Handwerk und Gewerbemuseum Sagar

Current exhibitions

About the museum

The museum goes back to a group of local and company chroniclers from Krauschwitz who, after 1990, began to safeguard evidence of regional history – partly because dealers were then buying up household goods and tools from the villages. In September 1994 they founded the support association, which remains the museum's volunteer operator to this day. In the same year the municipality of Krauschwitz made the dilapidated sawmill in Sagar and the former municipal office available.

Over the following years the members rebuilt the sawmill with its vertical frame saw of 1895 through their own efforts and relocated several barns from the surrounding area to the site of about one hectare by the mill pond. The first construction phase opened in September 1997. It was followed by a multipurpose building with a ceramics exhibition, a replica bloomery furnace for smelting iron, the steam engine hall with a 100-horsepower steam engine from a sawmill in Weißwasser, a wood grinder and a pulpboard press from Rochsburg, a village smithy and a restored portable steam engine.

The museum's theme is the economic history of the former Muskau estate, whose territory now lies partly in Poland: wood, clay, coal and bog iron ore formed the basis for sawmills, paper and pulpboard production, potteries and the ceramics industry. Workshops of a wheelwright, basket maker, saddler and shoemaker, a toy exhibition and machine demonstrations complete the tour. Since 2015 the museum has been part of the Saxon Route of Industrial Heritage.

Highlights

• Steam engine from the Sächsische Maschinenfabrik Hartmann with transmission
• Vertical frame saw of 1895 and horizontal frame saw in demonstration
• Portable steam engine from the Buckau machine factory, 1930s
• Bloomery furnace for iron production and village smithy
• Regional ceramics from the 17th century to the 1,000-litre vessel
• Historic toys with a large dollhouse

Permanent exhibitions

• Dampfmaschinenhalle und Sägewerk – A steam engine, portable steam engine, wood grinder, pulpboard press and historic frame saws show how power was distributed via transmissions and how wood was turned into boards, paper and pulpboard.
• Handwerk der Region – Workshops of a wheelwright, basket maker, saddler, shoemaker and blacksmith, as well as household management, small mills and a bloomery furnace for iron production.
• Keramik und historisches Spielzeug – Regional pottery and ceramics industry on about 200 m², plus two rooms with dolls, teddy bears, tin cars and a large dollhouse.

Founded

1997

Operated by

Förderverein Museum Sagar e. V.

Admission & discounts

Prices as stated on the website: 3 January 2022.

Accessibility

• Partially 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

Tour set up for wheelchair users, with a tactile guide path for the blind and a wheelchair-accessible toilet; the Saxon museum portal classifies the museum as partly accessible for people with disabilities.

Kids & families

The museum hasn’t published any information on this.

Getting there & parking

Amenities & dining

• Museum shop

Events & venue rental

• Spaces for rent
• Private parties
• Corporate events
• Weddings / ceremonies

Civil wedding ceremonies as well as rooms for conferences and family celebrations; family celebrations also outside the season by advance booking.

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