Alte Posthalterei - Museum Beelitz

About the museum

Postmaster and mayor Gottlieb Ferdinand Kaehne had the house at Poststraße 16 built in 1789. The two-story classicist building with baroque echoes served as a post relay station and as the residence of the postmaster until 1871; until 1955 it was used only as a residence.

The town's local history museum then moved in; after it closed in 1973, the town library, the registry office and other parts of the administration followed. After several renovations that restored the original fabric, the rooms again serve as a museum. The Goethesaal (Goethe Hall) on the upper floor is the city's wedding hall.

The exhibition leads through the former post dispatch office (Expedition) and shows how the postal service worked: listening stations let travelers of the period tell of their journeys over dusty roads.

Highlights

• Historic post horns and postilion's uniform
• Prussian post station as a miniature model
• 1834 post map with the road network
• Listening stations with travelers' accounts
• Classicist building from 1789

Permanent exhibition

• Postwesen in Beelitz – Permanent exhibition on the history of the postal service in Beelitz and Brandenburg, with post horns, a postilion's uniform, postmarks and listening stations.

Founded

2008

Operated by

Stadt Beelitz

Admission & discounts

Tickets are available at the Tourist Information or directly at the museum.

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Getting there & parking

The museum is located in the old town on Poststraße; the Spargelmuseum (asparagus museum) is directly behind the courtyard of the Alte Posthalterei.

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