Engels-Haus Wuppertal — Stadt Wuppertal/Christoph Grothe

Engels-Haus Wuppertal exhibition — Stadt Wuppertal/Medienzentrum, Stefanie vom Stein

Engels-Haus Wuppertal Ausstellung — Stadt Wuppertal/Medienzentrum, Stefanie vom Stein

Engels House

The life, work and family of Friedrich Engels

One of the most interesting sights in Wuppertal: The Engels House breathes the spirit of a great historical figure: Friedrich Engels (1820-1895). The Engels House, built in 1775, was his grandfather's home and represents the family's economic success as textile entrepreneurs during early industrialisation.

The permanent exhibition on the life and work of Friedrich Engels presents the factory owner's son from Barmen as a true all-rounder: Philosopher, social critic, historian, journalist, communist revolutionary, military expert, cosmopolitan, along the way a linguistic genius, athletic, communicative and hard-drinking, but always a gentleman and basically a workaholic, for Karl Marx "a true universal encyclopaedia".

The miserable situation of the workers in England particularly touched Engels. He took it as an opportunity to also deal theoretically with the textile industry, which operated with high capital input and the most modern technology and was initially the leading sector of industrialisation.

It was through Engels that Marx found his way to economics. No Engels, no Marx! Karl Marx, the theoretician of scientific socialism, and Friedrich Engels, the practitioner of economics: both are among the important personalities of the 19th century who have had a lasting influence on the contemporary history of the 20th century.

In the Engels House, however, you can also immerse yourself in the bourgeois living culture of a factory owner's family around 1830. Music and wallpaper rooms give an authentic impression of how the Engels family lived. Particularly noteworthy here are the Engels family's music room with its elaborate stucco work and the representative wallpaper room, whose colourful depictions of river and coastal landscapes still impress visitors today.

A drone flight through the Engels House and a virtual tour provide a first impression: Museum digital.

Visitor Information

Address
Engelsstraße 10, 42283 Wuppertal
Directions
From Wuppertal main station take the suspension railway in the direction of "Oberbarmen Bf". Exit station: Adlerbrücke. Cross Friedrich-Engels-Allee and you will reach the Engels House after a few metres. Paid parking is available at the opera house.
Opening hours
Monday: closed
Tuesday - Friday: 9 am - 5 pm
Saturday - Sunday: 10 am - 6 pm
Public holidays: 10 am - 6 pm

Holidays on which we are closed: January 01, Good Friday, Easter Monday, December 24 - 26, December 31.
Admission
Full-payer 4 €
Reduced 2 €: Entitled to a reduction are minors aged 6-14, schoolchildren, trainees and students up to 27 years of age, persons receiving benefits according to SGB II or SGB XII or who are in possession of the Wuppertal Pass, persons doing basic military or civilian service, persons liable to pay the infrastructure development levy. Please present appropriate proof of eligibility.
Free admission: children from 0-5 years of age; accompanying persons of severely disabled persons, whose identity card states the necessity of permanent accompaniment (sign "B" or "H"); registered school classes in class groups; members of the sponsoring associations Historisches Zentrum, Bandwebermuseum and Manuelskotten; journalists; members of national and international museum associations (ICOM, DMB, etc.). Please provide appropriate proof.
Ticket sales
Tickets are available on site at the visitor centre.
Photography in the Engels House
Photography in the exhibition is permitted for private purposes only. For any other use of photographs, permission must be obtained in advance from the municipal management. For conservation reasons, the use of flash is not permitted.
Accessibility
The Engels House is barrier-free.
Video surveillance
Video surveillance is installed in the premises of the Engels House.