Elmshorn Industrial Museum
The Elmshorn Industrial Museum is a museum in Elmshorn in Schleswig-Holstein . It covers the period from the middle of the 19th century until after the Second World War . In particular, industrialization is explained using the example of the city of Elmshorn, which had its heyday from 1890 to the First World War . A special attraction of the museum is a working steam engine that is demonstrated.
history
The museum was opened on October 25, 1953 by local history researcher and teacher Konrad Struve under voluntary management. The building had already been inaugurated several months earlier on September 15, 1952. After the museum was redesigned and relocated in 1972, the teacher Uwe Köpcke took over the management in 1981. With him came fifteen volunteers who democratized the work. In 1985 the museum was greatly expanded; machines, photos, products, lesson units and interviews are recorded.
In 1988, today's museum building at Catharinenstrasse 1 was acquired, which was gradually moved into, furnished and opened until 1993. In the 1990s, the museum was expanded and became increasingly important. Lectures, conferences, concerts, dance evenings and theater performances were now also regularly held in the museum rooms. On September 1, 1995, the museum received a scientific power for the first time with the cultural scientist Bärbel Böhnke.
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Coordinates: 53 ° 45 ′ 20 ″ N , 9 ° 39 ′ 25 ″ E