Museum für Militär- und Zeitgeschichte Stammheim
Private museum on the Main River with halls and outdoor grounds on military and everyday history from 1793 to 1990, including over 250 vehicles and aircraft.
Over het museum
The museum goes back to the Verein Militärgeschichte Franken (Franconian Military History Association), founded in October 1994 in Stammheim, a district of the municipality of Kolitzheim on the Main. In June 1997 the collection opened to visitors for the first time. Since then it has been run by the association on a volunteer basis and continually expanded; the association now has several hundred members.
On about 17,000 square meters of exhibition space, three halls, a barn, and extensive outdoor grounds combine military technology with everyday and social history. The time frame extends from the conscription of a Stammheim soldier in 1793 to German reunification in 1990. By its own account, it is the largest private museum of its kind in Germany.
Hall 1 shows in scenes village life in Franconia at the end of World War II, and Hall 2 shows, on two levels, the wartime everyday life of civilians and soldiers with rare large objects. Hall 3 is devoted to the Cold War, with a reconstructed inner-German border installation and a MiG-21 of the East German NVA.
In the outdoor grounds stand more than 250 wheeled, tracked, water, and air vehicles, including an Antonov An-2 and an F-84 Thunderstreak, as well as a reconstructed World War I bunker complex and a narrow-gauge railway for rides. The museum expressly sees itself as a warning in favor of peace.
Hoogtepunten
- Over 250 vehicles, tanks, boats, and aircraft in the outdoor grounds
- Walk-in Antonov An-2
- Inner-German border installation and MiG-21 in Hall 3
- Scenes of village life at the end of the war in 1945
- Reconstructed bunker complex from World War I
- Narrow-gauge railway ride across the grounds
Vaste collectie
- Halle 1 – Dorfleben in der Notzeit – Scenes and original objects on everyday life in a Franconian village in the last months of the war in 1945.
- Halle 3 – Der Kalte Krieg – Reconstructed inner-German border installation, a MiG-21 of the NVA, and vehicles and equipment of the NVA and Bundeswehr.
- Außengelände – Outdoor grounds with tanks, missiles, aircraft, a reconstructed bunker complex, and a narrow-gauge railway for rides.
- Opgericht
- 1997
- Beheerder
- Verein Militärgeschichte Franken e. V.
Toegangsprijzen & kortingen
| Volwassenen | € 10 |
|---|---|
| Kinderen & jongeren | € 6gratis t/m 5 jaar · Children up to age 6 free, young people aged 6 to 14 €6 |
| Groepen (vanaf 20 pers.) | € 9 p.p. |
| Gezinnen | € 28 |
Members of the friends' association have free admission.
Toegankelijkheid
- Deels rolstoeltoegankelijk
- Lift: geen informatie
- Aangepast toilet
- Gehandicaptenparkeerplaats
- Hulphonden welkom
- Tastmodellen / voelbare objecten: geen informatie
- Rondleidingen in gebarentaal: geen informatie
- Informatie in eenvoudige taal: geen informatie
- Audiodescriptie: geen informatie
Mostly accessible; not fully accessible are boarding the aircraft, the gallery in Hall 2, and the bunker complex. Dogs are not allowed, except assistance dogs.
Kinderen & gezin
Erg geschikt voor kinderen & gezinnen
| Bezoekduur | ca. 2 uur |
|---|---|
| Toegang kinderen | gratis t/m 5 jaar |
| Gezinsticket | € 28 |
- Gezinsrondleidingen & workshops
- Doe- en voelstations
- Speeltuin / speelhoek
- Kinderfeestjes
Large outdoor grounds with partly walk-in vehicles and aircraft, narrow-gauge railway rides, and a playground; programs for families and children such as children's birthday parties and holiday programs.
Bereikbaarheid & parkeren
Met de auto
Parkeerplaats aanwezig
Parking lot at the entrance, accessible parking spaces; motorhome pitches on the museum meadow with electricity, Wi-Fi, and sanitary facilities (€12 per day and vehicle including two people).
- Gehandicaptenparkeerplaats
Located directly on the Main Cycle Path; from the motorhome pitches it is about 900 m to the landing stage of the Main boat to Volkach.
Route plannenService & horeca
- Café
- Restaurant
- Museumwinkel
Inn and café "Zur Schmiede" with a beer garden directly next to the museum (own opening hours); museum shop.
Evenementen & zaalverhuur
Het museum heeft hierover geen informatie gepubliceerd – vraag het rechtstreeks na bij het museum.
Je bezoek plannen
| Rondleidingen | ja · duur ca. 1,5 uur |
|---|---|
| Aanbod voor scholen | ja |
| Fotograferen | Private photography is allowed. |
| Goed om te weten | Allow 2 to 3 hours for a tour. Register group tours (about 1.5 to 2 hours) at least two weeks in advance. At large events, rides in military vehicles are possible. |




