Heimatmuseum Raunheim

About the museum

The Heimatmuseum Raunheim is housed in the former parsonage of the Protestant Martin Luther parish on Mainstraße. The building, erected in 1750, is under heritage protection. The town of Raunheim, working with the Heimatverein Raunheim, had it comprehensively renovated; after a conversion lasting about three years, the museum reopened in December 2016 with a new, multimedia exhibition concept.

The central theme is the term "Heimat" (home, homeland), especially in a town where more than half of the residents have a migration background. The exhibits range from prehistoric finds of the Linear Pottery culture to the present day, and show the development from a village shaped by agriculture and forestry into an industrial and service town shaped by the river, the railway station, the airport and the motorway.

The theme rooms include religion, with the wardrobe of the pastor Emil Thon, a restored confessional from the Mönchhof chapel and a model of a mosque; a historical schoolroom from around 1900; and rooms on everyday life and work, with kitchen equipment, rocking horses and a doll's stove from the 1930s. The museum also honors the Raunheim-born Japan researcher Johannes Justus Rein.

Highlights

• Listed parsonage from 1750
• Historical schoolroom from around 1900
• Confessional from the Mönchhof chapel
• Model of a mosque as a sign of diversity
• Finds from the Linear Pottery period to modern times

Permanent exhibition

• Dauerausstellung Heimatmuseum Raunheim – Town history from the Linear Pottery period to the present, with theme rooms on religion, school, everyday life and work.

Operated by

Stadt Raunheim (in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Heimatverein Raunheim)

Admission & discounts

Admission is free.

Accessibility

• Partially wheelchair accessible
• Elevator: no information
• Accessible restroom: no information
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• 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 first-floor exhibition area is barrier-free.

Kids & families

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