Heimatmuseum Rothrist

Om museet

The Heimatmuseum Rothrist goes back to the village week of 1967: instead of holding a flea market with donated items, villager Rolf Hofer proposed building a museum of village history from these objects. The municipal council supported the idea, a museum committee was quickly formed, and by the village week a small exhibition was already on show in the caretaker’s flat of the Dörfli schoolhouse.

The museum grew, moved from the schoolhouse to the Lässerhaus and the Zehntenhaus, and finally, thanks to a bequest from Trudi Miescher, found its present home in the “Miescherheimet”, an 18th-century farmhouse, in 2007. The collection now comprises several thousand objects, mostly donations.

On two floors, furnished rooms show life in the 19th and early 20th centuries, with housework, home-based work and early schooling. In the attic, the exhibition recalls the largest mass emigration ever organised by a Swiss municipality: on 28 February 1855, 305 people, around 12 percent of the population, left Rothrist for America. In the restored coach house next door, agricultural and trade tools and equipment are displayed on three floors. The theme of industrialisation is gradually being added as a third focus.

Højdepunkter

• “Miescherheimet” farmhouse from the 18th century
• Exhibition on the mass emigration to America in 1855
• Furnished rooms on everyday life in the 19th and 20th centuries
• Coach house with agricultural and trade tools and equipment
• Audio guides via your own mobile phone

Permanente udstillinger

• Alltag im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert – On two floors of the farmhouse, originally furnished rooms show housework, home-based work and the beginnings of schooling.
• Auswanderungsgeschichte Rothrist – The attic tells the story of the mass emigration of 28 February 1855, when 305 people from Rothrist set off for America.
• Die Remise – In the restored coach house, agricultural equipment and the tools of various trades are displayed on several floors.

Grundlagt

1967

Ejer

Einwohnergemeinde Rothrist

Entrépriser & rabatter

Der er gratis entré.

Admission is free; a voluntary contribution to the donation box is welcome.

Tilgængelighed

Museet har ikke offentliggjort oplysninger om dette.

Børn og familie

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Transport & parkering

Service & spisesteder

• Café
• Restaurant: findes ikke

Cafeteria with homemade cakes on open Sundays.

Arrangementer & udlejning

• Lokaler til leje

A multipurpose room in the museum can be rented, ideally in combination with a tour.

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