On show were products of Runddreherei, a form of woodturning and ornate carvings, as well as straw-covered objects, which were actually not part of the business, but were made at the request of the leader.

In a room that had been furnished in the manner of an old Ore Mountain parlour were displayed a painted four-poster bed (1764), a huge chest (1734), a chest with a lid painted on the inside (1785), a colourful wardrobe covered with flowers (1798), a giant farmer's table with a tabletop of valuable wood, stone items, guild tankards, glasses and other household items.

On 5 December 1920, the newly created toy museum was opened in the State Trade Training School (Staatliche Fachgewerbeschule).

A candelabra that hung over the table (made by Louis Strauß and restored today) gave the parlour the usual Christmas time decoration.

The first visitor to the museum was Rudolf Mauersberger, whose Dresdner Kreuzchor choir had sung that evening in the Seiffen Pinge (a depression caused by mining subsidence in which there is today an open-air theatre).