List of museums in Solingen

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The list of museums in Solingen describes the museums in Solingen which, among other things, deal with art, industrial history and local history.

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Bergisches Museum Schloss Burg an der Wupper Castle on the Wupper Among other things, rooms, armor and weapons are shown at Schloss Burg .
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German Blade Museum Graefrath In the former Gräfrath monastery . Cutlery, bare weapons and cutlery. One of the largest cutlery collections in the world.
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Graefrath Museum Graefrath In the basement of the former Gräfrath monastery . Local history museum , exhibition of the local local history association.
LVR-Industriemuseum - Hendrichs drop forge Merscheid Former drop forge, in which scissor blanks were produced until 1986. Originally preserved operating facilities in the listed factory and the adjacent factory owner's villa. The LVR-Industriemuseum operates or supports five industrial culture stations in the city area to illustrate the decentrally structured cutlery industry in Solingen.
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Laurel & Hardy Museum Forest The museum focuses on the American comedian duo Laurel and Hardy . The museum has been located in the listed Walder Kotten since 2003 and is open once a month.
Wipperkotten grinding shop Höhscheid Schleifermuseum, the last remaining Doppelkotten on the Wupper with an integrated grinding museum.
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Loos'n Maschinn Aries Loosen Maschinn was one of the largest steam grinding companies in Solingen. An original grinder workstation is located in the building from 1888. This and other exhibits are operated by the industrial museum .
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Grinder Museum Balkhauser Kotten Höhscheid The former Schleifkotten now serves as an industrial and grinding museum.
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Art Museum Solingen Graefrath Formerly the Baden Museum. In the former town hall of Gräfrath .
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Plagiarius Museum center Opened in 2007 in the head building of the old goods halls in the Südpark. The subject is product piracy .
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Wash house Weegerhof Höhscheid Listed wash house of SBV -Großwohnsiedlung Weegerhof from the 1920s with original interior.
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Solingen trolleybus museum The Obus-Museum Solingen eV association is dedicated to the preservation of historical trolleybuses and equipment, preferably the Solingen trolleybus operation . The traveling museum uses historical trolleybuses on the so-called "knight tour" in Germany's largest trolleybus system, with turning on the world's only remaining trolleybus turntable in Burg an der Wupper .
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Hofschaftsmuseum "Am Busch" Graefrath Privately operated court museum in a listed mountain half-timbered house ; Bergische history, historical learning, family résumés, employment, crafts, half-timbered houses.
Doll, Bear and Toy Museum Solingen Aries Dolls, dollhouses, dolls prams and more.

Individual evidence

  1. Gräfrath-Museum ( Memento of the original from May 5, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.solingen-graefrath.de
  2. The shirt from "Dick" and the pants from "Doof" , Solinger Tageblatt , September 24, 2014
  3. Wipperkotten grinding shop
  4. Balkhauser Kotten
  5. Weegerhof wash house
  6. Hofschaftsmuseum "Am Busch"
  7. Doll, Bear and Toy Museum in Solingen ( Memento of the original from February 6, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.puppeundbaer.de