Cultural history center of the Borken district in Vreden, with a museum on the German-Dutch border region and the Vreden women's foundation, plus open storage.
25. september 2026 – 22. november 2026
Traveling exhibition by the LWL on climate history and climate change in Westphalia, with fossils, taxidermy specimens, media and tactile stations, and an audio guide that is also suitable for blind visitors.
The kult is the successor to the Hamaland-Museum, built up by the Heimat- und Altertumsverein der Vredener Lande (local history and antiquities society), founded in 1926. A local heritage room grew into a museum in 1938, housed in the former “Gasthaus zum Heiligen Geist,” the almshouse of the Vreden women's foundation built around 1660. From 1969, a farmstead with relocated farm buildings was added in the town park, and in the 1970s the museum became a district museum jointly run by the Borken district, the town of Vreden, and the local history society.
As part of the Regionale 2016 structural development program, a “historical memory” of the region was created on the same site, bringing together the museum, the district and town archives, the Landeskundliches Institut (institute for regional studies), and a specialist library under one roof. Designed by Pool Leber Architekten, the new building, more than 100 meters long, was erected along the dammed town moat and incorporates the old almshouse and the Pulverturm (powder tower). Construction began in January 2015, and the kult opened in July 2017; the building has received several architecture awards, including the Westfälischer Preis für Baukultur in 2025.
The permanent exhibition revolves around the nearby national border with the Netherlands: boundary stones, peat cutting, river trade, customs and smuggling, as well as the denominational divide, illustrated for example by an altar cabinet used for secret Masses. A second section is devoted to the Vreden women's foundation, dissolved in 1810, with precious vestments such as the Sixtus chasuble and a canoness who appears as a hologram. In the almshouse, an open storage area displays, among other things, a collection of around 3,000 oil and kerosene lamps.
| Voksne | 4 € |
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| Nedsat pris | 2 €People with severe disabilities, recipients of unemployment benefit I or II, volunteer service participants, students |
| Børn og unge | 2 €The children's rate applies from age 7; the price list does not specify a rate for younger children. |
| Personer med handicap | 2 €ledsager gratis |
| Studerende og elever | 2 € |
| Grupper (fra 10 pers.) | 2 € pr. person |
| Familier | 8 €2 adults with up to 3 children |
| Annual pass (non-transferable) | 7 € |
| Family annual pass (non-transferable) | 20 € |
Gratis entré: Free admission for everyone on the first Saturday of every month
Members of the local history societies in the Borken district always receive free admission.
Accessible, according to the museum. Regular inclusive exhibition tours for blind and visually impaired people (dates in the events calendar).
Velegnet til børn og familier
| Familiebillet | 8 € · 2 adults with up to 3 children |
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Holiday program with workshops for children (mostly ages 8 and up) and children's birthday parties with a detective, photo, or comic program from 2nd or 3rd grade respectively (approx. 2 hours). Family ticket and family annual pass available.
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Museet har ikke offentliggjort oplysninger om dette – spørg venligst museet direkte.
Museet har ikke offentliggjort oplysninger om dette – spørg venligst museet direkte.
| Rundvisninger | ja · varighed ca. 60 min. |
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| Tilbud til skoler | ja |
| Godt at vide | Group tours for up to 25 people during opening hours: 60 minutes €35, 90 minutes €52 per group, plus reduced admission (topics include the permanent exhibition, visible storage, architecture, special exhibitions). Monthly public themed tours on Saturdays. Also an escape room and a cinema at kult. Booking: 02861 681-1415 or kult@kreis-borken.de. |
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