Waisenhaus-Museum Potsdam
The Waisenhaus-Museum Potsdam occupies the former musician’s house within the historic Großes Waisenhaus zu Potsdam. Founded in 1724, the orphanage stands beside a late-Baroque square dominated by Potsdam’s landmark dome. Inside, exhibition panels, original documents, and photographs show how children lived, learned, and worked in Potsdam.
The exhibition follows the foundation’s history from 1724 to 1952, while tracing changing educational ideas across the centuries. It also connects the institution with Potsdam’s development and the Prussian kings who commissioned representative buildings for children. The foundation continues supporting disadvantaged children and young people through children’s and youth homes in Brandenburg. School groups can use the museum as a learning place linking earlier childhoods with the present.
A historic stairwell built from 1773 adds an architectural highlight to the visit. Considered one of Europe’s most beautiful, it leads through a building where eighty square metres preserve stories of childhood, education, and care.
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