Karl May Museum

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Karl May Museum

Karl May is one of the most widely read German-language authors. His adventure novels have left a lasting mark on our image of the "Wild West". He lived and worked here in Radebeul, where his Winnetou books were written. 

In 1926, Karl May's widow acquired Patty Frank's collection of about 500 objects on the culture and way of life of the North American Indians. This laid the foundation for the plan to establish a museum, which had been under consideration since Karl May's death.

On 1 December 1928, a purely ethnological Indian exhibition was opened on the ground floor of the log cabin built on May's property.

A "Karl May Memorial Room" followed in 1937.

In the GDR, the museum was given the name "Indian Museum of the Karl May Foundation" in 1956, but was given back its original name "Karl May Museum" in 1984. In 1985, May's residence, the "Shatterhand" Villa, was also integrated into the museum with a permanent exhibition on Karl May's life and work. Today, the museum is of great regional and national importance and attracts about 55,000 visitors.

Karl May Museum
Karl-May-Straße 5
01445 Radebeul
+49 351 837300
https://www.karl-may-museum.de/
November to February
Tuesday to Sunday   10:00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m.
March to October
Tuesday to Sunday   09:00 a.m. - 6.00 p.m.