Schulmuseum Friedrichshafen

About

It creaks, it smells, it amazes. As soon as you enter, it becomes clear that history is alive in the school museum, which is located directly at the end of the waterfront promenade opposite the Graf Zeppelin House. It is this smell that welcomes visitors: of old books, of leather school satchels, of old, worm-eaten wood... just of the past. It's no wonder that the school museum, one of the largest of its kind in Germany, brings together an almost endless collection of historical teaching materials and sometimes curious exhibits from several hundred years of everyday school life. What is it about these hands on wood, for example? And is that satchel really made of tin? In three historic classrooms from 1850, 1900, and 1930, you can take a seat in the narrow school desks of yesteryear, decipher old blackboard inscriptions, and experience the feeling of writing anew or again when the stylus scratches on the slate.

At a glance

• Typical visit: about 1 hour 30 minutes