Deutsches SPIELEmuseum

German Games Museum

2,700 parlour games are available to guests in the well-stocked games room. The range includes classics as well as novelties and all game of the year winners.
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The permanent exhibition "Historical GAMES" invites you on a journey of discovery through the history of games. It is organised according to the system of the New Zealand-born game theorist Brian Sutton-Smith (1924 - 2015) according to three game principles: games of chance, strategic games and games of skills and abilities.
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In the outdoor area of the German PLAY Museum, there is a dual-purpose play area - a table tennis table with the plan of the FEWA game printed on it, which can be played there as an XXL version. The first mild detergent and also the world's first fully synthetic detergent, FEWA, was developed by Dr Heinrich Gottlob Bertsch in Chemnitz and produced on the site where the German PLAY Museum is located today.
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In addition to the free games in the games room, there are always special events with a competitive character, such as the first European Ludo Championship or the popular game nights.
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To mark World Play Day, the German PLAY Museum invites visitors to the Küchwald every year on 28 May in cooperation with the Adventure Education Centre, where the main focus is on XXL games in the outdoor area. International Puzzle Day on 29 January is also an annual highlight at the Deutsches SPIELEmuseum. Of course, you can also do puzzles on World Games Day, as here at the Schmidt Puzzle Championship.
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See, marvel, play! - this motto is the programme. The German PLAY Museum is a lively place that promotes active communication between generations and cultures. The well-stocked games room offers the longest stay for enthusiasts and casual gamers. "Night at the Museum" can also be played here once a month. Every May, the popular family event "Chemnitz Plays" revitalises World Games Day.

The German Games Museum (DSM) was opened on 5 August 1995 as the first new private museum building in East Germany. It established itself with the "Solaris 2000" project as one of the external locations of the EXPO 2000 world exhibition in the solaris technology and business park in Chemnitz.

Since then, the centrepiece of the museum, the collection of historical games with exhibition rooms and archive, has grown steadily. The collection focuses on games from the GDR. Both well-known collections and hidden game treasures from home are preserved, researched and presented. In addition, annual exhibitions of young people's work have been published in cooperation with the Federal Competition for Political Education since 2018.

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