Der Neue Geschichtsboden

About the museum

The Geschichtsboden traces back to local historian Hans Schneider, who began documenting the history of his region around 1980. Farm histories, documents, photos, and objects soon piled up so much that his house was bursting at the seams. In 1998, Johannes Gottinger converted an attic for the collection, and in 1999 the "Geschichtsboden" opened. Over two decades, more than thirty exhibitions and almost two hundred lectures on local history were produced.

When the building in the village center had to be demolished in 2017, the Kastulus-Bader-Stiftung of the Leipfinger-Bader brick works took over sponsorship. In the company's headquarters in Vatersdorf, the Neue Geschichtsboden was set up in the renovated top floor, with a built-in elevator.

Today it sees itself as a museum, archive, library, and workshop all at once. The permanent exhibition shows selected key objects, a "collection cloud" of almost a thousand items, and a time machine for journeys into the region's past. The knowledge store brings together the virtual and analog archive as well as the library.

Highlights

• Collection cloud with almost a thousand floating objects
• Time machine for journeys into regional history
• Highlights: outstanding objects from some 1,800 years
• Knowledge store with virtual and analog archive and library
• Admission free

Permanent exhibitions

• Schlaglichter – A few outstanding objects from the collection serve as examples of the life and everyday world of people over some 1,800 years.
• Sammlungs-Cloud – Almost a thousand objects from the collection float through the room as a visualized memory, showing the diversity of the holdings.
• Vatersdorfer Zeitmaschine – A staged time machine takes visitors on a journey into the region's past.

Founded

1999

Operated by

Kastulus-Bader-Stiftung

Admission & discounts

Admission is free.

Admission is free; donations to the Kastulus-Bader-Stiftung are welcome.

Accessibility

• Wheelchair accessible: no information
• Elevator
• 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

The museum is located in the renovated top floor; an elevator has been installed.

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