Bergbau-Museum Hof Gümmer
Mining and local history museum in Lindhorst with digital stations, a replica mine adit and exhibitions on mining, village life and brickworks in the Schaumburg region.
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About the museum
The museum recalls the time when miners came to Lindhorst and the farming village became an industrial town. In 1995 Hans Winter, Gunter Ludewig and Reinhard Falke founded the "Schaumburger Bergbaumuseum", which opened in Vornhagen in 1996. Since August 27, 2006 it has been housed at Hof Gümmer in the center of Lindhorst, together with its own farm café.
The half-timbered building presents exhibits across four levels, including a replica mine adit with mine car and shaker chute, original miners' tools and part of a pithead bathhouse (Waschkaue) from Obernkirchen. The museum is run by the Kultur- und Förderverein Schaumburger Bergbau e. V.
By 2021 the house had been converted into a computer-controlled museum: some 1,500 documents, texts and pictures and 85 historical films were digitized, and contemporary witnesses report in filmed contributions. Since 2024 there has been a virtual 360° tour, and in 2025 audio playback for texts was added. The themed areas range from village and rural life from 1896 to 1960 through mining in Schaumburg and the steam brickworks, to miners' festivals and costumes of the 1960s.
Highlights
- Replica mine adit with mine car and shaker chute
- Computer stations with films, pictures and eyewitness accounts
- Brickworks exhibition with model and ring kiln
- Virtual 360° tour
- Farm café in the museum
Permanent exhibitions
- Bergbau in Schaumburg – Mines and work underground, illustrated with pictures, original documents, videos and eyewitness accounts.
- Lindhorst – Dorf- und Landleben 1896–1960 – How the village changed through the railway connection, club life and the wars.
- Ziegeleiausstellung – From hand-moulded brickmaking around 1860 to the steam brickworks, with a true-to-scale model and a partial view of a ring kiln.
- Founded
- 1996
- Operated by
- Kultur- und Förderverein Schaumburger Bergbau e. V.
- Director
- Reinhard Falke (Projektleitung Museum)
Admission & discounts
Admission is free.
| Children & teens | freeAdmission is free for children and school classes. |
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| Groups | €2.50 per personGroup tours and tours with talks: €2.50 per person. |
Admission is free for individuals; a voluntary donation is requested.
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
Since 2025 texts are also available as audio playback, to include visitors with visual impairments or learning difficulties.
Kids & families
Children and school classes enter free.
Getting there & parking
The museum hasn’t published any information on this.
Amenities & dining
- Café
Farm café "Zum Pferdestall" in the house (tel. 05725 94940, cafe@hof-guemmer.de); breakfast by prior registration.
Events & venue rental
The museum hasn’t published any information on this.
Plan your visit
| Guided tours | yes |
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| Good to know | Tours and group offers (also with talks or a café visit) by phone arrangement at 0178 7263559. The computer stations show films, photos and eyewitness accounts; there is also a virtual 360° tour on the website. |
