Heimat- und Humboldtmuseum Eibau

About the museum

The museum goes back to the Eibau Humboldt Association, founded in 1864 as a natural history education society, which gathered natural specimens, curiosities and souvenirs from travels. Merchants from Eibau and missionaries abroad enriched the holdings, so the collection recalls the curiosity cabinets of earlier centuries.

From 1923 to 2012 the museum was housed on the Beckenberg in Eibau. The municipality has looked after the collection since 1951, and the Humboldt Association works on a voluntary basis. Following a municipal council resolution of 2007, the two attic floors of the Faktorenhaus, including the staircase and an elevator, were fitted out for the exhibition; the museum opened in its new location on October 31, 2012.

The Faktorenhaus, completed in 1717 in rural Upper Lusatian Baroque style, belongs to a listed three-sided farmstead whose restoration began in 1995. Today the museum presents local history topics such as brewing, aviation on the Kottmar, the village church and former trades, as well as movable Bohemian Christmas cribs. The Max-Langer-Stuben (parlors) display paintings by the Upper Lusatian painter Max Langer.

Highlights

• Humboldt collection with curiosities and rarities
• Brewing and aviation in Upper Lusatia
• Movable Bohemian Christmas cribs
• Max-Langer-Stuben with paintings by the Upper Lusatian painter Max Langer
• Baroque Faktorenhaus, museum reachable by elevator

Permanent exhibitions

• Dauerausstellung Ortsgeschichte und Humboldtbewegung – Humboldt collection with curiosities, village church, brewing, aviation on the Kottmar, local features and movable Bohemian Christmas cribs.
• Max-Langer-Stuben – Permanent display with loans from the studio of the Upper Lusatian painter Max Langer; the pictures show people and landscapes with Umgebinde houses.

Founded

1864

Operated by

Gemeinde Kottmar

Admission & discounts

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Accessibility

• Wheelchair accessible
• Elevator
• 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

The museum rooms on the two attic floors are reachable by elevator.

Kids & families

Great for kids & families

• Family tours & workshops

Museum education programs for children, for example on daily life in an Umgebinde house, customs through the year, milling, the Upper Lusatian dialect, the Kottmar legends and traditional children's games.

Getting there & parking

Charging station for e-bikes and electric cars at the house.

Amenities & dining

• Restaurant
• Museum shop

Restaurant Eibauer Brauhaus in the Faktorenhof; regional souvenirs at the tourist information office.

Events & venue rental

• Spaces for rent
• Weddings / ceremonies

Up to 60 guests.

Historic banquet hall with about 60 seats for concerts, lectures and celebrations; civil weddings in the former state room (Paradezimmer); wedding celebrations in the Eibauer Brauhaus restaurant.

Plan your visit