Museum Osthusschule
Volunteer-run school and local history museum in Bielefeld-Senne with a classroom from around 1900, a half-timbered school from 1832, and a large museum garden.
Om museet
The Osthusschule was built in 1895 on land donated to the municipality of Senne by the Osthus family, and was inaugurated in January 1896 as the town’s third school. After the elementary school closed in 1971, the building served as a youth hostel and open youth center.
In 1993 the Senne district council decided to set up a school museum and neighborhood archive here. High school teacher and later local heritage officer Hans Schumacher and school principal Volker Menzel converted the building with a great deal of their own labor; in June 1995, exactly one hundred years after construction, the museum opened. Since 1998 a friends’ association has run the museum, and in 1999 an exhibition on rural crafts was added in the converted attic.
From 2002, a half-timbered school from 1832 from Oldentrup, which had been in storage for years after being dismantled, was re-erected next to the Osthusschule and opened in 2004. It shows how a village teacher lived under one roof with his apartment and a small farm.
Today visitors can see a furnished classroom from around 1900, collections of school materials, tools of Senne craftsmen, paintings and sculptures by regional artists, and the local history archive of the city district. Surrounding the buildings, some 7,000 m² of grounds hold perennial beds, a rose garden, an herb garden, and a forest nature trail.
Højdepunkter
- Historic classroom from around 1900 with lessons held the old-fashioned way
- Half-timbered school from 1832 with teacher’s apartment and farm section
- Exhibition on rural crafts in the attic
- Museum garden with rose garden, sculptures, and forest nature trail
- Free admission, donations requested
Permanente udstillinger
- Schule um 1900 – Furnished classroom from the Imperial era and collections of historical teaching materials in the Osthusschule of 1895.
- Die Fachwerkschule – Reconstructed village school from 1832 with classroom, teacher’s apartment, and farm section.
- Bäuerliches Handwerk – Tools and equipment of former Senne craftsmen in the attic of the Osthusschule.
- Grundlagt
- 1995
- Ejer
- Förderverein Schul- und Heimatmuseum Osthusschule e. V.
- Ledelse
- Silke Schmidt
Entrépriser & rabatter
Der er gratis entré.
| Grupper | –Guided tour €60 per group (max. 20 people); historical lesson for school classes €2 per person. |
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Free admission; donations for the museum’s work are welcome.
Tilgængelighed
Museet har ikke offentliggjort oplysninger om dette – spørg venligst museet direkte.
Børn og familie
Velegnet til børn og familier
- Interaktive stationer
The forest nature trail is explicitly aimed at children too; at stations they can discover playfully, for example which animal track belongs to which animal. Museum garden with lawns. For school classes, a lesson as in 1900.
Transport & parkering
Med offentlig transport
Museum Osthusschule
Bus line 40, stop Museum Osthusschule (right at the entrance); bus line 94, stop Vormbrock
I bil
Gratis parkering
Free parking on the museum grounds.
Service & spisesteder
- Café: findes ikke
- Restaurant: findes ikke
Garden furniture and lawns in the museum garden.
Arrangementer & udlejning
- Lokaler til leje
- Private fester
Op til 50 personer.
The former classroom of the half-timbered school can be rented for celebrations and events for up to 50 people (small kitchen available).
Forespørgsel & detaljerPlanlæg dit besøg
| Rundvisninger | ja |
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| Tilbud til skoler | ja |
| Godt at vide | Guided tours by appointment for groups of up to 20 people. On request, retired teachers hold a lesson as it was taught around 1900. A digital smartphone tour is in preparation. |
