Westphalian Horse Museum, Münster

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Westphalian Horse Museum

The Westphalian Horse Museum in Münster is located in the all-weather zoo in the Westphalian city of Münster .

Admission to the museum is free for visitors to the zoo, as admission to the zoo is included. The Westphalian Horse Museum Münster gGmbH and the Allwetterzoo entered into a cooperation in 1996. The "Westphalian Horse Museum" was incorporated on the grounds of the all-weather zoo as an independent facility and center of the planned horse park in the zoo. The main shareholder of the gGmbH is the Association for the Promotion of the Westphalian Horse Museum , whose first chairman is Rudolf von Croÿ , the deputy chairmen are Otto Becker and Martin Plewa . Sybill Ebers is currently the director of the Horse Museum .

exhibition

Around 1,000 m² of exhibition space is dedicated to the natural and cultural history of the horse in Westphalia and other topics relating to horses. For example, visitors can try out what it is like to sit on a gallop or jumping saddle at interactive saddle stations. Films and animations should make the interaction between horse and rider and thus the art of riding understandable.

Every year from around mid / late November to late March / early April, the Horse Museum is the first museum in Germany to show the "Wildlife Photographer of the Year" exhibition at the National History Museum London.

Hippomaxx

The Arena Hippomaxx is part of the museum. Horse shows and other events take place here regularly. Various horse breeds such as Dülmen wild horses , Icelandic horses and Mongolian ponies are housed in the children's and horse park .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Welcome to the Allwetterzoo ticket shop. Retrieved January 6, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Westphalian Horse Museum Münster: Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2019. Accessed January 6, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2019 - Natural History Museum. Retrieved January 6, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Home | Natural History Museum. Retrieved January 6, 2020 .

Coordinates: 51 ° 56 '51.5 "  N , 7 ° 35' 14.1"  E