The electric household

[whirlpolf]

Please join me on my visit today:
I went to "TECHNOSEUM" (technology museum of Mannheim) to the special exhibition "the electric household".
Unfortunately, I discovered this only yesterday while it will end on Sunday.
So I hopped in the car to see it!

Here is the original link:
http://www.technoseum.de/ausstellungen/die-sammlung-2/
Ok, they are bragging a bit ("we have Europe's largest vacuum collection with about 400 models") - I am pretty sure quite some many here can outdo this easily. Personally I know some guy with 480 privately owned machines.

Nevertheless, the lady (who can be seen on their page as well) was VERY friendly and served me free coffee made in a modern, yet retro-style percolator.
We chit-chatted along about this and that and then some other technical detail while I was taking pics meanwhile.

This exhibition made my day! I was humming the commercial tunes on my way back to the car ;-)

My photos can be found on the main link.

Enjoy!
Joe


http://wetterwolf.bplaced.net/theElectricHousehold/album.html

 

[whirlpolf]

PS: I posted the same thread over at Automaticwasher.org

see there.

 

[funvacfan]

Absolutely Phenomenal

Collection! Thanks for taking so many great pictures.

Guy

 

[rugsucker]

museum

Amazing!Thanks!!

 

[DesertTortoise]

Please tell me those vacuums were taken directly from their production line and put in the museum. Gawd they look perfect. If they had working histories and still came out looking that beautiful I think I just might have to stop playing with vacuums, lol. I'm simply not worthy.

 

[whirlpolf]

Dircik, I hope you are just kidding "...not worthy"

Sorry for the delay, I had a busy weekend.
Well yes, most of the machines shown there DO have a working life history, some rare ones seem to have been bought NIB (and for a FILTHY amount of money, I guess).

But rest assured: This museum has refurbishing facilities people like us can only dream of (they put everything back together again, from a simple razor to a full-fledged power house with turbine and generator, they have a 2 dozen persons staff for this).

So: No worries, as far as I could see, only the Vampyrette flat-body machines, some VK 117 Vorwerk and one Progress vac were new as when having been bought. Anything else is done like some member here suggests: "Polishing plastic vacuums (or parts)."
Joe

 

[DesertTortoise]

I bow in humble awe. I am not worthy.