
| Children & teens | €2free up to age 5 · Children under 6 free; kindergarten children have free admission. |
Admission is valid as a combined ticket for the City Museum and the Pfefferkuchenmuseum (Gingerbread Museum, Am Markt 3). Kindergarten children have free admission to both houses.
Accessibility
- Wheelchair accessible: not available
- 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
The museum spans two floors and is not accessible.
Kids & families
| Kids’ admission | free up to age 5 |
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- Hands-on stations
Groups can print their own designs with the indigo printing blocks.
Getting there & parking
By car
Parking available
Parking spaces on the area behind the Haus des Gastes, accessed via Goethestraße.
The city museum is only a few steps from the Haus des Gastes (Pulsnitzinformation, Am Markt 3).
Get directionsAmenities & dining
- Café
Small café area with warm drinks and gingerbread trimmings to sample.
Events & venue rental
The museum hasn’t published any information on this.
Plan your visit
| Good to know | Hands-on program: textile printing with original indigo printing blocks (approx. 60 minutes, for groups of 10 or more by registration, €4 per small cloth). |
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