Ackerbürger- und Bienenmuseum Reichenbach

About the museum

In Reichenbach in Upper Lusatia, a small, faithfully rebuilt town house with courtyard and garden shows how residents lived around 1900. Many Reichenbach residents worked at that time in factories, in trade or in crafts, and on the side farmed a small field outside the town to supplement their income – hence the name "Ackerbürger" (urban smallholders).

The residential house is furnished in detail with a sleeping chamber, a good parlor and a narrow kitchen, making the simple conditions tangible. The upper floor hosts changing exhibitions. In the courtyard buildings is, among others, the workshop of a glass presser, where plaques, buttons and reflectors were pressed from heated glass rods; during museum festivals the melting furnace is demonstrated.

Another outbuilding is dedicated to beekeeping, as some Ackerbürger kept bees for their own use. During the summer months, the foragers can be observed in a glass display beehive; the small garden is laid out as a typical Ackerbürger garden with bee-friendly plants.

Highlights

• Faithfully furnished urban smallholder's house from around 1900
• Glass presser's workshop with melting furnace
• Beekeeping exhibition with glass display beehive (summer)
• Ackerbürger garden with bee-friendly plants

Permanent exhibition

• Alltag für Ackerbürger – Tour through the sleeping chamber, good parlor and small kitchen of the residential house, as well as the workshop, courtyard and garden, showing the life and side income of Reichenbach's townspeople around 1900.

Operated by

Stadt Reichenbach/O.L. und Heimatverein Reichenbach e. V.

Admission & discounts

Accessibility

• Wheelchair accessible: no information
• Elevator: no information
• Accessible restroom: no information
• Accessible parking: no information
• Service dogs welcome: no information
• Tactile models & exhibits: no information
• Sign language tours: no information
• Easy-to-read materials: no information
• Audio description: no information

Classified as low-barrier.

Kids & families

Great for kids & families

• Family tours & workshops

Project "The Daily Life of the Ackerbürger" for children from age 5 (max. 10 participants, approx. 1.5 hours) covering daily life, small gardens and healthy eating.

Getting there & parking

Amenities & dining

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