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.

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People with restricted mobility and wheelchair users

All areas relevant for testing meet the quality criteria of the label "Accessibility certified - accessible for people with walking disabilities and partially accessible for wheelchair users".

Some information on accessibility are listed below. For detailed information please see the evaluation report.

There is no parking available for people with disabilities. There are public parking spaces around the museum.
All rooms and facilities accessible to guests are step-free/at ground level or accessible via an elevator.
All doors/passages accessible to guests are at least 80 cm wide.
Most exhibits and information are visible while seated.
The ticket counter is 79 cm high at its lowest point.
Seating is available.
Mobile stools are available for people with walking disabilities, which can be used during the tour.
There is a public toilet for people with disabilities, which is accessible from both sides (at least 80 cm). There are folding grab rails on the left and right.
No guided tours are offered for people with walking disabilities and wheelchair users.
The historic residential building opposite the new building is only accessible via stairs. It was not included in the assessment.
The upper floor houses exhibition rooms with exhibits and information boards as well as a hands-on station. The rooms are connected to each other without steps.

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People with hearing impairments and deaf people

Some information on accessibility are listed below. For detailed information please see the evaluation 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

Some information on accessibility are listed below. For detailed information please see the evaluation report.

Assistance dogs are welcome.
The signage (for orientation) is designed in easily legible, high-contrast font.
All elevated areas accessible to guests are brightly lit without glare.
An outgoing emergency call in the elevator is confirmed acoustically.
Steps do not have high-contrast edges.
Some stairs have a handrail on one side.
Information about the exhibits is visually high-contrast.
Information about the exhibits is provided acoustically.
Information is not available in Braille or Prismenschrift.
Guided tours are offered for people with visual impairments, but not for blind people.

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People with cognitive impairments

Some information on accessibility are listed below. For detailed information please see the evaluation report.

The name 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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