Kriminalmuseum Leipzig

4 michael west - 3 years ago

This has to be one of the most unusual museums I have ever visited. If you didn't know already, this is a museum dedicated to torture implements, our lords and masters used to get us to confess to crimes whether we committed them or not.

All of the information is written in German, but there are drawings and woodcuts showing how the gruesome implements were used. Some of the woodcuts are not very good, for example the woodcut for Die Rad, the Catherine Wheel shows a similar but different device to the frightening one on display.

The final section shows some execution methods and even has a school desk to remind us that corporal punishment was once unleashed on schoolchildren.

I enjoyed it for €5.90, it killed 30 minutes on the way back to the Railway station. The gentleman who runs the museum is very polite and shared a joke about a device used to sort out feuding neighbours.

This museum is not suitable for anybody with waking problems. It is a long walk up two flights of stairs that have seen better days.

Some people on other reviews have complained about the smell, so I wondered what I was letting myself in for. I didn't smell anything apart from the trash cans on the ground floor and a musty smell to the museum itself.

4 Cristina Tiut - 5 years ago

It has a lot of scary objects on display. It is a little not so visible from the street, easy to go by and miss it. Also the smell inside is a little disturbing. From the point of view of museum appeareance I find it good for the theme of the place.

2 Peer Fisser - 3 years ago

Tiny exposition of torture devices. The cigarette stench was bearable, but given the size even half the price of admission (5,80) seems too expensive.

2 Sai Suzuki - 3 years ago

(Translated by Google) Had expected more than a carelessly thrown together living room exhibition. There were very interesting exhibits, but some of the hanging texts were incorrectly placed or the beginning was missing and there was far too much text for a normal museum visit (keep it shorter, check the spelling and make the font larger so that not just one person in front of the A4 can stand and read the sheet).

Admission to the WGT was reduced to €5.80 or so. But you can already see crass devices. The lyrics were better suited for a narrator in a documentary about these instruments of torture than for reading (and I enjoy reading).

(Original)
Hatte mehr erwartet, als eine lieblos zusammengewürfelte Wohnzimmerausstellung. Es gab sehr interessante Ausstellungsstücke, aber die aushängenden Texte waren teilweise falsch angebracht oder es fehlte der Anfang und es war viel zu viel Text für einen normalen Museumsbesuch (kürzer halten, Rechtschreibung kontrollieren und Schrift größer machen, damit nicht nur eine Person vor dem A4-Blatt stehen und lesen kann).

Eintritt beim WGT war auf 5,80€ oder so reduziert. Dafür sieht man schon krasse Geräte. Die Texte waren besser für einen Erzähler in einer Doku über diese Folterinstrumente geeignet als zum Selberlesen (und ich lese sehe gern).

4 Klaus Dieter - 3 years ago

(Translated by Google) Entry for an adult € 5.80. There are many objects and tools from the torture of the time to be seen here. It is more for adults because you can and have to read a lot here. In any case, very interesting and we have learned a lot about the cruel methods of torture back then.

(Original)
Eintritt für einen Erwachsenen 5,80€ . Hier gibt es viele Sachen der damaligen Folterung und Werkzeuge zu sehen. Es ist eher was für Erwachsene da man hier viel lesen kann und muss. Auf jeden Fall sehr interressant und wir haben wieder viel neues Erfahren über die grausamen Methoden der damaligen Folterungen.

1 Celine Eck - 4 years ago

(Translated by Google) Far too expensive for a reduced price of € 4.80. Difficult to find the entrance, even in the stairwell it smells musty. The museum itself is very small, the rooms smell of smoke. The staff are very neglected, if friendly. The texts are very poorly written, barely legible and full of spelling errors. Some end in the middle of a sentence and many texts are repeated. No real collector would allow the "real" instruments to stand in such an environment. Everything full of dust and very ailing. Absolutely not to be recommended

(Original)
Für 4,80€ ermäßigt viel zu teuer. Eingang schwer zu finden, schon im Treppenhaus riecht es modrig. Das Museum an sich ist sehr klein, die Räume stinken nach Rauch. Die Mitarbeiter sind sehr ungepflegt, wenn auch freundlich. Die Texte sind sehr schlecht geschrieben, kaum lesbar und voll mit Rechtschreibfehlern. Manche enden mitten im Satz und viele Texte wiederholen sich. Die "echten" Instrumente in einer solchen Umgebung stehen zu lassen würde kein richtiger Sammler zulassen. Alles voller Staub und sehr marode. Absolut nicht zu empfehlen

5 Sandra Polley - 3 years ago

(Translated by Google) Great interesting museum, you have to have seen. Great and super nice staff.

(Original)
Super interessantes Museum,muss man mal gesehen haben. Tolles und super nettes Personal.