Rahden museum courtyard
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| Data | |
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| place | Rahden - Kleinendorf |
| Art | |
| opening | 1966 |
| Number of visitors (annually) | approx. 13,500 (2019) |
| operator |
City of Rahden
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| management |
Lena Meyer
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| Website | |
| ISIL | DE-MUS-113413 |
The Museumshof Rahden is an open-air museum in the town of Rahden in the East Westphalian district of Minden-Lübbecke in North Rhine-Westphalia . The museum includes a fully furnished farm with all the outbuildings. With its buildings and work equipment, it reflects the regional rural way of life of the 19th century . The museum grounds are directly adjacent to the ruins of Rahden Castle .
history
Between 1962 and 1966, the museum courtyard was built in Münster with the help of the Westphalia-Lippe Regional Association. With the exception of the barn, his buildings previously stood on various farms belonging to the former Rahden office. There they were removed, restored and rebuilt at their current location. In 1988 "Lütke Hus" was opened.
Building perimeter
There are ten individual buildings on the approximately 3 hectare site of the open-air museum in Rahden- Kleinendorf : main house (1689) with farm garden , warehouse (Spieker, around 1750), bakery (1560, the oldest building on the farm), Rossmühle (1860), "Lütke Hus" (former Heuerlingshaus from 1787), coach house , barn , sheepfold, wood storage and bleaching hut . Rötekuhle , Göpel , Erdkeller, shepherd's cart and beehive complete the overall picture.
special offers
- Two permanent exhibitions in the "Lütken Hus" provide vivid information on linen production and rural clothing in the old Rahden office .
- Meal and baking days are carried out on several Sundays and public holidays a year. Then the horse mill is in operation and old farming activities are demonstrated. Rural harvesting and handicrafts are shown on the site, demonstrations on flax and wool processing, the beekeeper provides information about beekeeping, the spinning and weaving group or the embroidery group is active.
- Since 2013 there has been a " medieval hustle and bustle " on the grounds of the museum courtyard at the end of June .
- Museum educational offers: For registered groups, such as B. kindergarten groups, school classes, children's birthdays or adult groups are carried out:
- Material experience "From raw material to fabric"; either wool or flax is used
- "From grain to bread": Baking rolls in the old stone oven
- "From the life of wild and honey bees ": Honey production in ancient times
- "Fabric printing like in the old days": blue print
- "Weaving with ribbon looms" (for school classes)
See also
- List of museums in the Minden-Lübbecke district
- List of European open air museums
- List of farm museums
- Bad Oeynhausen museum courtyard
- Bielefeld Farmhouse Museum
literature
- Uta Betzhold: “You had to jump over seven fences because of a stalk of flax.” Linen production in the Rahden office. Accompanying material for the permanent exhibition in Lütken Hus, Museumshof Rahden. Museumshof Rahden, Rahden 1988
- Reinhold Spönemann: Museum courtyard Rahden. Guide through the museum courtyard of the Rahden Office. Ed .: Amt Rahden, oO o. J .; 26 p.m. numerous Fig.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Joern Spreen-Ledebur: This is how the year went for the museum courtyard in Rahden. In: New Westphalian . Newspaper publisher Neue Westfälische GmbH & Co. KG, October 26, 2019, accessed on October 31, 2019 .
- ↑ Joern Spreen-Ledebur: Museumshof team is well positioned. In: New Westphalian. Newspaper publisher Neue Westfälische GmbH & Co. KG, January 26, 2019, accessed on October 31, 2019 .
Coordinates: 52 ° 26 ′ 17.6 " N , 8 ° 35 ′ 51" E