Leutesdorfer Dorfmuseum

About the museum

The Leutesdorf village museum goes back to the collecting passion of Willi Vermaaten, who for decades gathered evidence of local history. To preserve it permanently, he founded the association "Leutesdorfer Dorfmuseum", established on April 9, 2003. In 2005 Vermaaten transferred his entire local history collection to the association, which has since archived it and presented it to the public.

Since May 2011, the museum has had new, significantly larger exhibition rooms in the annex of the Leutesdorf community center on Oelbergstraße. On display are photographs and objects from earlier village life, such as the tools of cobblers and coopers, the laborious work of washday, the customs of organized neighborhood groups and portraits of well-known residents. A separate area is devoted to the winemaking trade, from the vineyard to the bottle, as befits a wine village.

The association also involves young people: school classes learn about the products and working methods of earlier times at the museum. The museum shop sells pewter figures of the Zolltor (toll gate), postcards, wine glasses and books on local history.

Highlights

• Craft tools of cobblers and coopers
• Winemaking from vineyard to bottle
• Furnishings for washday and everyday life in earlier times
• Neighborhood records and biographies of well-known Leutesdorfers

Permanent exhibition

• Leutesdorfer Ortsgeschichte – Photos and objects show crafts, household life, neighborhood groups and winegrowing in earlier Leutesdorf.

Founded

2003

Operated by

Leutesdorfer Dorfmuseum e.V.

Admission & discounts

Admission is free.

Donations to the association are welcome.

Accessibility

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Kids & families

• Family tours & workshops

For school groups there is a museum quiz with activities, such as making sauerkraut or doing the laundry the way great-grandmother did.

Getting there & parking

From the B 42 in the town center by the parish church, cross the Laurentiusbrücke and take the first right into Oelbergstraße; the museum is on the right in the wing of the community center building.

Amenities & dining

• Museum shop

Small shop with pewter figures, postcards, wine glasses and local history books.

Events & venue rental

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