Wilhelm-Fabry-Museum

The Wilhelm-Fabry-Museum uses two buildings, including a former distillery from 1867, to display medical objects and surgical tools from different time periods. The collection traces how medical techniques and practices evolved across several centuries.

Wilhelm Fabry was born in 1560 near the museum's current location and became known for developing scientific approaches to surgery. His methods and ideas spread widely, shaping how doctors practiced medicine for many decades afterward.

The museum keeps alive the memory of Wilhelm Fabry, a local physician from the 1500s whose medical ideas changed how surgery was practiced. You can see how his thinking shaped the way doctors worked through the objects and documents on display here.

You can visit on six days a week, with Thursday offering extended hours in the evening. Allow one to two hours to walk through both buildings at a comfortable pace.

The museum houses one of the oldest steam engines in the Rhineland from 1887, now running electrically to show how the distillery once worked. This machine still demonstrates the production process that took place in this building long ago.

Location: Hilden

Inception: 1989

Official opening: September 17, 1989

Accessibility: Wheelchair inaccessible

Website: http://wilhelm-fabry-museum.de

GPS coordinates: 51.16795,6.92770

Latest update: December 14, 2025 13:04