Museum der Stadt Marsberg
City museum in a historic school in Obermarsberg on the history of the Marsberg area – currently closed for redesign.
About the museum
The beginnings of the Marsberg museum cannot be dated precisely. Provost Ludwig Hagemann, founding chairman of the Marsberger Heimatbund, laid the foundation for a local history collection in the late 1920s; in 1932, a clubroom with a museum was set up in a shop space opposite the provostry. After years of stagnation, the head of the Sauerlandmuseum Arnsberg reorganized the scattered holdings, and on July 4, 1983, the local history museum reopened in the old savings bank. In the following decades, the collection and archive grew considerably thanks to volunteer commitment.
In 2014, the museum moved into the Sturmi-Schule in the historic district of Obermarsberg, a school building from 1901, and showed a new permanent exhibition in the classrooms on the first floor. It covered geology and copper mining, early history and the era of Charlemagne around the Eresburg, guilds and witch persecution, the Thirty Years' War, works by the Papen family of sculptors, and a historic pharmacy, among other topics. In 2019, the city council decided to rename it from "Heimatmuseum" to "Museum der Stadt Marsberg."
In 2020, the volunteer-run museum won the competition "Kleine Museen im Wandel" from the LWL-Museumsamt, the Westfälischer Heimatbund, and the Museumslandschaft Hochsauerlandkreis. Since then, a new concept has been under way; the old permanent exhibition was dismantled for this purpose, and the museum is closed until its reopening. An escape room on the Carolingian era remains available to book.
Highlights
- Historic school building from 1901 in medieval Obermarsberg
- Escape room "Mit Schwert und Kreuz" on Charlemagne and the Eresburg
- Guided hikes on the Geopfad Marsberg
- Tours of the Stiftskirche and the Nikolaikirche
- Founded
- 1930
- Operated by
- Stadt Marsberg (ehrenamtlich betreut)
Admission & discounts
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Accessibility
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Kids & families
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Getting there & parking
By car
Parking available
Parking at Kaiser-Karl-Platz opposite the Nikolaikirche and at the end of Eresburgstraße near the Stiftskirche.
Amenities & dining
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Events & venue rental
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Plan your visit
| Guided tours | yes |
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| Good to know | Bookable are tours of the Stiftskirche and the Nikolaikirche, walks through Obermarsberg, hikes to the watchtowers, and on the roughly 6.5 km Geopfad. Escape room "Mit Schwert und Kreuz" recommended from age 15 (booking via the inquiry form or by WhatsApp 0160 99512085). |
