Dorfmuseum Handewitt
Village museum in Handewitt with living rooms, kitchen, peat cutting and traditional crafts; free admission, donations welcome.
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About the museum
The Dorfmuseum Handewitt was founded in 1989 on the initiative of the Handewitt rural women's association, from which a working group for local history collections emerged. Because the collection had to make room several times, it was at times without a permanent home. Since 2001, it has been housed in the former school building on the Handewitt Kirchberg, which was expanded in 2008; the supporting association has been registered as a non-profit association since 1999.
Around 500 objects show life in the countryside in the early 20th century: a kitchen, a washing area, a pantry and a crafts corner, bedroom, sewing room and dining room, a "gute Stube" (best parlor), a hair salon, and a salon from the 1950s and 1960s. Other topics include peat cutting, old farm tools, textiles and needlework. Changing small exhibitions complement the tour.
A special focus is the project "Vom Korn zum Brot" (From Grain to Bread): the museum team bakes bread the old way and also takes part in the municipality's holiday pass program, in which children knead dough made of rye, barley and wheat.
Highlights
- Historic kitchen, washing area and crafts corner
- Living, bedroom and sewing rooms as well as the "gute Stube" (best parlor)
- Salon from the 1950s and 1960s
- Exhibit on peat cutting
- Baking bread the old way ("From Grain to Bread")
- Founded
- 1989
- Operated by
- Förderverein Dorfmuseum Handewitt e. V.
Admission & discounts
Admission is free.
Admission is free; donations are welcome.
Accessibility
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Kids & families
Great for kids & families
- Family tours & workshops
- Hands-on stations
The museum team takes part in the municipality's holiday pass program: in the project "Vom Korn zum Brot" (From Grain to Bread), children knead dough made of rye, barley and wheat.
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