Draft Horse Museum
The Draft Horse Museum has existed on the historic Annenhof in Lütau since 2000 . It deals with the cultural history of the work horse . The courtyard ensemble, built in 1726, comprises a main house with a drive-through barn, stables and a guest and seminar house as well as a rose and meditation garden accessible to visitors and other open spaces. The association for the promotion and documentation of horse-drawn carriage supports the preservation and restoration of the exhibits.
The permanent exhibition
The draft horse museum provides insights into the era of industrialization, which was characterized by horse power . It illustrates the essential role of draft animals (horses, donkeys, oxen, goats, dogs - but also camels and elephants) for human, cultural and economic development towards modernity. The focus is on the use of horses in urban areas. The permanent exhibition presents, among other things, the connections between horse power and the construction of cultural monuments such as the Eiffel Tower and the Titanic . The focus is not only on the visual, but above all the haptic transfer of knowledge.
The collections
The collections include large inventory from professional stables ( harnesses for teams of four, six and ten), veterinary instruments, as well as mail, beer and military vehicles with all their equipment. Horse-drawn sleighs for passenger transport and load sleds as means of transport in winter, including the special sleigh bells, represent special vehicles for all aspects of horse-drawn hauling. Library collections and reports from contemporary witnesses complete the exhibition. Documentation containing basic information about horses - breeding, distribution, keeping, veterinary medicine - is related to the use of draft horses. Three cold-blooded horses of the races Rheinisch-German and Schleswig-Holstein also live in the museum .
Research work
The research and documentation focuses on draft animals in the areas of trade, commerce, industry, communication (post) and the military. The workhorse in agriculture is mentioned in those areas that are not covered by regional and open-air museums. The volume "When Horsepower Still Strong Horses Were", published in 2009, does not only exist as a museum catalog of parts of the collection, but also as the first detailed standard work on the subject of horse-drawn carriage in urban areas of the 19th and 20th centuries. Three sections are presented in chronological order: High / Late Middle Ages (intensification of European trade / overland transport), modern times (communication / post, military) and industrialization (horse and technology, logistics).
Major events
In addition to changing special exhibitions, the Salt Road Spectaculum is held every two years on the grounds of the Draft Horse Museum. This event is the season opening and offers medieval traders and marketers, a wide range of historical handicrafts, medieval music and cabaret. All income ensures the existence of the museum, the maintenance and care of the exhibits and the site.
Educational services
The literal “tangibility” of many exhibits also enables people with disabilities to have direct access to the topic. Although the exhibition is not completely barrier-free, there are numerous opportunities to experience the topics. Crockery, bells, tools and trolleys may (and should) be touched. In addition to the sense of touch (iron horseshoes, wooden wheels, soft horse blankets), smell (leather, hay) and hearing (sleigh bells, animal noises) are also addressed. There are separate programs for school classes of every grade or groups of children.
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hagenkötter, Jürgen and Uta-Marina "When horsepower was still strong". Cadmos-Verlag, Schwarzenbek: 2009
Coordinates: 53 ° 26 ′ 9.1 ″ N , 10 ° 33 ′ 0.2 ″ E