Chiemgauer Schulmuseum

About the museum

The Chiemgauer Schulmuseum is a private collection in the hamlet of Brandstätt, which belongs to the municipality of Tacherting in the district of Traunstein. An old classroom has been set up on the Schwoshuber family's farm, where original pieces from bygone school days can be seen – gathered over about four decades of collecting.

On display are typical teaching and learning aids from the 19th and 20th centuries, from slates and slate pencils to quill pens and abacuses to the typewriter. This makes it possible to understand what tools were used for teaching in the past and what everyday school life was like.

The museum places particular emphasis on letting children try things out themselves: they write on slates with slate pencils, try their hand at German script, calculate with the counting machine or knit a slate cloth. Visits are possible by appointment; the hosts like to tell anecdotes from earlier school days, and events occasionally take place as well.

Highlights

• Recreated old classroom on a farm
• Slates, slate pencils and counting machines to try out
• Write German script yourself
• Anecdotes from earlier school days

Permanent exhibition

• Das alte Klassenzimmer – School utensils from two centuries in a recreated classroom – many of which children are allowed to use themselves.

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Kids & families

Great for kids & families

• Hands-on stations

Children may write on slates, try German script, calculate with the counting machine, sharpen slate pencils and knit slate cloths.

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Events & venue rental

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