Glas- und Keramikmuseum Großalmerode
Industrial heritage museum on the clay, ceramics and glass history of Großalmerode, with a gallery for the local painter Heinrich Pforr.
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About the museum
Großalmerode calls itself the "Stadt des guten Tones" ("City of Good Clay") and looks back on around 800 years of clay and glass production. The museum of the history association shows how the raw material clay was won from the nearby Hirschberg, prepared and processed. Over the centuries, the product range extended from household ceramics, clay pipes and marbles to large crucibles and highly specialized refractory bricks. Staged workplaces and two video terminals make the working worlds vivid.
A separate room is devoted to forest glass from the Kaufunger Wald, which was made here from the Middle Ages into the early modern period. The glassmakers' guild, the Hessischer Gläsnerbund (Hessian Glassmakers' Association), was founded in Großalmerode in 1537 and was based there.
Beyond the trades, the museum focuses on the people behind them: their economic and social situation as well as their consumption and leisure habits, especially from industrialization to the 1950s and 1960s. The Heinrich-Pforr-Galerie, dedicated to the life and work of the local painter, is also integrated into the building. In addition, there is a historical-technical educational and hiking trail past old industrial sites.
Highlights
- From clay extraction on the Hirschberg to refractory production
- Forest glass from the Kaufunger Wald and the history of the Gläsnerbund
- Staged workplaces and social history of working families
- Heinrich-Pforr-Galerie
- Historical-technical educational and hiking trail
Permanent exhibitions
- Ton und Keramik – Extraction, preparation and processing of clay from the Hirschberg, from household ceramics and clay pipes to refractory bricks.
- Glas im Kaufunger Wald – Production of forest glass since the Middle Ages and history of the glassmakers' guild, the Hessischer Gläsnerbund.
- Heinrich-Pforr-Galerie – Gallery on the life and work of the local painter Heinrich Pforr, housed within the museum.
- Operated by
- Geschichtsverein Großalmerode e. V.
Admission & discounts
| Adults | €3 |
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| Reduced | €1Young people |
| Museum tour for adult groups | €30per group, plus admission per person; maximum 20 people |
| Museum tour for youth groups | €15per group, plus admission per person; maximum 20 people |
Accessibility
- Partially wheelchair accessible
- Elevator: not available
- Accessible restroom: not available
- Accessible parking: no information
- Service dogs welcome
- Tactile models & exhibits: no information
- Sign language tours: no information
- Easy-to-read materials: no information
- Audio description: no information
The main entrance has a flight of stairs, and a portable ramp is not currently available. The exhibition rooms on the first floor can be reached without further steps; the upper floors are only accessible by stairs. There is no wheelchair-accessible toilet, but the existing toilet is reachable without steps. Certified assistance dogs and guide dogs may enter free of charge. For questions in advance, call 05604 939412.
Kids & families
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Plan your visit
| Guided tours | yes |
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| Good to know | Group tours for up to 20 people, up to two groups at the same time; requests via the visitor inquiry form on the website. |
