Heimat- und Schulmuseum Mömlingen
Museum in the "Alte Schule" civic building in Mömlingen, with a historic classroom, a teacher's apartment, craft workshops, and an archaeology section.
Have only individual sections read aloud
About the museum
The Heimat- und Geschichtsverein Mömlingen was founded in 1978 and soon began collecting objects from the town that had survived. The broad "Heimatkundliche Sammlung" (local history collection) was first housed in unused rooms of the old elementary school, a building erected in 1855 from red sandstone from Mömlingen.
From September 1995, the municipality had the former boys' school renovated at a cost of about €1.5 million, and on October 4, 1997, it was handed over for its new use as the "Alte Schule" civic building. Since then, the museum has occupied the third floor and the attic, while a youth center is housed in the vaulted cellar. The collection has now been refocused on set themes.
The house is best known for its historic classroom, with furnishings and teaching materials from 1870 to 1950, and the adjoining teacher's apartment. Also on display are a home seamstress's room that was once shown at the Germanisches Nationalmuseum in Nuremberg, farm tools in the attic, a shoemaker's workshop, and a village forge. Since September 2017, an archaeology section titled "Langhäuser und Reiterkrieger" (Longhouses and Horse Warriors) has shown settlement history from the Stone Age to modern times.
Highlights
- Historic classroom from 1870 to 1950, with teacher's apartment
- Home seamstress's room, once shown at the Germanisches Nationalmuseum
- Farm cart with a lifelike cow in the attic
- Shoemaker's workshop and village forge
- Archaeology section "Langhäuser und Reiterkrieger"
Permanent exhibitions
- Historisches Klassenzimmer mit Lehrerwohnung – A fully furnished schoolroom from 1870 to 1950, with an adjoining teacher's apartment consisting of kitchen, parlor, and bedroom.
- Handwerk und Landwirtschaft – Home seamstress's room, shoemaker's workshop, village forge, and farm tools around a farm cart in the attic.
- Langhäuser und Reiterkrieger – The archaeology section covers the first settlers of the Stone Age up to modern-day Mömlingen.
- Founded
- 1997
- Operated by
- Heimat- und Geschichtsverein Mömlingen e. V.
Admission & discounts
Admission is free.
| Children & teens | –Children free on guided tours |
|---|---|
| Guided tour per person | €3Children free |
| Guided tour for school classes | €25flat rate, 1–1.5 hours |
| Guided tour for adult groups | €40flat rate, 1–1.5 hours |
Admission without a guided tour is free. Guided tours cost €3 per person (children free).
Accessibility
- Wheelchair accessible: no information
- 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
The museum is on the third floor and in the attic of the civic building; the cloakroom and toilets are on the ground floor, opposite the entrance.
Kids & families
Great for kids & families
School classes can experience "Lessons in the Old Days" in the historic classroom. Children enter free on guided tours.
Getting there & parking
By public transit
Bushaltestelle am Rathaus · 2-min walk
From the town hall, with its bus stop, it is about a 2-minute walk to the museum via Kirchgasse.
By car
Parking available · 2-min walk to the entrance
Parking at the town hall, about a 2-minute walk from there.
From the town hall, walk along Kirchgasse and turn left in front of the old church. Along the way, on the village square, are the Römersteine (Roman stones) and the Grenzsteingarten (boundary stone garden).
Get directionsAmenities & dining
- Coat check
Events & venue rental
The museum hasn’t published any information on this.
Plan your visit
| Guided tours | yes |
|---|---|
| School programs | yes |
| Good to know | Guided tours by the Heimat- und Geschichtsverein by appointment (tel. 06022 685612). Museum education tours for school classes last about 80–90 minutes and are sometimes taught in the old style: sitting in old school desks, exploring school satchels, reading German script, writing with a slate and stylus, and visiting the teacher's apartment. |
