dorotheenhutte wolfach

The glass museum is located inside of a glass store. You can buy anything from vases to toys for Christmas tree. If you want to visit the museum you need to pay at the cashier.

The glass hut shows travellers how the glass industry works and how artists sculpt figurines with extremely hot glass.. You also can get to blow your vases.Tip - if you are travelling on weekends then they only have 2 ppl doing the glass work and hence only glass vases are done figurines are done only during the weekdays .

Lovely 2-3 hours spent in browsing through the small museum and attached shops. The highlight for us was seeing the master craftsmen ( and women ) making the glass pieces- right from blowing to grinding and polishing them. And of course, blowing our own vase for 15 €. I thought it was a steal ( and I loved how it turned out !!) given that each price is different from another. The attached shops had a wonderful collection of glassware- to suit all tastes and budgets... Right from souvenirs under 5€ to painstakingly crafted expensive ones that crossed 50. The Christmas separate Christmas ornaments ship was also interesting ( but seemed more expensive). Don't forget to come out and wander around the area and see the fantastic wooden carvings ... Wish I could have bought one and shipped it back home !!Tip : come early morning to avoid the long queue for the individual blown glass vases. Only improvement I would have wished for is a tour in languages besides German ....

The museum is interesting, but on the smaller side. But the real attraction is watching the glass blowing. There are two areas next to each other. On one side, the professional blowers are making the items they sell in the store. It is really fascinating to watch. Then on the other side you are invited to blow your own vase for €15. Actually, the professional does most of the work, but you do get to give a good few blows to make your vase for which you also pick the colors and design. This is the sort of activity we would have done and loved when the kids were small, but found we loved just the two of us as well!

We were their on a rainy day. the plane was 1 hour tops but it was so interesting for adults and kids that the time was tripled. perfect place to travel with all family.we used the "black forest card" so it was for free to.

we did not join the tour as we have both been to glas making huts before, but we visited the shop wehich we thought was amazing!

ok for a snack in the mid morning, lunch or afternoon coffee & cake. Note open in the evenings. Simple, service is OK, catchment for the visitor

I love glass. I saw the most beautiful pieces and hope one day to have them but in the meantime had fun making my own vase. So pleased I did it!

It is a very nice museum/factory to visit. It is one of the few places that I know where you actually can help blowing your own vase. Choose the format, the colors/lines let the pro do his job, help him blowing a couple of times, wait for 20 minutes and for 15€ it is yours. Go to his colleague where the cut of the sharp pieces and that's is. Also a very big shop is available and next to it there is a pottery and a wood-cutting art place.Good Tip: Next to the museum/factory there is a place to eat and drink. Eat the Flamkuchen. Sounds weird but is a great kind-off a pizza. Great taste and they make it in a real stone oven. Not so expensive and great to eat!

The glassblowing exhibition along with other things makes this a nice place to stop for an hour or two. The exhibition, museum, workshop and store are very nicely laid out and has disabled persons visitor capacity (which is nice). The glassblowing shop is fascinating and if you have the patience you can assist them blowing a vase. There is an exhibit near this area and you can climb up and see all the action from above which is equally interesting. Our daughter is a glass blower and so it was amusing to see her reaction to the demonstration and to the museum artifacts. She was impressed. This is not Murano Island in Venice, but it is pleasant none the less. The store has every sort of glass object including an extensive Christmas ornament section, which absorbed a few of our dollars. A worthwhile place to visit as there are many such places sprinkled through out the Black Forest. Go if you can and have your kids help blow a vase you can buy and take home.

Over priced and nothing special. A bit disappointing we had made a special trip to see the christmas displays but over priced and apart from different colours not a great choice

We were very disappointed in this visit. There was one glassblower working, supposedly doing a demonstration, but never spoke a word to describe the process. He made a very crude vase, placing it alongside about 50 others that were on sale for 15 Euro (no one was buying them because of the poor quality). The rest of the tour was self guided, not a single person working in the blowing area or in the grinding/decoration rooms. The shop is incredibly expensive: one lead-glass crystal whisky glass is more than 60 Euro.Finding it is a challenge, if the Tourist information isn't open. We followed the few "glasshutte" signs and had given up, when suddenly the place appeared.

The tour was excellent and it was interesting watching the processes involved. We had visited several years ago and the hand made glass was still superb but the shop prices astounded us! We purchased a decanter and four brandy glasses last time for less than £100 now similar items now would cost £450. Inflation has not been that high!

Good to be able to see the workers blowing the glass right in front of you. Good for an hour or so and there is a cafe on site and lots of shops

A neat little glass museum with a short demo of traditional German glass blowing was a treat on my way to exploring Black Forest. You can buy a variety of colorful dishes and vases, or even blow your own vase. There's also a shop full of random overpriced souvenirs and a restaurant.