Collection
Objects wanted for our museum collection
This is a list of objects that we are specifically looking for – but this list is never complete. If you have anything you’d like to donate, please do not hesitate to contact our collection staff directly. It is not possible to hand in donations, e.g. at the cash desk, without prior arrangement. Please also refrain from sending parcels without prior agreement.
Please contact our colleagues in the collection directly by telephone at 030 847 123 7-35 or by email to sammlung@ddr-museum.de with pictures of the objects. Thank you very much.
Personal items
- Documents, materials and information brochures relating to studies
- Memorabilia from Young Pioneer camps or holiday camps
- Petitions (citizens’ complaints to the state), whether originals, copies or drafts
- Photographs, letters and diary entries relating to homosexuality
- Photographs and slides (e.g. of everyday working life)
- Photographs and objects from alternative youth subcultures in the GDR (Bluesers, punks, skinheads, peace movement)
- Denim jackets, T-shirts, photographs and recordings from the GDR heavy metal and punk scenes
- Musical instruments (e.g. flutes, violins, guitars, drums, keyboards, etc.)
Household
- RFT Comotron TC 600 answering machine
- Coffee filter papers
- Ribbon cartridges for the Erika typewriter
- working Junost 402 television
- working RFT colour television
- Dishwashers
- Meladur plastic tableware
- Glassware collection »Lucerne«
- Glassware collection »Europa«
- KC 85/2 and KC 85/4 home computers
- 6D71 portable radio receiver
- Metal-spun lamps from the 1960s and 1970s
- Bedside lamps
- RK 5 sensit (Heli) stereo and radio system
- Toilet sign »Bine Strull«
Furniture
- Three-seater sofa with sturdy side armrests and fixed cushions in good condition
- Designer seating furniture
Sports and Games
- Formo building set »Palace of the Republic«
- Footballs
- Pebe Auto Series 50 toy cars
- Plaho vehicles from the Mobil series
- Plush teddy bears
- Doll’s clothes in all sizes
- Renate Müller burlap animals
- Rocking carts
- Handmade board games
- Skateboard »Germina Speeder«
Printed material
- Film posters
- Price lists
- Signed documents from General Secretaries and members of the SED Central Committee
- GDR mail-order catalogues
- Catalogues of Geschenkdienst- und Kleinexporte GmbH (Genex)
- Magazine »Form und Zweck«
International relations
- Memorabilia from former contract workers in the GDR (Vietnam, Cuba, Angola)
- Memorabilia from NVA deployments abroad
- Photographs and objects from work assignments abroad (e.g. the Druzhba pipeline project)
Clothing
- Men’s jackets
- Homemade garments
- Sportswear
- Uniforms of the Civil Defence, People’s Navy, Transport Police, Wismut Police and Dienst für Deutschland
- NVA uniforms worn by soldiers or non-commissioned officers
Food and luxury products
- Food packaging (especially from the 1950s and 1960s)
- Baby food from the 1970s and 1980s
- Kaffee Mix (»Erich’s Coronation«)
- Other coffee brands such as Rondo, Mona, etc.
- Seasoning »Weizenin«
- Tempo beans
- Table salt
- Sugar cubes
- Filinchen crispbread
- Club Cola
Toiletries and Personal Care
- Wofasept disinfectant
- Condoms
- Cosmetics from Florena’s Action range
Politics and society
- Bust of Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin
- Bust or statuette of Walter Ulbricht
- Presentation gifts from politics and industry
- Fire station siren
- Photographs of border installations and border guards
- Objects from solidarity bazaars
- Objects connected with school sports
- Objects and documents relating to the Dienst für Deutschland organisation (1952–53)
- Interior fittings from public buildings
- Signs from public institutions and enterprises
- Arcade machine »Poly-Play«
- Road signs and town entrance signs
- Ballot papers from 1949–1989
- Advertising materials from the 1950s and 1960s produced by the Deutsche Werbe- und Anzeigengesellschaft (DEWAG)
- Factory clocks
