Heimatmuseum Benshausen
Local history museum in a 1786 four-sided farmstead in Benshausen with living quarters, wine trade, crafts and agriculture from the village’s history.
Om museet
The first attempts at a museum in Benshausen date back to before World War I: from 1907, a local heritage society set up a village collection in the parsonage, which was dissolved again in the 1950s. In the 1980s, Eberhard Mann began gathering evidence of local history once more; a first exhibition was shown on Heritage Day (Tag des offenen Denkmals) in 1993.
In 1995 the municipal council decided to house the collection in the street-side wing of the four-sided farmstead on the market square. The main building of the ensemble had been built in 1786 for a wine merchant – at a time when the wine trade shaped the village; two barrel-vaulted cellars still bear witness to this. The fully enclosed courtyard is considered one of the few completely preserved examples of its kind. The museum opened on September 16, 1996; the main building later housed the municipal administration, citizens’ services and the library.
The exhibition gradually expanded into the former servants’ quarters, the small wine cellar, the attic and the barn. It shows furnished living rooms, housework and clothing, crafts and the small iron goods industry, as well as the agriculture that many families practiced as a sideline. Since Benshausen was incorporated in 2019, the museum has been part of the museums of the town of Zella-Mehlis.
Højdepunkter
- Fully enclosed four-sided farmstead, built in 1786 for a wine merchant’s family
- Vaulted cellar with objects on the wine trade, carting and crafts
- Furnished parlor, kitchen and children’s room with old toys
- Farm equipment such as a ladder wagon, plow and flail in the barn
- Traditional costumes, carters’ clothing and everyday objects on the upper floor
Permanente udstillinger
- Wohnen und Alltag in Benshausen – Furnished living room, kitchen, bedroom and children’s room, along with clothing, housework and traditional costumes from the 18th to the 20th century.
- Weinhandel, Handwerk und Landwirtschaft – In the vaulted cellar and the barn: tools of the wine trade and related crafts, evidence of the small iron goods industry, and farm implements.
- Grundlagt
- 1996
- Ejer
- Stadt Zella-Mehlis
- Ledelse
- Lothar Schreier
Entrépriser & rabatter
| Voksne | 5 € |
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| Nedsat pris | 3 €Children aged 6 to 16, school students, apprentices, university students, recipients of benefits under SGB II/XII (German social welfare), people with a severe disability of degree 50 or more (with proof) |
| Børn og unge | 3 €gratis til og med 5 år · Children under 6 free, ages 6 to 16 reduced. |
| Personer med handicap | 3 €Reduced admission with a degree of disability of 50 or more. |
| Studerende og elever | 3 € |
| Grupper (fra 10 pers.) | 4 € pr. person10 or more people; group members eligible for concessions €2 per person. |
| Familier | 12 €Up to 2 adults with at least one child up to age 16; partner of the Thuringia large-family card (Mehrkindfamilienkarte Thüringen). |
| Guided tour per group (10 or more people) | 12 €Groups eligible for concessions €8; only by arrangement well in advance, plus admission |
Cards not accepted. Discounts for holders of the Thüringer Wald Card, Gästekarte Zella-Mehlis (guest card), Vorteilscard Zella-Mehlis, Oberhof Card and the Schüler-Ferienticket (student holiday ticket), subject to the respective card terms.
Tilgængelighed
- Kørestolsvenlig: findes ikke
- Elevator: ingen oplysninger
- Handicaptoilet: ingen oplysninger
- Handicapparkering: ingen oplysninger
- Servicehunde tilladt: ingen oplysninger
- Taktile tilbud: ingen oplysninger
- Rundvisninger på tegnsprog: ingen oplysninger
- Letlæste tilbud: ingen oplysninger
- Synstolkning: ingen oplysninger
Historic building; according to the museum, difficult or impossible to access for people with physical disabilities – please inquire in advance.
Børn og familie
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Transport & parkering
I bil
Parkering muligt
Visitor parking right in front of the building.
Service & spisesteder
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Arrangementer & udlejning
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| Rundvisninger | ja |
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| Godt at vide | Group tours by appointment only; please register well in advance. The museum phone is staffed only during opening hours. |
