German Wire Museum
The German Wire Museum in Altena , the only one of its kind in the world, was founded in 1965 by the Altena district on the initiative of the industrialist Paul Rump (* 1907; † 1986). It was initially located on 110 m² of exhibition space in the commandant's house of Altena Castle . Relocated to the building of the former Altenaer Lyceum in 1994 , it was redesigned in 1999 with the help of many sponsors to a modern museum that does justice to the ideas of museum work in the 21st century and reopened on April 26, 1999 after five months of closure.
In the permanent exhibition “From chain mail to superconductors” in Fritz-Thomée-Straße 12 , visitors are presented with a multitude of information about the wire product and its importance in industry and everyday life on an exhibition area of now 630 m² . The main topics are, for example, the various wire production techniques over the course of history and the many possible uses in technology, the jewelry industry and art design . In addition, changing exhibitions on the subject of wire take place in a 120 m² special exhibition room of the museum at irregular intervals.
The Märkische Kreis is responsible for the adventure museum as the legal successor to the Altena district. The entrance ticket to the wire museum is also valid for the nearby Altena Castle and the museums located there.
literature
Martina Düttmann, Stephan Sensen: German Wire Museum. From chain mail to superconductor. P. 9–40 In: Wire. From chain mail to superconductor . Hans-Herbert Mönnig Verlag, Iserlohn 2001, ISBN 3-933519-15-2 .
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Altena: German Wire Museum | County Mark Museum | World Youth Hostel Museum | Balve: Luisenhütte Wocklum | Museum of Prehistory and Early History | Halver: Local history museum Halver | Hemer: Felsenmeer Museum | Iserlohn: Hemberg Museum | German Cave Museum | Historic Maste-Barendorf factory complex | Historic grain distillery Bimberg | Iserlohn Museum for Crafts and Postal History | East German Heimatstuben and local history museum Ohlau | Collection from urban cleaning and waste disposal | Iserlohn City Museum | Villa Wessel | House Letmathe | Kierspe: Bakelite Museum Kierspe | Schleiper Hammer | Lüdenscheid: Bremecker Hammer | History Museum of the City of Lüdenscheid | Phenomenta Lüdenscheid | Municipal Gallery Lüdenscheid | Menden: Museum Menden | Industrial Museum Menden | Westphalian Carnival Museum | Plettenberg: Heimathaus Plettenberg | Schalksmühle: Schalksmühle Hunting Museum | Werdohl: Werdohl City Museum
Coordinates: 51 ° 17 ′ 39 " N , 7 ° 40 ′ 27" E