Brüder Grimm-Haus Steinau

Museum Brüder Grimm-Haus, Steinau an der Straße, © Museum Brüder Grimm-Haus, Steinau, photo: foto merz

Brüder Grimm-Haus Steinau

address
Brüder-Grimm-Straße 80
36396 Steinau an der Straße
Phone
+49 (0) 6663 7605
eMail
info@museum-steinau.de
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Opening hours
Monday
10 am – 5 pm
Tuesday
10 am – 5 pm
Wednesday
10 am – 5 pm
Thursday
10 am – 5 pm
Friday
10 am – 5 pm
Saturday
10 am – 5 pm
Sunday
10 am – 5 pm
Holidays
10 am – 5 pm
Entrance fees
Adults 6 €, Groups from 15 on 4 €, Children 3.50 €, Children in groups from 15 on 2.50 €, Family card (from 4 on) 12 €
Sector
Art History
Category
Museums
Sponsor
Stadt Steinau
Focus of collection
History of Literature; Grimm Brothers collection
Location
Main-Kinzig-Kreis
Information

The historic kitchen of the Amtshaus has been reconstructed as it may have looked in the days of the Grimm family. Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm have gone down in European intellectual history as linguists and the founders of German studies. Their scientific work, including the German Dictionary, which is still important and valid today, is documented here with numerous first editions. Ludwig Emil Grimm, the youngest brother, had studied at the Munich Art Academy and made a name for himself primarily as a graphic artist. The Ludwig Emil Grimm Cabinet shows a cross-section of his graphics and drawings. The upper floor is dedicated to the most famous work of the Brothers Grimm, the "Kinder- und Hausmärchen" (Children's and Household Tales), which have been translated in more than 160 languages and dialects and are well known on all continents. In very differently designed rooms, visitors are enabled to find their way into their own fairy tale world in a playful yet scientific way.