Plans currently exist for an extensive enlargement of the museum with the new construction of the museum building and rearrangement of the outdoor site.
Below you will find an overview of the publicly accessible sections of the museum.
- Outdoor area
The museum Mödlareuth has an over 5000 m² outdoor area. Parts of the border fortifications specifically built for Mödlareuth have been preserved in its original state and can be discovered individually along a visitor guiding system and the help of picture-text- information boards in German and English. A reconstruction shows the visitor the structure and depth of the GDR border regiment.
In the village of Mödlareuth, further traces from the time of German division can be discovered: foundation walls of the “Lower Mill”, which was partially demolished in the course of the GDR forced resettlements, the site of an escape and the GDR fortifications usually erected outside of the city limits which have been preserved over a length of approx. 500 m.
- Main building
The main building harbors the ticket booth, the museum shop and two film projection and presentation rooms. Visitors may view the 20 minute documentary „Everyday life at the border“ which shows the situation especially in Mödlareuth up until 1990. The restrooms are located in the main building as well.
- Exhibition hall
The permanent exhibition „Wall, Fence and Barbed Wire“ (German language only) tells the history of the divided village of Mödlareuth. Changing temporary exhibitions supplement the program.
- Vehicle depot
Visitors may also visit the vehicle exhibition “Border mobility – limited mobility“. About thirty vehicles are presented some of which were utilized by the eastern as well as the western border patrols in the area of Mödlareuth during the time of the German division.