October 17, 2026 – February 26, 2027
Handwerk – Werke der Hand
Experience and action exhibition for the whole family, produced by the Archiv historische Alltagsfotografie.
Städtisches Museum Eisenhüttenstadt
Town museum in Fürstenberg (Oder) on the history of Eisenhüttenstadt, the glass industry and STALAG III B, with a gallery for GDR art.
Have only individual sections read aloud
Opening hoursAdmission €6
Current exhibitions
October 17, 2026 – February 26, 2027
Zeitreise – Vom analogen Bild zur digitalen Datei
Exhibition marking the 70th birthday of the Eisenhüttenstadt photographer Bernd Geller, on the path from the analogue image to the digital file.
About the museum
The museum is housed in a villa built in 1906 for Carl Reiche, director of the steamship cooperative of the Oder shipping trade, in old Fürstenberg (Oder). It opened as the Städtisches Museum in December 1980. In 1992 the fire brigade and technology museum was added as a separate department, and in 1994 the Städtische Galerie in rooms on Oderstraße.
The permanent exhibition on the town's history begins with Fürstenberg and its traditional trades such as basket-making, glassmaking and shipping, describes industrialisation and the glass industry, and commemorates the prisoner-of-war camp STALAG III B, one of the largest in Brandenburg. The largest room is taken up by the history of the planned town built from 1950, which was named Stalinstadt in 1953 and Eisenhüttenstadt in 1961. A fully furnished shoemaker's workshop from around 1900 and a historic wash house in the courtyard are also part of it.
The gallery, with ten rooms on two floors, shows changing exhibitions from the extensive art collection, which consists mainly of GDR painting, graphic art and small sculpture, including the estates of the painter Otto Schutzmeister and the sculptor Herbert Burschik. The holdings also include around 100 sculptures and site-specific artworks in the urban space.
Highlights
- History of Stalinstadt/Eisenhüttenstadt, the first socialist planned town
- Exhibition on the prisoner-of-war camp STALAG III B
- Historic shoemaker's workshop around 1900
- Art collection on GDR art with the estates of Schutzmeister and Burschik
Permanent exhibitions
- Stadtgeschichte Fürstenberg (Oder) und Eisenhüttenstadt – From basket-makers, glassmakers and boatmen in old Fürstenberg through STALAG III B to the construction of the planned town of Stalinstadt/Eisenhüttenstadt.
- Galerie und Kunstsammlung – Changing presentations from the collection with a focus on GDR art of the 1960s to the 1980s.
- Founded
- 1980
- Operated by
- Stadt Eisenhüttenstadt
- Director
- Maria Wundersee
Admission & discounts
| Adults | €6 |
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| Reduced | €3.50 |
| Groups (10+ people) | €3 per person |
| Families | €7.50Per person, for three or more people with at least one child under 12 years. |
| Combined ticket for all departments (including the fire brigade and technology museum) | €8.50reduced €4.50 |
| Family combined ticket for all departments | €11.50for three or more people with at least one child under 12 years |
Online tickets available; exchange and refund excluded. Further charges according to the fee schedule of 2023.
Accessibility
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Kids & families
| Family ticket | €7.50 · Per person, for three or more people with at least one child under 12 years. |
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- Family tours & workshops
- Hands-on stations
Holiday programmes for children with hands-on activities on old craft techniques.
Getting there & parking
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Amenities & dining
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Events & venue rental
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Plan your visit
| School programs | yes |
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| Good to know | Museum education programmes and holiday activities, such as writing with quill and ink in the historic schoolroom or washing the old-fashioned way in the wash house in the museum courtyard. |
