Museum Reinheim
Municipal museum in Reinheim with a farmhouse parlor from around 1900, a working forge, a pharmacy, a doll collection and an air-raid shelter.
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About the museum
As early as 1911, members of the Odenwaldclub (Odenwald Club) collected objects showing how farming households lived and worked around the turn of the century, and exhibited them at Kirchstraße 41. This developed into today's museum, a municipal institution of the town of Reinheim.
From the early period, the kitchen, chamber and parlor have been preserved, furnished as if the residents had only just stepped out. In the 1970s an annex with a working forge was added, which can be in operation on Sundays. Next came a weaving room, a kitchen and living room of the 1950s, a gentleman's study of the 1930s, a laundry, and a small button-making workshop that recalls the Reinheim button-turning craft (Knopfdreher-Handwerk).
Special features include an old pharmacy fitted out with pieces from the collection of co-founder Julius Scriba, a large doll collection, a postwar emergency accommodation (Notquartier), and the air-raid shelter, opened on May 8, 1995, which is intended as a reminder.
Highlights
- Farmhouse kitchen, chamber and parlor around 1900
- Working forge
- Old pharmacy with a collection of remedies
- Doll collection
- Air-raid shelter from 1995
- Kitchen and living room of the 1950s
Permanent exhibition
- Dauerausstellung zum ländlichen Leben – Farmhouse parlor around 1900, forge, weaving room, pharmacy, doll collection, rooms from the 1930s and 1950s, and the air-raid shelter and emergency accommodation.
- Founded
- 1911
- Operated by
- Stadt Reinheim
Admission & discounts
Admission is free.
Admission is free; donations are gratefully accepted.
Accessibility
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Kids & families
The collection includes a doll collection and a kitchen and living room of the 1950s.
Getting there & parking
By car
Parking available
There are parking spaces in the vicinity, including at the Cestas-Platz, only a few minutes' walk away.
The museum is on Kirchstraße, on the right-hand side in the direction of Lengfeld, where Wallgasse joins. In Reinheim, follow the green "Museum" signs.
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Plan your visit
| Good to know | When the blacksmith has time on a Sunday, work is carried out in the forge. |
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