Sudetendeutsches Museum, Museum of Sudeten German history in Au-Haidhausen, Munich, Germany
The Sudetendeutsches Museum is a five-story museum in Munich that presents the history of German-speaking communities from Bohemia, Moravia, and Sudeten Silesia using multimedia displays. It documents the life and culture of these regions across different time periods.
The museum opened in October 2020 and documents over 1,100 years of German presence in territories that now form part of the Czech Republic. It also addresses the expulsion following World War II and its lasting impact on these communities.
The exhibition shows how Germans, Czechs, and Jews lived together in Bohemian regions through objects, photographs, and interactive displays. Visitors can see the everyday connections and shared history of these different communities.
The collection spans several floors and takes time to explore properly, so plan for an unhurried visit. An audioguide or some advance reading helps you get more from the displays and move through the exhibition at your own pace.
The permanent exhibition holds around 900 objects, among them a Böhmerland motorcycle, built in the Sudeten German border town of Schönlinde (Krásná Lípa). The collection behind it numbers some 42,000 items, assembled and scientifically catalogued from 1998 onward with the Sudetendeutsche Stiftung.
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