Buddenbrookhaus

This is the place to visit if you're interested in the life and works of Thomas Mann as well as his siblings Heinrich and Erika. This museum is well organized and provides its visitors with lots of information. I found the juxtaposition of various film adaptations of BUDDENBROOKS particularly interesting (there's a small room on the 3rd floor where they can be watched in quiet). The gift shop offers you many (if not all) of major works (and some translations too), plus other memorabilia.

A place where there isn't only the history of a great man such was Thomas Mann, but also the history of a city, of a country during is pivotal moment of history.

The staff was very helpful and the exhibitions very interesting but was disappointed by the house itself as I expected it to have been reconstructed the way it was (like so many other places bombarded in WWII) ... only the original facade survived and the rest is just an ordinary block of concrete walls... 2 of the rooms in the house have been re created with furniture etc... and that is rather effective , with the view on st Maria church which gives a feeling for what it could have been like living there in the 19th century.

The Museum website does not have any information regarding hours of operation and admission prices - how is one supposed to plan a visit!?

Somewhat disappointing. The subject matter is very interesting, but one gets lost in all the details, whereas the reflection of the lights in the glass cases and the small print doesn't help. Floor about the Buddenbrooks book was worth the visit though.

Didn't get the museum. You have to walk a certain way and read a lot, and watch Mann family chronicles printed on glass. There was a book reading upstairs.

We dropped to Lubek just to visit this exhibition with such high expectations. I really like Thomas Mann as well as the novel Buddenbrooks. So I was really disappointed with such a small collection and unfriendly staff. Just a few information in English. Seemed to be an unwelcome guest.

Best museum in town! Very interesting information in German, English and even Swedish. 3,5 euros for students