Osthus School Museum

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Osthus School Museum
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The Osthus School Museum
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place Bielefeld
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Home and school history
opening 1995
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The Osthusschule Museum in the Senne district of Bielefeld is a school and local history museum that is located in a former Prussian village school.

museum

The museum, which was founded in 1995, offers a classroom structure from 1900 in which demonstration lessons can also take place. The museum also houses the local archive of the Senne district, a collection of agricultural implements and a butterfly collection. In a side wing, the life and economic situation of a village school teacher around 1800 are presented. The approximately 7000 m 2 outdoor area also belongs to the museum. There is a rosarium, a herb garden and a forest nature trail. The garden art festival takes place there every year. The museum is run by a voluntary sponsorship association. The company is financed through visitor donations.

building

The museum consists of two parts of the building. On the one hand, there is the classroom, the old teacher's apartment and the equipment collection in a brick-built village school from 1895. This was the primary school of the former community of Senne I at the time . It also included a small business section. On the other hand, the museum was expanded in 2003 to include the old Oldentrup elementary school . The corresponding building dating from 1832, was added to Senne translocated . The entire ensemble is a listed building.

Others

The entrance to the museum is opposite the Bielefeld-Senne correctional facility at Senner Straße 255. The Osthusschule Museum is located in the immediate vicinity of the private nature conservation project Rieselfelder Windel and is its partner. The museum can be reached with the city bus line 36 and the regional bus line 80, Senne JVA stop.

See also

Web links

Commons : Museum Osthusschule  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. a b Museum initiative in OWL Museum Osthusschule school museum and local archive. January 14, 2012, accessed May 23, 2014 .
  2. a b Museum Osthusschule. Retrieved May 23, 2014 .
  3. a b Bielefeld museums. Retrieved May 23, 2014 .
  4. a b Information on Rieselfelder-Windel.de: Museum Osthusschule. Retrieved May 23, 2014 .

Coordinates: 51 ° 57 ′ 18.3 "  N , 8 ° 30 ′ 5.1"  E