Puppenmuseum Falkenstein

Over het museum

The museum is located in the Landhaus Michaelsen, which the architect Karl Schneider built in 1923 in the style of Neues Bauen (New Objectivity) on the Falkenstein slope above the Elbe. The white villa is regarded as an early key work of modernism in Hamburg; Walter Gropius presented it as early as 1925 in one of the Bauhaus books.

In the 1950s the publisher Axel Springer bought the property but let the house fall into disrepair and later bequeathed it to the city; the surrounding park has been public as the Sven-Simon-Park since 1982. In 1985 the collector Elke Dröscher took over the ruin and bore the cost of the renovation herself. In 1986 the building was placed under monument protection and the Puppenmuseum Falkenstein opened.

The private collection, built up over five decades, comprises more than 500 mostly European dolls and about 60 dollhouses, doll rooms, doll kitchens, and toy shops from eight generations, supplemented by historic portraits of children. Arranged chronologically, the detailed miniature worlds make visible middle-class home life, fashion, and ideas about education from the late 18th century to the 1950s. Since 2005 a friends' circle (Freundeskreis) has supported the museum.

Hoogtepunten

• Landhaus Michaelsen by Karl Schneider (1923), a building of Neues Bauen (New Objectivity)
• More than 500 historic dolls
• About 60 doll rooms, doll kitchens, and toy shops
• Middle-class home life from the late 18th century to the 1950s
• Location in the Sven-Simon-Park above the Elbe bank

Vaste collectie

• Kleine Lebenswelten aus drei Jahrhunderten – Chronologically arranged dolls, doll rooms, and toy shops show the everyday culture, fashion, and education of middle-class families from the late 18th century to the 1950s.

Opgericht

1986

Beheerder

Elke Dröscher (privat)

Directie

Elke Dröscher

Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

Members of the Freundeskreis have free admission.

Toegankelijkheid

• Rolstoeltoegankelijk: geen informatie
• 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

People with walking disabilities who have a special permit may drive into the park up to the museum.

Kinderen & gezin

Het museum heeft hierover geen informatie gepubliceerd – vraag het rechtstreeks na bij het museum.

Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

By car through Blankenese toward Rissen/Wedel via Kösterbergstraße, which leads into Grotiusweg.

Service & horeca

• Museumwinkel

Museum shop with publications; ordering is also possible through the website.

Evenementen & zaalverhuur

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