Miele-Museum, Home appliance history museum in Gütersloh, Germany.
The Miele-Museum is a technology-history museum in the Miele company headquarters in Gütersloh, opened in 1986. Its 750 m² exhibition presents around 200 products from the company's production, including washing machines, milk centrifuges, vacuum cleaners, dishwashers, handcarts, bicycles, mopeds and motorcycles. Its most valuable exhibit is the only surviving Miele K 3 automobile.
The Miele company was founded in 1899; the museum opened in 1986 at the company headquarters in Gütersloh. Its 750 m² display traces the firm's production from milk centrifuges and handcarts to washing machines, vacuum cleaners and motorcycles. The Italian Wikipedia article dates the opening to 1986 and names the Miele K 1 car as an exhibit, while the German article cites the Miele K 3.
The museum's name comes from the company Miele, founded in 1899, and its collection shows how the firm's appliances entered German households. Among the exhibits are milk centrifuges and hand carts, products that point to rural dairying and delivery work rather than only kitchen chores. The Miele K 3 automobile is the only surviving example.
The museum occupies 750 m² inside Miele's corporate headquarters in Gütersloh, so visitors enter the company building rather than a separate exhibition hall. Admission is free. Around 200 objects are on show, among them washing machines, vacuum cleaners, dishwashers, bicycles, mopeds and motorcycles.
The museum holds early electric washing machines that represent milestones in household technology, along with rare motorcycles manufactured by Miele. These vehicles reveal that the company operated beyond just kitchen appliances.
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