Lecture on the exhibition "Forays through Waren around 1900 - The Otto family photo album"

In the summer of 2024, the Waren (Müritz) Town History Museum received mail from the south of France. The contents exceeded all expectations - well over 300 top-quality photos from Waren and the surrounding area from the years after 1900. A real treasure! This is probably one of the oldest, if not the first amateur photo album from our region. The pictures not only show our town over 100 years ago. They also give us an insight into the life of a middle-class family at that time.

Reproductions of many photos from the album are shown on 20 posters. The focus is on previously unknown views of our town. The motifs and the high quality of the photographs allow visitors to travel back in time to the town of Waren after 1900.

Uwe Weiß from the Stadtgeschichtliches Museum will give a short presentation on the work with the photo album in preparation for the exhibition.
How do you find out exactly which places are depicted? When was the photo taken? Who was photographed and what other background information is available?

Admission is free.