Luther's Parental Home

New museum building: Luther's childhood home (Manuela Fischer)

Martin Luther grew up in the town of Mansfeld. Here he spent his school years and youth and received the education that paved his way into the academic world. Here he made lifelong friends and discovered his love of music. In Luther's parental home, you will learn what everyday life and the life of the Luder family was like with the help of spectacular archaeological finds. Through them, the formative time of his childhood comes alive again.

Luther's home was the Mansfeld region: the future reformer saw the light of day in Eisleben, but only a few months later the Luder family moved to Mansfeld. Luther's parents settled here, bought a house and built up a business. Luther lived nowhere longer than in Wittenberg - and as a "Mansfeld child" he felt closely connected to the county of Mansfeld throughout his life.

Certified in the period

April 2022 - March 2025

Barrier-free information

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People with restricted mobility and wheelchair users

All test-relevant areas meet the quality criteria of the label "Accessibility tested - barrier-free for people with walking disabilities and partially barrier-free for wheelchair users".
We have compiled some information on accessibility below. Detailed information can be found in the test report.

There are public parking spaces around the museum. There is no company-owned car park.
Guests can find all information about Luther and his family in the new museum building.

Historic house (not included in the evaluation)

The historic house opposite the new building can only be reached by stairs.
On the upper floor there are exhibition rooms with exhibits and information boards as well as a hands-on station. The rooms are connected without steps.

New museum building

The new museum building is accessible without steps.
All rooms and facilities that can be used and raised are accessible without steps or via a lift.
The ticket counter in the entrance area is 79 cm high.
The lift cabin is 112 cm x 210 cm. The lift door is 90 cm wide.
All doors/passages/corridors that can be used by the guest and are raised are at least 86 cm wide.
The exhibits and the information on them are predominantly visible and legible while seated.
No guided tours are offered for people with walking disabilities and wheelchair users.
Mobile stools are available for people with walking disabilities to use during the tour.

Public WC for people with disabilities (ground floor, new museum building).

The movement areas are:
in front of/behind the door, in front of the WC and in front of the washbasin at least 150 cm x 140 cm;
to the left of the WC 87 cm x 70 cm, to the right 100 cm x 70 cm.
Grab rails are provided to the left and right of the WC. The grab rails can be folded up.
The washbasin is accessible from underneath.
The mirror can be viewed while standing or sitting.
There is an alarm trigger.

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People with hearing impairments and deaf people

We have compiled some information on accessibility below. Detailed information can be found in the test report.

There is no visually clearly perceptible alarm.
There is no inductive hearing system.
An outgoing emergency call in the lift is confirmed acoustically. Alternatively, there are stairs.
Information on the exhibits is mainly provided in written form.
There is acoustic information about the exhibits.
W-LAN is offered.
There are no guided tours for people with hearing disabilities and deaf people.

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People with visual impairments and blind people

We have compiled some information on accessibility below. Detailed information can be found in the test report.

Assistance dogs may be brought into all relevant areas and rooms.
Exterior paths usually do not have a visually contrasting or tactilely detectable walkway boundary.
The entrance area is visually contrasting.
All raised areas that can be used by the guest are well lit, i.e. bright and glare-free.
The signage is mostly designed in legible and high-contrast lettering.
There are glass doors without security markings.
An outgoing emergency call in the lift is confirmed acoustically. The stop position is announced by voice. The controls are not visually contrasting, but tactile. Braille is available.
Alternatively, stairs are available.
Stairs are not visually contrasting and have at least one handrail on one side.
Obstacles are present in the exhibition rooms, e.g. objects protruding into the path/room: Display cases, exhibits
The exhibits are usually well lit.
The information on the exhibits is mainly conveyed in writing and is mostly visually contrasting.
There is acoustic information about the exhibits.
Guided tours are offered for people with visual impairments, but not for blind people.

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People with cognitive impairments

We have compiled some information on accessibility below. Detailed information can be found in the audit report.

The name or logo of the museum is clearly recognisable from the outside.
The destinations of the paths are within sight or there are path signs at a constantly visible distance.
No information is available in plain language.
Information about the exhibits is mainly provided in writing, but not in plain language.
No guided tours are offered for people with cognitive impairments.

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