Engels-Haus

Engels-Haus is a museum in Wuppertal, Germany, of the house where German philosopher and political theorist Friedrich Engels (1820–1895) grew up.

Engels himself was born in a different house owned by the family approximately 100 m (330 ft) to the east that has since been destroyed, but spent his youth growing up at Engels-Haus.

The museum was opened in 1970 on the 150th anniversary of Engels' birth, and became a popular tourist destination for citizens of communist and socialist countries.

[3] Nevertheless, in the presence of the Minister for Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, Isabel Pfeiffer-Poensgen, and over 300 guests, the museum was reopened with the new permanent exhibition on the life and work of Friedrich Engels on 11 September 2021.

Noteworthy for visitors to the house is the nearby pedestrian crossing from the Adlerbrücke station, whose traffic lights feature the face of a young Friedrich Engels.