Phone +49 89 404050 | Founded 1996 | |
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Address Grafinger Str. 2, 81671 München, Germany Similar Geologisches Museum München, Museum Reich der Kristalle, Deutsches Theatermuseum, Deutsches Kartoffelmuseum, Staatliche Münzsammlung | ||
Das kartoffelmuseum
Das Kartoffelmuseum (The Potato Museum) in Munich is one of three potato museums in Germany and is concentrated on the art historical aspects of the potato. It was opened in 1996 by the Otto Eckart Foundation. Otto Eckart was owner of the Pfanni food manufacturer until its sale to Unilever and is the son of the company founder Werner Eckart. In addition to his work as a member of the board of trustees, he served as the honorary consul of the Republic of Guatemala.
The museum is based on a comprehensive collection of paintings (oil paintings, watercolors, engravings, drawings, lithographs, prints, naive glass paintings, modern graphics). In addition to the exhibition, the museum also includes a specialist library for scientific purposes.
Until 31 March, 2016, the museum was located in the so-called "Eckhaus" on the Grafinger Strasse on the former premises of the company Pfanni, which produced potato products there. The move to a new building in the neighborhood is in the preparation stages.
The museum was divided into eight exhibition rooms before the provisional closure:
In 2006, the potato museum was expanded with a new department, the Pfanni Museum, which depicts the history of the Pfanni trademark from 1949 to 1999.