Marl City and Local History Museum

Local history museum at the Volkspark

City and Local History Museum is a local history museum in the city of Marl .

history

The museum goes back to the director of the Heimatverein Marl Heinrich Keller. It is housed in the former water mill Alt-Marl from the 17th century, the associated threshing floor and the so-called Scherer's villa and represents the history of the city of Marl from natural, economic, social and folklore aspects. The grain milling process is complete and Keep in working order, the oil grinder is no longer accessible. The mill is one of the oldest buildings in Marl, it was mentioned in a document as early as 1415 and was in operation until 1927.

The mill building serves as an exhibition space for the early industrial and craft history of the city of Marl. A reconstruction of a longwall structure from the Auguste Victoria colliery can be seen in the basement . Various handicraft tools from domestic and small industrial textile production and home furnishings from the 18th and 19th centuries are exhibited on the ground floor. In the threshing floor, agricultural implements and the smallholder way of life are shown. Historical finds are presented in connection with the city's history in Scherer's villa.

The museum is part of the themed route bread, grain and beer of the route of industrial culture .

Web links

• Marl City and Local History Museum at marl.de
• Description of this sight on the route of industrial culturehttp: //vorlage.rik.test/~21~12123

Coordinates: 51 ° 38 ′ 45.1 ″  N , 7 ° 4 ′ 51.2 ″  E