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Cabinet exhibition “Radios of the 1930s and 1940s”

To accompany the current special exhibition, the City Museum opened the small cabinet show “Radios of the 1930s and 1940s” on the Culture Night on October 2, which will be on display in the basement of the museum until November 2. It gives an impression of the radios from the era of the “people’s receiver”, which stood in living rooms and provided families with information and entertainment. Rarities such as the “Goebbelsschnauze” or a set built in Radolfzell immediately after the war are also on display. The cabinet exhibition was realized in cooperation with CompuRama Radolfzell e. V.

Special exhibition on the Nazi era at Tiktok

An exciting collaboration between class 9c of the Gerhard-Thielcke-Realschule and the Stadtmuseum: after an introduction to the special exhibition “Dictatorship. War. And afterwards. Radolfzell 1933 – 1948”, the pupils created short Tiktok videos on objects and themes from the special exhibition with the support of the city museum team and media professional Mike Lindauer from Landei Produktion. The videos can be viewed at https://www.realschule-radolfzell.de/component/content/article/308-museum-und-tiktok?catid=92&Itemid=563 . A great project on the local history of National Socialism in the classroom!

Program accompanying the special exhibition

“Dictatorship. War. And afterwards. Radolfzell 1933-1948”

• Friday, 24.10.2025, 15.00: “Guided tour of the special exhibition ‘Dictatorship. War. And afterwards. Radolfzell 1933 – 1948’”, Radolfzell Town Museum
• Thursday, 06.11.2025, 19.00: “Barracks, war memorial and strength through joy – Radolfzell 1933 – 1939”, lecture by Sebastian Hausendorf, Radolfzell City Museum
• Saturday, 08.11.2025, 10.00-16.00: Talking back at the lunch table – countering populists, workshop of the Heinrich Böll Foundation Baden-Württember, information will follow shortly
• Thursday, 13.11.2025, 19.00: “Den Toten aller Kriege – Der Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge”, lecture by Bernhard Diehl, Radolfzell City Museum
• Thursday, 20.11.2025, 14.00: “Museum Café – Life under the Swastika”, Radolfzell City Museum
• Friday, 21.11.2025, 15.00: “Guided tour of the special exhibition ‘Dictatorship. War. And afterwards. Radolfzell 1933 – 1948’”, Radolfzell City Museum
• Thursday, 27.11.2025, 19.00: “Leichen im Keller”, film evening with director Günther Köhler, Stadtmuseum Radolfzell
• Thursday, 15.01.2026, 19.00: “Karl Ruby – Catholic resistance as youth work”, lecture by Hildegard Bibby, Stadtmuseum Radolfzell
• Thursday, 05.02.2026, 19.00: “National Socialism and us”, lecture by Dr. Andreas Sommer, Radolfzell City Museum

Please register for the events by emailing museum@radolfzell.de or calling 07732 / 81-530 (Thursday to Sunday).

On the trail of your own family

The descendants of the former owner family Ehrhardt visited the former town pharmacy on May 31, 2024. They exchanged memories, marveled at the pharmacy’s remaining furnishings and explored the permanent and special exhibitions at length. The museum team would like to thank everyone for the pleasant conversations and the stories about “how it used to be”!

(Photo: Hiltrud Lipps)

A look behind the scenes

The FSJ students’ social media project “Kultureinblicke” is in full swing. Every three weeks, they present the individual cultural departments of Radolfzell on Instagram. The posting series began on February 1 of this year.

Now it’s finally the museum’s turn! Take a look at “kulturradolfzell” to get a quick overview of all the information worth knowing and soon find out more about the director of the museum.

Links to our Instagram channel: https://www.instagram.com/kulturradolfzell?igsh=dXYybzRqZmVkeXV4

Fancy a voluntary social year?

After a long coronavirus break, the Stadtmuseum has been offering an annual FSJ position again since September 2023. If you are interested in museum work and would like to gain an insight into the planning of the next special exhibition, you are in good hands here.

But that’s not the only thing: the city museum shares the FSJ position with the city library. This gives you an insight into two of Radolfzell’s cultural departments.