Museum of the Fifties

The years of the economic miracle are back! Immerse yourself in the era of Elvis Presley, petticoats and kidney-shaped tables.

The audience experiences the era of the German ‘economic miracle’ very closely. How did people live and work back then? How did they shop? How did they spend their leisure time? History of mentality comes alive. The museum displays typical ‘living ensembles’ (hallway, living room, kitchen, bedroom, children’s and teenagers’ rooms), furnishings and fittings of shops (food, hairdresser, stationery, clothing, amongst others), gas station, office, doctor’s surgery, as well as the Bremen pub „Zum Tuschkasten”. The tour begins with the living conditions of the immediate post-war era, characterized by „Notbehelf”, „Kochkiste” and hand-knitted bathing suit. Topics of social history are documented in display cases, for example the orientation towards America, love of Venice and Paris, design, fashion, party and travel culture, sex roles, the bringing up of children, and many other subjects. The museum, which has been furnished with extensive textual material in collaboration with Bremen university, concerns itself with the „ambience” of the life during that period, including the ‘Großen Schweigen’ in the years since the Second World War.

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Museum der 50er Jahre

Amerikaring 9
27580 Bremerhaven-Weddewarden
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Opening hours

- Sundays from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- Winter break from November till first Sunday of April
- Opening for groups from 10 persons up possible after agreement

Length of stay

30 minutes minimum length of stay
60 minutes on average length of stay
60 minutes recommended length of stay

- Adults € 5,00
- Children (10 years or younger) free
- Family card (2 adults + 2 children older than 10 years) € 12,00
- Groups (10 persons minimum) € 4,00 per person
- School classes € 40,00

Address

Museum der 50er Jahre
(ehemalige US-Kapelle auf dem Carl-Schurz-Gelände)
Amerikaring 9
27580 Bremerhaven-Weddewarden
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Tel: 0049 (0)471 83305

Contact

 0049 (0)471 83 305
 KvFL@gmx.de

Website

www.museum-der-50er-jahre.de

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Address

Erlebnis Bremerhaven GmbH
Bremerhaven Touristik & Tourist-Infos
H.-H.-Meier-Straße 6
27568 Bremerhaven
Germany

Contact

 0049 471 - 41 41 41
 0049 471 - 80 93 61 90
 touristik@erlebnis-bremerhaven.de

Praise or criticism

 kundenreaktion@erlebnis-bremerhaven.de

Opening hours:

January - December
mondays - sundays 9:30 a.m. - 17:00 p.m.

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