Engels-Haus

Engels-Haus is a museum in Wuppertal, Germany, located in the house where Friedrich Engels grew up. The museum is a constituent member of the Museum of Industrial Culture in Wuppertal.

The late baroque Berg house was built in 1775 by Eberhard Haarmann in what was then Barmen, Berg. The father of Engels, Friedrich Engels Sr., was born in the house in 1796. Engels himself was born in a different house owned by the family approximately 100 m 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 destination for socialist tourists. The museum has been closed since 2016 as the house is undergoing refurbishment.