Haus im Schluh
Museum ensemble in Worpswede founded by Martha Vogeler, with works by Heinrich Vogeler, historic living rooms, and a working hand-weaving workshop.
About the museum
Haus im Schluh goes back to Martha Vogeler, the first wife of the Worpswede artist Heinrich Vogeler. After the couple had drifted apart, she left the Barkenhoff in 1920 with her three daughters. On uncultivated land at the edge of the village, the "Schluh," she had an old Lower Saxon farmhouse rebuilt, which she had bought for demolition in a neighboring village. Vogeler left the family furniture, paintings, documents, and library from the Barkenhoff, and from the very beginning Martha made his art publicly accessible in her living rooms.
To secure a livelihood, she set up a hand-weaving workshop, rented out guest rooms, and traded in crafts and Vogeler etchings. In the 1930s a second half-timbered house was added, to which the weaving workshop moved. The house became a meeting place for artists and writers; from 1946, the Worpswede Archive grew out of Vogeler's estate here, and it is now looked after at the Barkenhoff.
The ensemble is still run by the family today, in its fourth generation, since 2003 through the Heinrich Vogeler Stiftung Haus im Schluh (foundation) and supported by a friends' association founded in 1993. It belongs to the Worpswede museum association. The exhibition in the residential house and the exhibition wing shows Vogeler's career, from Art Nouveau artist to Soviet agitprop art, in the context of the family history; weaving continues on farmhouse looms more than 200 years old.
Highlights
- Heinrich Vogeler's large Art Nouveau painting "Spring"
- Martha Vogeler's historic living rooms with Vogeler furniture such as the rose cabinet
- Hand-weaving workshop with farmhouse looms more than 200 years old
- Museum shop with reprints of Vogeler etchings made from the original plates
- Thatched farmstead ensemble at the edge of the artists' village
Permanent exhibitions
- Heinrich Vogeler. Seine Kunst, seine Liebe, sein Leben – The collection presentation follows Vogeler's path from romantic Art Nouveau to Soviet agitprop art and links it to the history of his family.
- Zu Gast bei Martha Vogeler – In the historic living rooms, paintings, furniture, and mementos from the Barkenhoff are arranged just as the family set them up after 1920.
- Founded
- 1920
- Operated by
- Heinrich Vogeler Stiftung Haus im Schluh Worpswede (Worpsweder Museumsverbund e. V.)
- Director
- Berit Müller
Admission & discounts
| Adults | €7 |
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| Reduced | €5People with a severe disability ID (Schwerbehindertenausweis, from 50% degree of disability), members of the Verband Deutscher Kunsthistoriker (association of German art historians) |
| Children & teens | freefree up to age 17 · Children and young people up to their 18th birthday free. |
| Seniors | –No senior discount specified. |
| Visitors with disabilities | €5Concession from 50% severe disability. |
| Students & apprentices | freePupils, students, and trainees have free admission. |
| Groups (10+ people) | €5 per personPer person, registration requested. |
| Families | –No family ticket; children and young people are free. |
| Museum hoch 4 (combination ticket Barkenhoff, Große Kunstschau, Haus im Schluh, Worpsweder Kunsthalle) | €25Reduced €15; valid for one year, transferable. |
| Annual pass for the Worpswede museums | €49Reduced €29, including for residents of the Osterholz district. |
| Art hour ("Kunststunde", Thu 16:00, rotating among the four museums) | €3Plus admission. |
| Individual guided tour with Berit Müller (60 min.) | €75Flat fee plus admission. |
Residents of Worpswede have free admission if they bring at least one paying guest. Guests of the vacation apartments at Haus im Schluh have free admission. Admission is free during the exhibition changeover in November.
Accessibility
- Partially wheelchair accessible
- Elevator: no information
- Accessible restroom: no information
- 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
Partially accessible: the historic part of the museum can be entered with wheelchairs up to 60 cm wide; one threshold must be overcome. The rest of the exhibition area can be reached via a side entrance – please ask at the ticket desk.
Kids & families
| Kids’ admission | free up to age 17 |
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Children and young people up to age 18 have free admission.
Getting there & parking
By public transit
Worpswede Hemberg
VBN bus line 670 from Bremen Hauptbahnhof to the stop "Worpswede Hemberg"; from May to early October, the historic Moorexpress also runs.
By car
Parking available
Small private parking lot at Haus im Schluh; the large parking lot in the village center is recommended (navigation: Bergstraße 13), a short walk from there.
From the Moorexpress station, the museums are about a 20-minute walk. Connected to the art cycling route "Moor, Magie und große Kunst."
Get directionsAmenities & dining
- Café: not available
- Restaurant: not available
- Museum shop
Museum shop with woven goods from the in-house hand-weaving workshop, literature, art prints, and etchings by Heinrich Vogeler. Five vacation apartments on the grounds.
Events & venue rental
The museum hasn’t published any information on this – please ask the museum directly.
Plan your visit
| Guided tours | yes · approx. 60 min |
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| School programs | yes |
| Good to know | Individual guided tours with Berit Müller, great-granddaughter of Martha and Heinrich Vogeler, by arrangement. Group tours (max. 20 people) through the Gästeführer Worpswede (local guides), also in English, French, Italian, Ukrainian, and Russian. Thursdays at 16:00 "Kunststunde" (art hour), rotating among the four museums. Weaving demonstrations on the first Tuesday of each month, 15:00–16:00. School classes from the Osterholz district: free program "JiM – Jung im Museum." |
