Maschinenmuseum Kiel-Wik

Over het museum

The Maschinenmuseum (machinery museum) began in 1985 as a private initiative of technology enthusiasts who wanted to save historic power engines from the scrapyard and get them running again. At the end of 2005 the non-profit Bürgerstiftung Maschinenmuseum Kiel-Wik (community foundation) was established and has run the museum ever since. A few employees and many volunteers restore the machines, look after the collection and organize the program.

The museum occupies two listed brick buildings of the former Kiel gasworks in the Maritime Quarter of Wik, within sight of the Holtenau locks. Its focus is the history of mechanical engineering in the Kiel region as a shipbuilding and industrial center, from the early Otto engine to steam engines and hot-air engines to large diesel engines.

True to the principle "Technik, die funktioniert" (technology that works), the exhibits are dismantled, cleaned and repaired, and missing parts are reproduced where necessary. Among the best-known pieces is a submarine diesel engine built by Motorenwerke Mannheim in 1944, which was found in a bunker in 1978 and restored to running order over many years. There is also a portable steam engine from 1954 that was never delivered, a former teaching steam engine from Kiel's technical college and Minimo mopeds made in Kiel.

On theme Sundays, usually the third Sunday of the month, the machines run in front of an audience. There are also lectures, a summer festival, vintage vehicle meetups and programs for school classes.

Hoogtepunten

• Submarine diesel engine by Motorenwerke Mannheim from 1944, back in working order
• Portable steam engine by Maschinenfabrik Buckau R. Wolf from 1954
• Hot-bulb engines, hot-air engines and a hot-bulb-powered sawmill in operation
• Line-shaft workshop and steam engine for demonstrations
• Roadworthy Minimo mopeds ("Alubanane") by the Kiel manufacturer Poppe & Sohn
• Monthly demonstration days with running machines

Vaste collectie

• Historische Kraftmaschinen in Betrieb – Working engines, steam engines, machine tools and models present more than a century of mechanical engineering history with links to Kiel as a shipbuilding and industrial center.

Opgericht

1985

Beheerder

Bürgerstiftung Maschinenmuseum Kiel-Wik

Directie

Dietrich Jankowsky

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Kinderen & gezin

Erg geschikt voor kinderen & gezinnen

• Gezinsrondleidingen & workshops
• Kinderfeestjes

Children's birthday parties as a private event with a machine demonstration and tinkering in the historic workshop. Theme days such as "Spielen mit Dampf und heißer Luft" (playing with steam and hot air).

Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

Service & horeca

• Museumwinkel

Small museum shop with kits (including steam engine, putt-putt boat, Morse telegraph). Library and archive. Lanz Bulldog driver's license can be booked.

Evenementen & zaalverhuur

• Ruimtes te huur
• Privéfeesten
• Zakelijke evenementen

Seminar room on the gallery of the Uhrenhaus for about 50 people; halls for exhibitions and presentations; museum garden for open-air events with several hundred people. Can be combined with a guided tour and catering.

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