Hutter-Museum Großberghofen

About the museum

The Hutter Museum in Großberghofen is named after shoemaker Simon Hutter (1867–1952), who founded the collection. He came from a family of shoemakers, often worked as an itinerant craftsman (Störhandwerker) on the farms of the area, and from an early age collected everyday objects, books, and relics of bygone times. After World War II, the family displayed the collection in several rooms of their house and personally led visitors and school classes through the exhibition.

After a new residential building was constructed in 1986/87, there was no longer room for the exhibition, and the collection was to be sold to the Bezirksmuseum Dachau. Instead, on the initiative of local council members, the municipality of Erdweg acquired the Hutter collection. The Hutter Heimatsammlung friends’ association took over the exhibits and in 1996 founded today’s museum in the old parish house of Großberghofen, a branch parish house built in 1859.

The tour leads through five rooms and the attic: a newly designed archaeology section on the settlement of the Dachau region, the local history of Erdweg’s five original municipalities, a farmhouse parlor with 19th-century furniture, religious folk art including parts of a Holy Sepulchre, the Hutter family’s shoemaker workshop, and rural household objects under the impressive roof truss.

Highlights

• Collection of shoemaker Simon Hutter
• Archaeology section on the settlement of the Dachau region
• Original shoemaker’s workshop with Dachau Faltenstiefel boots
• Parts of a Holy Sepulchre and religious folk art
• Playground at the old parish house

Permanent exhibitions

• Archäologische Abteilung – Finds from the Neolithic to Roman times show the settlement history of the region and of Landkreis Dachau.
• Hutter-Sammlung zu Alltag und Volksfrömmigkeit – Furniture, religious folk art, the shoemaker’s workshop, and rural household objects from the collection of shoemaker Simon Hutter.

Founded

1996

Operated by

Förderverein Hutter-Heimatsammlung e. V.

Admission & discounts

Members of the friends’ association get 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 not accessible; the exhibition rooms are reached by a wooden staircase.

Kids & families

Great for kids & families

• Family tours & workshops
• Playground / play area

Spacious playground at the old parish house with a spinning carousel, rocking animals, a playhouse with a slide, swings, a sandbox, and a zip line. Occasional holiday activities for children, for example old children’s games at the playground.

Getting there & parking

Großberghofen lies northwest of Dachau and south of Erdweg.

Amenities & dining

• Café

Museum café with coffee and cake.

Events & venue rental

The museum hasn’t published any information on this.

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