Dorfmuseum Tremmen

Current exhibitions

About the museum

The wheelwright Ferdinand Lehnhardt acquired the property in 1879 and set up his workshop in the dwelling house. His son Otto took over the business in 1913 and had a workshop building of his own constructed, which now houses the museum. When the village was electrified, an electric band saw, a planing machine and a lathe were added; they still run today and are demonstrated to visitors, and turning is done on the lathe at festivals.

The idea for the museum came from a great-grandson of the firm's founder, who made the long-unused building available to the municipality. At the beginning of 1998 the municipal council of Tremmen decided to set up a village museum and to renovate the building. In March 1998 a support association was founded, which took charge of the construction and later also organized the operation. The museum opened on 27 May 2000.

Today it shows the wheelwright's workshop with working machines, a smithy and saddlery, and on the upper floor "Great-Grandmother's Kitchen" with a laundry room and a toy exhibition with a large dollhouse and model railway. In addition, there are new special exhibitions on village history almost every year; their topics are announced on the website. In front of the museum building is a medicinal herb garden with around fifty mostly native plants, and opposite stands an open-air exhibition with about fifty historic farm machines and implements. The museum is an institution of the town of Ketzin/Havel and is run by the Förderkreis Dorfmuseum Tremmen e. V.

The museum sees itself as a hands-on place: under supervision, children in particular may plane and saw at the workbench, look into all the cupboards in the kitchen exhibition, and operate the railway or build with Anchor building blocks in the toy exhibition. A museum festival takes place every summer; there is also often a herb course, specialist lectures for International Museum Day, a Long Night of Museums and a flea market. The dates are listed on the museum's website.

Highlights

• Original wheelwright's workshop with working machines
• Hands-on museum: planing and sawing at the workbench
• Blacksmith and saddler crafts
• Great-grandmother's kitchen and laundry room
• Toy exhibition with dollhouse and a model railway you can operate
• Medicinal herb garden and open-air exhibition of historic farm machines

Permanent exhibitions

• Stellmacher-, Schmiede- und Sattlerhandwerk – The preserved wheelwright's workshop with working machines, plus a smithy and saddlery.
• Urgroßmutters Küche und Spielzeugausstellung – Rural living of the past in the kitchen and laundry room, as well as historic toys with a dollhouse and model railway.
• Freilichtausstellung alter Landtechnik – Around fifty historic farm machines and implements on the footprint of a burned-down barn across from the museum.

Founded

2000

Operated by

Stadt Ketzin/Havel; Betrieb durch den Förderkreis Dorfmuseum Tremmen e. V.

Admission & discounts

Free admission for patrons, sponsors and members of the museum association, for tour guides and coach drivers of tour groups, for companions of people with disabilities, for holders of the Ehrenamtskarte of the states of Brandenburg and Berlin, and for members of the museum federation (Museumsverband).

Accessibility

• Partially wheelchair accessible
• Elevator: not available
• Accessible restroom: no information
• Accessible parking: no information
• Service dogs welcome: no information
• Tactile models & exhibits
• Sign language tours: no information
• Easy-to-read materials: no information
• Audio description: no information

The open-air exhibition, the medicinal herb garden and the ground floor of the museum building are largely accessible to wheelchair users; staff will help with one step. The upper floor of the historic building can only be reached by stairs. Visitors who cannot use them can watch a film of about 30 minutes on a monitor on the ground floor, showing everything that can be seen upstairs. There are no texts in Braille, but there are only a few captions anyway: since every visit is a guided tour from room to room, blind guests learn the essentials through conversation, and under supervision almost everything may be touched. People with intellectual disabilities have also already been guided through the museum.

Kids & families

Great for kids & families

• Family tours & workshops
• Hands-on stations

Children are at the heart of the museum: for daycare groups and school classes there are experienced staff with proven programs, and on family visits the tours are aimed mainly at the children. Under supervision, children may plane and saw at the workbench, look into all the cupboards in the kitchen exhibition, operate the model railway and build with Anchor building blocks. The museum association's youth group occasionally guides other children through the building itself. Family ticket €5.

Getting there & parking

By car from Berlin/Spandau via the B5 and past the Wustermark traffic junction toward Ketzin; from Potsdam via the B 273 and Uetz to Paretz; from Brandenburg via Weseram, Roskow and Zachow.

Amenities & dining

• Restaurant: not available
• Museum shop

Museum shop with brochures, souvenirs and wooden toys as well as cold drinks; brochures can be ordered by email. There is no longer an inn in Tremmen; several inns are located in Ketzin/Havel, about 8 km away.

Events & venue rental

The museum announces the dates of the annual events on its website.

Plan your visit