Dorfmuseum Mertingen

About the museum

The Dorfmuseum Mertingen consists of three historic buildings that the Museumsfreunde Mertingen (Mertingen Museum Friends) have restored and furnished over many years, largely with their own funds. The first was the Museumsstadel (Hilaria-Lechner-Straße 13), an agricultural outbuilding built in 1899, opened in 1984. In 1989 the Sölde (Mardostraße 10), a small farmhouse from 1883, followed, and in 1994 the Alte Schule (Fuggerstraße 3), a schoolhouse from 1857 where lessons were taught until 1912.

The collection comprises around 8,000 exhibits from household and farming, crafts and trade, faith and customs. The Stadel displays farm machinery and tools, carriages, bicycles and sleds, workshops of village craftsmen, and a still working church tower clock from 1898. The Sölde contains a parlor, kitchen, bedroom, a general store and a traditional costume room.

The Alte Schule houses a classroom from around 1900, craftsmen's rooms, and a permanent exhibition on prehistoric, early historic and Roman finds, including a diorama of the Roman fort on the Burgberg. Demonstrations such as sauerkraut making, butter churning, cider pressing or threshing with a flail keep old working techniques alive.

Highlights

• Three museum buildings: Stadel, Sölde and Alte Schule
• Around 8,000 exhibits on rural life in Nordschwaben
• Classroom from around 1900 and Roman finds with fort diorama
• Working church tower clock from 1898
• Demonstrations such as sauerkraut making, butter churning and threshing

Permanent exhibitions

• Alte Schule – Klassenzimmer und Römerzeit – Classroom from around 1900, tailor's and bakehouse rooms, a smithy and loom, and finds from the Alemannic and Roman periods, with a diorama of the Roman fort on the Burgberg (Fuggerstraße 3).
• Museumsstadel – Bäuerliche Arbeitswelt – Agricultural machinery and tools, carriages, bicycles and sleds, craftsmen's workshops, a peat-cutting model and the old church tower clock from 1898.
• Sölde – Wohnen und Leben im 19. Jahrhundert – Parlor, kitchen and bedroom, general store, traditional costume room and historical photos of the village in the attic.

Founded

1984

Operated by

Museumsfreunde Mertingen e.V.

Admission & discounts

Admission is free.

Admission by voluntary donation (adults, children, students, people with disabilities). Free admission for holders of the Donau-Ries district honorary volunteer card (Ehrenamtskarte), Juleica holders (youth leader card), and members of the German Museum Association and other associations, upon presentation of valid proof.

Accessibility

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Kids & families

• Family tours & workshops

At festivals such as the garden festival at the Stadel there are games and activities for children; the Museumsfreunde take part in the municipality's holiday program.

Getting there & parking

Mertingen is on the B 2; the three houses in the village center are only a few minutes' walk apart.

Amenities & dining

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Events & venue rental

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