Oldtimer and Motorsport Meeting at the Industrial Museum

Industrial Museum Brandenburg — The Venue Makes the Difference

The Industrial Museum Brandenburg an der Havel is housed in the only surviving Siemens-Martin steel hall from the GDR era—an industrial architectural monument that brings the history of steel production in the Havel city to life. In GDR times, Brandenburg an der Havel was one of the country's most important steel locations alongside Eisenhüttenstadt, and the museum documents the city's industrial identity with original machinery, eyewitness accounts, and special exhibitions. This atmosphere—steel, concrete, machine culture—gives the Oldtimer Meeting its unmistakable character.

Brandenburg Motorsport Tradition

Brandenburg an der Havel has its own motorsport tradition: races on the city circuit, grandstand races in the 1950s, and later rally and crosskart sports. The meeting curates this heritage in an exhibition featuring original vehicles, historical race programs, and memories from Brandenburg motorsport athletes. In addition, there are demonstration drives: motorcycles and automobiles from the 1920s to the 1980s are presented and driven by their owners.

Soapbox Derby as a Highlight

The absolute family highlight is the traditional soapbox derby on Sunday. In the holiday week before the meeting, the Industrial Museum organizes a building workshop for children aged 10 to 15, where they construct their own soapbox cars. In the race, the self-built vehicles compete against each other—an educational and playful connection of technology transfer and motorsport enthusiasm that few other museums in Brandenburg implement.

Free Admission — Industrial Culture for All

The meeting is free of charge. The Industrial Museum sees itself as a low-threshold educational site that makes Brandenburg's industrial and motorsport culture accessible to a broad public. Brandenburg an der Havel, as an independent city in the state of Brandenburg, thus positions itself as a place of living technological history—not in museum hall stillness, but in moving, roaring action.