City museum in the Baroque Zeughaus next to Iserlohn's old town church: city and economic history from early times to the postwar period, free admission.
The women artists' collective trans_form_art combines regional industrial materials such as wire, steel, and coal with natural materials to create installations, projections, and performances.
Over het museum
The building on today's Fritz-Kühn-Platz was built in 1726 as a Baroque townhouse right next to the Pankratiuskirche, Iserlohn's oldest church. In the 19th century it served as an armory (Zeughaus) and was stormed during the Iserlohn uprising of 1849 – an event that the exhibition also commemorates today.
The municipal collection was first presented as the "Haus der Heimat" (house of local heritage); since 1987 the Stadtmuseum has been housed in the former armory. On three floors, the permanent exhibition follows Iserlohn's development from geological history and early settlement to the years after World War II.
The focus is on the economic history of a city shaped by calamine mining, chain mail and wire manufacturing, needle production, and brass and bronze goods. Among the best-known objects are the elaborately decorated Iserlohn tobacco boxes, coffee grinders by the firm Kissing & Möllmann, and a cave bear skeleton; everyday history is illustrated by items such as the still-working record counter of the former Musikhaus Muck music store.
The Stadtmuseum is the headquarters of the Museen der Stadt Iserlohn, which also include the Historische Fabrikenanlage Maste-Barendorf with the needle museum and the Museum Haus Letmathe. Tours of the World War II air-raid tunnel beneath the old town also start from the museum. Since 2017 the museum has been an anchor museum in the "Preußen in Westfalen" (Prussia in Westphalia) network.
Hoogtepunten
Iserlohn tobacco boxes made of brass and bronze
Cave bear skeleton from the region
Coffee grinders by Kissing & Möllmann
Working record counter from the Musikhaus Muck
Commemoration of the 1849 Iserlohn uprising
Tours of the air-raid tunnel beneath the old town
Vaste collectie
Dauerausstellung Iserlohner Stadt- und Wirtschaftsgeschichte – Tour across three floors from early settlement to the postwar period, focusing on the city's crafts, industry, and everyday life.
Opgericht
1987
Beheerder
Stadt Iserlohn (Museen der Stadt Iserlohn)
Directie
Dr. Sandra Hertel
Toegangsprijzen & kortingen
De toegang is gratis.
Volwassenen
gratis
Public guided tour
€ 4Children under 12 free; register by email at museum@iserlohn.de
Air-raid tunnel tour
€ 4Children under 12 free
Private group tour (flat rate)
€ 60by arrangement; free for school classes and daycare groups
Free admission to the permanent and special exhibitions.
Toegankelijkheid
Rolstoeltoegankelijk
Lift
Aangepast toilet: niet aanwezig
Gehandicaptenparkeerplaats
Hulphonden welkom: geen informatie
Tastmodellen / voelbare objecten: geen informatie
Rondleidingen in gebarentaal: geen informatie
Informatie in eenvoudige taal
Audiodescriptie: geen informatie
Elevator at the side of the building to all three exhibition levels (car 100 × 150 cm, door 90 cm). Two accessible parking spaces behind the museum. Wheelchair and rollator available to borrow free of charge. No accessible restroom. Free brochure in Leichte Sprache (easy-to-read German) in the foyer.
Kinderen & gezin
Het museum heeft hierover geen informatie gepubliceerd – vraag het rechtstreeks na bij het museum.
Bereikbaarheid & parkeren
Met het openbaar vervoer
Fritz-Kühn-Platz
Bus stop "Fritz-Kühn-Platz" directly at the museum; Iserlohn Stadtbahnhof about 400 m away.
Met de auto
Parkeerplaats aanwezig
Parking lot directly at the museum (free for 2 hours with a parking disc), accessible parking spaces behind the museum; Parkhaus Altstadt (An der Schlacht 13) about 140 m away, another parking garage at the Stadtbahnhof.
Het museum heeft hierover geen informatie gepubliceerd – vraag het rechtstreeks na bij het museum.
Evenementen & zaalverhuur
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Je bezoek plannen
Rondleidingen
ja
Aanbod voor scholen
ja
Goed om te weten
Public guided tours on select dates (next: Wed, November 11, 2026, 16:00). Group tours by arrangement; programs for school classes and daycare groups free, with travel possible on the Kultursprinter MK bus. "Museum in der Kiste" (museum in a box) offering for groups of 10 or more.