Draiflessen Collection

About the museum

The Draiflessen Collection was founded in 2009 by the Brenninkmeijer business family in Mettingen, their Westphalian place of origin. On a former production site, a museum building with exhibition space meeting international standards, as well as archive and storage rooms, was built alongside a conference centre.

The name takes up the secret language of the Tüötten, those Westphalian linen traders who travelled through Germany and Northern Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries and to whom the ancestors of the founding family belonged. The two parts of the word stand for concepts such as trade, Trinity, flax and home, and thus refer to the family's origins, faith and entrepreneurship.

The museum has no permanent exhibition. In the Main Space, changing exhibitions with artworks and international loans are on display; the Studiensaal shows book art and graphics from the Liberna Collection, with a focus on the 15th to 17th centuries; and DAS Forum offers insight into the study of family businesses through archive and collection. An extensive education programme with guided tours, workshops and excursions accompanies the exhibitions.

Highlights

• Changing art exhibitions with international loans in the Main Space
• Studiensaal with book art and graphics from the Liberna Collection
• DAS Forum on the history of family businesses
• "MuseumsSpaß" holiday workshops for children and teenagers
• Museum café with homemade cake

Founded

2009

Operated by

Draiflessen Collection gGmbH

Director

Dr. Corinna Otto

Admission & discounts

Timed tickets can be booked online or by telephone (+49 5452 9168-3500); spontaneous visits are also possible.

Accessibility

• Wheelchair accessible
• Elevator: no information
• Accessible restroom
• 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

All exhibition rooms are accessible to wheelchair users. Wheelchairs, walkers, walking sticks and folding stools can be borrowed free of charge at the reception; seating is available throughout the building. Accessible toilet in the foyer. On guided tours, headphones with an induction loop for hearing aids with a T-coil are available. Guided tours for people with dementia and cognitive impairments.

Kids & families

Great for kids & families

• Family tours & workshops

During school holidays there are the roughly two-hour "MuseumsSpaß" workshops for 8- to 16-year-olds, with a short exhibition tour and creative work in the museum studio. Family workshops can also be booked individually. Children can collect stamps for their visits in the MuseumsPass.

Getting there & parking

Satnav address: Georgstraße 18 (car park). The reception has been temporarily relocated to Bachstraße 31 and can be reached via a short, signposted footpath from the car park. By car via the A1 (exit Osnabrück-Hafen) or the A30 (exit Laggenbeck).

Amenities & dining

• Café
• Museum shop

Museum café with homemade cake, coffee and tea, also without a museum visit; groups of up to 30 people by prior reservation. Museum shop with catalogues and sustainably selected gift items.

Events & venue rental

The museum hasn’t published any information on this.

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