List of museums in Wuppertal

The list of museums in Wuppertal contains museums and museum-like institutions. No distinction is made according to the sponsor, so the list includes museums that are supported by the city of Wuppertal , as well as purely private institutions that are usually run as an association .

List of facilities

Museums

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designation		Borough	description	image
Historical center	Museum of early industrialization	Barmen	Local history and technology museum .
	Angel House	Barmen	Home of Friedrich Engels (1820–1895), who grew up here.
	Manuelskotten	Cronenberg	Branch in the Kaltenbachtal .
	Lime funnel furnace "am Eskesberg"	Elberfeld-West	The lime funnel furnace was previously owned by the Fuhlrott Museum, and since its closure the industrial monument has been looked after by the Historical Center. The Natural Science Association Wuppertal eV organizes guided tours.
From the Heydt Museum	From the Heydt Museum	Elberfeld	Art museum
	Barmer Kunsthalle	Barmen	Branch in the Barmer Hall of Fame .
Bergisches Tram Museum		Cronenberg	Museum tram with a railway line in Wuppertal- Kohlfurth .
Wuppertal Bible Museum		Elberfeld	Bible Museum .
Bible Center Wuppertal		Barmen	Bible Museum .
Museum auf der Hardt (formerly Wuppertal Ethnographic Museum )		Barmen	Ethnological museum at the church college .
Ribbon weaver museum		Cronenberg	Technology museum ( ribbon weaving ) in Küllenhahn
Ribbon weaver museum Ronsdorf		Ronsdorf	Technology museum ( ribbon weaving ).
Knipex Museum		Cronenberg	Private technology museum (tool industry) of a company.
Local history museum of the Langerfeld Citizens' Association		Langerfeld-Beyenburg	Local history museum of the Langerfeld Citizens' Association in the house at Langerfelder Straße 134

Former museums and institutions

designation	Borough	description	image
Children's Museum Showcase School & Children's Art	Langerfeld-Beyenburg	Art museum with art by children for children.
Historical-Cinematographic Museum	Barmen	Technology museum , closed.
Fuhlrott Museum	Elberfeld	Natural history museum formerly in Elberfeld (the museum was closed at the end of March 2008 and the collection was stored for an indefinite period)
Local history museum in the Bredt-Rübel house	Barmen	Destroyed in World War II.
Wuppertal clock museum	Elberfeld	Privately organized watch museum of a jeweler .

Museum-like facilities

designation	Borough	description	image
"Old Synagogue" meeting place	Elberfeld	The exhibition commemorates the persecution of the Jews in Wuppertal during the Nazi era.
Historical television laboratory	Elberfeld	Historical television laboratory at the Bergische Universität Wuppertal .
Immanuelskirche	Barmen	Occasional exhibitions in the secularized church.
Liegnitz collection	Vohwinkel	In the town hall Vohwinkel (formerly in the Haspel houses in Barmen).
School history collection of the city of Wuppertal	Vohwinkel
Johannisberg Sculpture Park	Elberfeld	Along the Johannisberg street.
Waldfrieden Sculpture Park	Barmen	At the Villa Herberts .
Wuppertal axis	Barmen	Replica of the city of Wuppertal in the 1930s as a model railway .
Current history collection of the WSW	Mercy	The substation on Wichlinghauser Straße houses the extensive collection of the WSW's electricity historical working group. Historical exhibits and models for power generation, power distribution and various uses for household appliances, means of transport (trams) or means of communication (radio, telephone) can be viewed.

Former museum-like facilities

designation	Borough	description	image
Art Factory & Hotel	Heckinghausen	Art gallery with hotel operation .
Kafka ribbon weaving mill	Langerfeld-Beyenburg	Technology museum ( ribbon weaving ), the "producing museum". Had to file for bankruptcy on April 28, 2018, the future is uncertain.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ pdf
2. ↑ Ribbon weaving mill Kafka has to file for bankruptcy . In: Westdeutsche Zeitung . 2018 ( wz.de ).

Web links

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