Kultur- und Militärmuseum Grafenwöhr

Over het museum

The museum's roots go back to the Verschönerungsverein (beautification society) founded in 1892, which renamed itself Heimatverein Grafenwöhr in 1932 and in the same year set up a local history museum in the old parsonage. The building was damaged in a bombing raid in the Second World War, and part of the collection was lost. In 1956 the museum moved into the Kastenhaus, a building completed in 1532 that formerly housed the district steward and after the war had served as an emergency school, military hospital, and refugee accommodation.

At the suggestion of the Landesstelle für die nichtstaatlichen Museen in Bayern, a military history department was added: in 1989 the exhibition on the history of the military training area opened in a new building, in 1990 followed the show on soldier life from colorful tunic to combat uniform, and the museum was henceforth called "1. Oberpfälzer Kultur- und Militärmuseum". After the renovation of the Kastenhaus in 1992 and the creation of a walk-in storage display on agriculture and crafts, the cultural department was fundamentally redesigned in 2015; since then the museum has carried its present name.

At the center is the close interweaving of the town and the military training area, which was laid out from 1908, housed a large prisoner-of-war camp in the First World War, and was expanded in the 1930s at the expense of numerous villages. Since 1945 the US Army has used the site, which still shapes life together in Grafenwöhr today. This is also recalled by the room on Elvis Presley, opened in 2021, who was here on maneuvers as a soldier in 1958; on view is, among other things, the grand piano on which he played in a bar. In 2024 a new foyer was added.

Hoogtepunten

• Grand piano from the Micky-Bar on which Elvis Presley played in Grafenwöhr
• Elvis Presley room with collectibles from Wolfgang Houschka
• Original front-line Christmas tree from the First World War
• Model and recovered original part of the gun "Dora"
• Walk-in storage display on townsmen-farmers, crafts, and agriculture
• Kastenhaus of 1532

Vaste collectie

• Kulturabteilung: Stadt und Truppenübungsplatz – Four rooms lead from the town's elevation to town status in 1361 through the construction of the military training area and the Nazi era to coexistence with American soldiers since 1945.
• Militärabteilung – Stagings, documents, and films on the history of the military training area since 1908; on the upper floor "Soldatenleben – Faszination und Schicksal" (Soldier Life – Fascination and Fate) shows uniforms and equipment alongside stations on captivity, wounding, and death.
• Elvis Presley – Sammlerstücke von Wolfgang Houschka – Since 2021 a dedicated room with posters, records, photos, and autographs traces the career of the King of Rock 'n' Roll, who was in Grafenwöhr as a soldier in 1958.

Opgericht

1932

Beheerder

Heimatverein Grafenwöhr e. V.

Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

Cash only, no card payment.

Toegankelijkheid

• Deels rolstoeltoegankelijk
• Lift: geen informatie
• Aangepast toilet: geen informatie
• Gehandicaptenparkeerplaats: geen informatie
• Hulphonden welkom: geen informatie
• Tastmodellen / voelbare objecten: geen informatie
• Rondleidingen in gebarentaal: geen informatie
• Informatie in eenvoudige taal: geen informatie
• Audiodescriptie: geen informatie

The listed Kastenhaus is not accessible; the military department on the ground floor is mostly accessible.

Kinderen & gezin

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Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

Service & horeca

• Museumwinkel

Museum shop with books, DVDs, and booklets on the history of the town and the military training area as well as Elvis merchandise.

Evenementen & zaalverhuur

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