Heimatmuseum Langelsheim

About the museum

As early as the 1950s, Langelsheim considered a municipal local history museum, but suitable rooms were lacking. Only when the secondary school (Realschule) moved into the new school center did the half-timbered house on Mühlenstraße, built in 1870 as a boys' school, become free. The town council decided in September 1977 to convert it into a museum.

The opening took place in stages: on June 2, 1979, the entire ground floor opened; in 1980 the first rooms on the upper floor followed; in 1981 the craftsmen's wing. The annex became the forge, and a half-timbered extension became the barn with a grain loft. With the museum barn the ensemble was complete in 1986; a sawmill was added in 1997/98.

Today the museum shows local and regional history, from carting in the Harz foothills and the Kanstein castle to a historical school class, the printing works, a laundry, a living kitchen with an open hearth and agricultural equipment. The town of Langelsheim is the sponsor; volunteers take over supervision, supported by a friends' association founded in 2018. In the Bürgerstube (citizens' room) on the upper floor, civil marriage ceremonies can take place.

Highlights

• Museum printing works with Linotype typesetting machine
• Museum classroom around the turn of the century
• Kanstein room with model of the Kansteinburg
• Living kitchen with open hearth
• Forge, museum barn and sawmill

Permanent exhibitions

• Kanstein-Raum – The room tells of the mighty castle complex on the Kanstein near Langelsheim, dating from the 10th century; archaeological finds and a model complete the picture.
• Museumsdruckerei – Machines and equipment of a former Goslar printing works, including a hand press, an embossing press and a Linotype typesetting machine.
• Museumsschulraum – A school class around the turn of the century, a corner stove from a teacher's apartment and a study with an old library.

Founded

1979

Operated by

Stadt Langelsheim

Admission & discounts

Admission is free.

Admission is free, but a donation toward preserving the museum is requested.

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Amenities & dining

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Events & venue rental

• Spaces for rent
• Weddings / ceremonies

Civil marriage ceremonies in the Bürgerstube on the upper floor; the friends' association helps with the decoration.

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