Heimatmuseum Wiefelstede

Current exhibitions

About the museum

The house on Hauptstraße was built in 1876 as a Brinksitzerstelle (small farmstead): a master blacksmith lived here and ran a small farm on the side. The smithy operated until 1936; afterwards a bicycle and motorcycle workshop, a shoemaker's, a driving school and, from 1951, a car workshop with a small petrol station were set up in the building. In the 1960s the writer Winfried von Wedel-Parlow and his wife, a pharmacist, bought the house and converted it into a residence.

In 1991 the property passed by will to the municipality of Wiefelstede, on condition that a local history museum be established. The Verein Heimatmuseum Wiefelstede e. V., founded in 1992, took over operations. In the main building, the association shows a gallery of changing exhibitions on cultural and everyday history and regional art.

At the rear of the property an open-air museum gradually developed: a bakery in 1995, a building with a wheelwright's workshop, joinery and smithy in 1999, from 2014 a 1625 Spieker (granary) with a colonial goods shop, followed by a new building with a hairdressing salon and a shoemaker's workshop. The open-air museum opened in 2019 with a Remise (carriage shed). In 2022/23 an extension replaced the old pigsty; it serves as an event room and for weddings.

Highlights

• Open-air museum with smithy, wheelwright's workshop, joinery and shoemaker's workshop
• Hairdressing salon, bakery and colonial goods shop from the 1920s and 1930s
• 1625 Spieker (granary)
• Gallery with changing art and culture exhibitions
• Weddings and events in the extension

Permanent exhibition

• Freiluftmuseum Handwerksgeschichte – In historic half-timbered buildings, a smithy, wheelwright's workshop, joinery, shoemaker's, hairdressing salon, bakery and colonial goods shop show the crafts of the Bauerschaften (rural hamlets) around Wiefelstede in the 1920s and 1930s.

Founded

1992

Operated by

Heimatmuseum Wiefelstede e. V.

Admission & discounts

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Accessibility

• Wheelchair accessible
• Elevator: no information
• Accessible restroom
• 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

According to the Museumsverband (museum association), there is barrier-free access to the building and an accessible toilet.

Kids & families

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Getting there & parking

Amenities & dining

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Events & venue rental

• Spaces for rent
• Weddings / ceremonies

The extension built in 2023 serves as an event room and for weddings in the municipality of Wiefelstede.

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