Heimatmuseum Christinas Stuben

About the museum

The artist Gisela Ackermann-Minwegen set up the museum in her parents' home in Polch after her mother Christina died in 1981. The house still stood fully furnished with household items that had hardly changed since around 1900; she named it "Christinas Stuben" (Christina's Rooms) and began to collect.

The collection includes Maifeld furniture, clothing, and everyday objects from the last two hundred years, as well as curiosities such as a floral arrangement made of children's hair from around 1900 and a very old Christmas clock. In the former barn, the museum displays around seventy dollhouses and dolls from Thuringian porcelain manufactories, dating from about 1860 to 1930. The annex has a gallery of silhouettes and works by the founder, as well as changing exhibitions; there is also a library and a room for readings and courses.

Since 2016 a foundation has run the house, renovating the buildings and preparing them for visitors. Behind the house, a garden with an arbor invites visitors to linger.

Highlights

• Originally furnished parlors and bedrooms from around 1900
• Around 70 dollhouses and porcelain dolls from Thuringian manufactories
• Floral ornament made of children's hair and a very old Christmas clock
• Gallery of silhouettes and works by Gisela Ackermann-Minwegen
• Garden with an arbor

Operated by

Stiftung der Künstlerin Gisela Ackermann-Minwegen

Admission & discounts

Admission is free.

Donations toward preserving the house are welcome.

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Getting there & parking

Also reachable via the Maifeld cycle path; an access path from the cycle path leads into the Bienengarten.

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