Heimatmuseum im Adler

About the museum

The local history museum is the work of the Verein für Heimatpflege Schifferstadt (Schifferstadt Association for Local Heritage Care), founded in 1926 and re-established in January 1948 after the war. Just five years after its founding, the association displayed archaeological finds and coins in one room of its clubhouse, and the collection kept growing in the following decades. Today it comprises more than 5,000 objects, which are shown in ten rooms covering about 250 square meters on the second floor of the former "Adler" estate, or kept in storage; the museum has been housed there since 1984.

The themes range from prehistory and early history through town development and 19th-century household culture to church art, weaving and sewing rooms, forestry, farm tools, blacksmith and wheelwright crafts, and military history. The centerpiece is the replica of the Golden Hat of Schifferstadt, found in 1835 and one of the most important Bronze Age finds in the Palatinate; the original is kept at the Historisches Museum der Pfalz (Historical Museum of the Palatinate) in Speyer.

For kindergartens and primary schools, the association offers its own programs, such as time travel into children's lives in earlier times, fairy tales in the museum, and hands-on activities.

Highlights

• Replica of the Golden Hat of Schifferstadt (Bronze Age)
• Prehistory, early history and town development
• Gute Stube (best room), kitchen, and weaving and sewing room
• Old smithy, wheelwright and farm crafts
• Programs for kindergartens and primary schools

Permanent exhibitions

• Der Goldene Hut von Schifferstadt – Faithful replica of the Bronze Age golden hat found in 1835, one of the Palatinate's most important finds from early cultures.
• Heimatgeschichte in zehn Räumen – Prehistory and early history, town development, household culture, kitchen, church art, weaving and sewing room, forestry, crafts and military history.

Operated by

Verein für Heimatpflege Schifferstadt e. V.

Admission & discounts

Admission is free.

Free admission.

Accessibility

• Wheelchair accessible: not available
• 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 second floor of the Adler building and is not wheelchair-accessible.

Kids & families

Great for kids & families

• Family tours & workshops
• Activity booklet, scavenger hunt or kids’ audio guide

Discovery learning for kindergarten and primary school children on topics such as everyday history, customs, town development and "Märchen und Museum" (Fairy Tales and Museum); play materials such as picture puzzles, dominoes, museum quizzes, coloring sheets and memory games.

Getting there & parking

Amenities & dining

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