Pfahlbaumuseum Unteruhldingen

Om museet

The museum grew out of a citizens' initiative: in March 1922, residents of Unteruhldingen led by mayor Georg Sulger founded the Verein für Pfahlbau- und Heimatkunde (Association for Pile Dwelling Studies and Local History), which still runs the museum today. The first two reconstructed houses in the lake opened that same summer – as an open-air museum that was also meant to boost the young tourism industry on Lake Constance. In the early 1930s a Bronze Age village based on finds from the Federsee bog was added, and visitor numbers rose rapidly.

During the Nazi era, the museum came under the influence of the regime's cultural policy; the prehistorian Hans Reinerth became its director, took over the leadership again after the war, and in 1954 founded a research institute on site. The museum has since critically examined this tainted period itself.

Under Gunter Schöbel, a fundamental reconception began in 1990: in 1996 a museum building for exhibitions, administration, and research was built, and in 2002 a new Bronze Age village based on excavation findings from Unteruhldingen itself. Since 2011 the prehistoric pile dwellings around the Alps – including sites on Lake Constance – have been a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

In June 2024 the "Neues Museum am See" (New Museum on the Lake) opened, a multi-award-winning timber building more than twelve meters high that serves as a visitor center and exhibition hall for original finds. Today the complex comprises 23 pile dwellings and, with up to 300,000 visitors a year, is one of the most visited archaeological open-air museums in Europe.

Højdepunkter

• 23 reconstructed Stone Age and Bronze Age pile dwellings on boardwalks in Lake Constance
• Neues Museum am See (2024) with original finds from the UNESCO World Heritage Site
• ARCHAEORAMA multimedia show on underwater archaeology
• ENTDECKER PARCOURS (discovery trail) with hands-on stations on Stone Age house building
• Short introduction by museum guides included in admission

Permanente udstillinger

• Neues Museum am See – Spuren der Pfahlbauer – The timber building opened in 2024 displays original finds from the UNESCO World Heritage Site, such as a Stone Age headdress and a Bronze Age flute; the upper floor is devoted to open questions in research.
• Freilichtmuseum mit Stein- und Bronzezeitdörfern – On boardwalks above the water, the villages "Sipplingen", "Wasserburg Buchau", and "Uhldingen-Stollenwiesen" lead through three millennia of pile-dwelling culture with lifelike scenes.
• Pfahlbauten Unteruhldingen – eine Idee wird 100 – Opened for the association's anniversary in 2022, this exhibition tells the eventful history of the museum since its founding and remains part of the tour.

Grundlagt

1922

Ejer

Verein für Pfahlbau- und Heimatkunde e.V.

Ledelse

Gunter Schöbel

Entrépriser & rabatter

Discounts cannot be combined. Tickets are valid for a single entry on the printed date. Online tickets and gift vouchers in the ticket shop; all tickets also available at the box office.

Tilgængelighed

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

The Neues Museum am See is fully accessible (step-free entrance, elevator, display cases with wheelchair clearance, texts in Plain Language); the tour route over ramps and boardwalks is level, but not all pile dwellings are fully accessible. "Toilette für alle" (changing places restroom, 2024) with a lift system. Museum guide in Braille, NFC texts to be read aloud or enlarged on your smartphone. Inklusion-Plus-Award 2022. Tour buses with mobility-impaired passengers may use a special access road up to the chapel with permission.

Børn og familie

Velegnet til børn og familier

• Familieomvisninger & workshops
• Interaktive stationer
• Barnevognsvenlig
• Puslerum
• Legeplads / legehjørne

Suitable for all ages, children up to age 4 free. Explorer course with dozens of hands-on stations, "Haus der Fragen" (House of Questions) with child-friendly texts, family tours on selected dates, holiday programs and the Archaeo-Kids kids' club (ages 6 and up). Paths and walkways are accessible with a stroller; large playground in front of the museum.

Transport & parkering

The Bodensee cycle path leads directly to the museum, bicycle racks on the forecourt. Nearest station is Uhldingen-Mühlhofen with a bus connection.

Service & spisesteder

• Museumsbutik

No information on a restaurant of its own.

Arrangementer & udlejning

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