Deutsches Landwirtschaftsmuseum

The Deutsches Landwirtschaftsmuseum stands on the University of Hohenheim campus in Stuttgart. Its exhibition spaces trace farming technology from hand tools to self-propelled machines. Wheelchair-accessible galleries bring together wooden buildings, industrial equipment, and carefully crafted working models.

The collection grew from Hohenheim’s agricultural equipment collection, established when the university’s agricultural machinery tradition began. A public display of historic ploughs later inspired a permanent agricultural museum, which opened after the Institute for Agricultural Engineering provided exhibition space. Further halls at Filderhauptstraße expanded the presentation and connected agricultural history with changing university research.

The plough collection includes European examples from the nineteenth century, alongside a five-tonne Kemna tipping plough. Tractors stand beside single-axle machines, while the Helmut Claas Hall follows the development of harvesting technology. A Claas MDB combine harvester from 1937 and a Massey-Harris 745 from 1951 show how quickly machinery changed. The wooden Cheret Pavilion adds a warm contrast to the heavy metal of the steam plough and harvesting machines.