Landschaftsmuseum Westerwald

Om museet

The Landschaftsmuseum Westerwald opened on September 20, 1976. It lies in a park-like setting on the edge of Hachenburg, right next to the Burggarten, and since 1977 it has regularly held special exhibitions alongside the permanent exhibition – around 50 by its 50th anniversary in 2026. From 1980, historic half-timbered houses were dismantled at their original sites in the region and rebuilt on the museum grounds; the museum's friends' group was founded in 1984.

Today the museum village comprises eight buildings from the 17th to 19th centuries. The oldest is a barn built around 1680 from Westerburg-Sainscheid. From Dornburg-Frickhofen come a richly decorated mill house from 1701 and an oil mill from 1750; also on site are the bakehouse of the Büdinger Mühle from 1850, a village school from Obermörsbach, a small Westerwald house and the Hofgartenhaus for special exhibitions. The entrance building is the house from Norken, built around 1723, in which living quarters, stable and barn lay under one roof; it was rebuilt on the grounds between 1987 and 1991.

The exhibitions are devoted to everyday farm life, self-sufficiency and the workshops of carpenters, potters, blacksmiths and other craftspeople. Since September 2020, a new permanent exhibition of about 100 square meters on the upper floor of the entrance building has offered an overview of the landscape, mineral resources, agriculture and trades of the Westerwald. The museum is run by Museen im Westerwald GmbH, a company of the Westerwaldkreis district, which also operates the Keramikmuseum in Höhr-Grenzhausen.

Højdepunkter

• Barn from Sainscheid dating to 1680 – the oldest building in the museum village
• Half-timbered mill house from 1701 with parlors and kitchens from the 18th and 19th centuries
• Oil mill from 1750 and bakehouse with a stone oven that is still in use
• Fully furnished village schoolroom from Obermörsbach
• Mounted specimen of the first wolf to reappear in the Westerwald after about 130 years
• Medicinal herb and farm garden

Permanente udstillinger

• Museumsdorf mit acht historischen Gebäuden – Rebuilt half-timbered houses from the 17th to 19th centuries show parlors, kitchens, a village school, an oil mill and a bakehouse, as well as workshops of old crafts.
• Geschichte des Westerwaldes – Since 2020 on the upper floor of the Norken house: regional studies, basalt and clay as mineral resources, agriculture, and crafts, trade and industry, complemented by films and hands-on stations.

Grundlagt

1976

Ejer

Museen im Westerwald GmbH (Westerwaldkreis)

Ledelse

Dr. Moritz Jungbluth

Entrépriser & rabatter

Tilgængelighed

• Delvis kørestolsvenlig
• Elevator: ingen oplysninger
• Handicaptoilet
• Handicapparkering
• Servicehunde tilladt: ingen oplysninger
• Taktile tilbud: ingen oplysninger
• Rundvisninger på tegnsprog: ingen oplysninger
• Letlæste tilbud: ingen oplysninger
• Synstolkning: ingen oplysninger

The entrance area, museum shop, ticket desk and the picture and listening room in the Norken house are accessible; there, areas of the museum houses that can only be reached by narrow stairs can be viewed on a large screen. The barn, cow stable and the special exhibition area are wheelchair-suitable, and a large accessible restroom is available. In the bakehouse, oil mill and school you can look in from the yard; the mill house and the upper floor of the small house are not wheelchair-accessible. The grounds and gardens are level with no slopes.

Børn og familie

Velegnet til børn og familier

• Familieomvisninger & workshops
• Opgavehæfte, skattejagt eller audioguide for børn
• Interaktive stationer

Child-friendly audio tour (approx. 30 min.) via QR code. For daycare and elementary school groups there are hands-on programs such as "School in the Old Days", "Basalt Workshop", "Half-Timbering and Clay Building" or pottery on the wheel. At museum festivals such as "Easter in the Old Days" and "Christmas in the Old Days", children can try out old chores themselves. Children under 6 have free admission.

Transport & parkering

By car via the A 3 (exit Dierdorf or Montabaur) or via the A 45.

Service & spisesteder

• Museumsbutik

Museum shop in the entrance building with regional products, books on the Westerwald and souvenirs; staff can recommend places to eat nearby.

Arrangementer & udlejning

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