German Leather Museum

The German Leather Museum (Deutsches Ledermuseum), located in Offenbach am Main, Hesse, Germany, is one of the largest leather museums in the world. It has a wide variety of leather items, including some exhibits, which are believed to be more than 3,000 years old. It was founded by Hugo Eberhardt in 1917.[2]

German Leather Museum
Deutsches Ledermuseum
German Leather Museum in 2017
Established13 March 1917 (1917-03-13)[1]
LocationFrankfurter Str. 86, Offenbach am Main, Germany
Coordinates50°06′12″N 8°45′18″E
TypeMuseum
CollectionsLeather, Shoes
Collection size30,000[1]
ArchitectHugo Eberhardt
Public transit access
  • Offenbach Ledermuseum, Exit Ludwigstraße
  • X97, 103, 120 Offenbach Ludwigstraße/Ledermuseum
Websitewww.ledermuseum.de

The museum has three wings, namely, the German Shoe Museum, the Museum for Applied Art and the Ethnology Museum.[3] The museum has a number of leather items on display including shoes, saddles, bookcases, photo albums, leather furniture, and toys.

Bibliothek
  • "Deutsches Ledermuseum". Frankfurter Museumsbibliotheken (in German). Retrieved 21 December 2022.

Publications
  • Deutsches Ledermuseum; Göpfrich, Jutta; Frankenhauser, Nina; Mackert, Katharina; Weyerer, Betty; Weyerer, Kate; Weber, Ute; ICOM Committee for Conservation. Working Group on Leather and Related Materials. Interim Meeting (2012). Wettlauf mit der Vergänglichkeit = A race against transience : Katalog zur Ausstellung (in German). Offenbach. ISBN 978-3-9815440-0-8. OCLC 820786370.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

See also

References
  1. "Museum Deutsches Ledermuseum". Deutsches Ledermuseum. 13 March 1917. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  2. "Der 1959 verstorbene Hugo Eberhardt prägte Offenbach wie nur wenige andere". op-online.de (in German). 27 August 2009. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  3. "Das Lederlexikon". Ledermuseum – www.leder-info.de (in German). Retrieved 21 December 2022.

Sources
  • Florschütz, Inez; Didion, Vanessa; Hansert, Andreas; Tappeiner, Maria Anna; Deutsches Ledermuseum mit Deutschem Schuhmuseum Offenbach am Main; Christof Kerber GmbH & Co. KG (2017). Leder-Welt-Geschichte: 100 Jahre Deutsches Ledermuseum (1917–2017) (in German). Bielefeld. ISBN 978-3-7356-0391-3. OCLC 1186094281.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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