Museum der LVR-Klinik Bedburg-Hau
Psychiatry museum on the grounds of the LVR Clinic Bedburg-Hau, documenting everyday clinical life, treatment and the Nazi era at the institution; visits by appointment.
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About the museum
The museum is located on the grounds of the LVR Clinic Bedburg-Hau on the Lower Rhine and is run by the Landschaftsverband Rheinland (Rhineland Regional Council). Its route follows the exhibition rooms and tells the story of the former Rheinische Provinzial-Heil- und Pflegeanstalt (Rhine Provincial Psychiatric Hospital) and its clinical operations.
Room 1 covers the history of the clinic, its supply facilities and patient buildings, treatment methods of the early 20th century, and the periods of World War I, the Weimar Republic and Nazi rule from 1933 to 1945. Rooms 2 to 8 recreate everyday settings such as day rooms, bathing and washing rooms, a kitchen and nurses' rooms. Rooms 9 to 19 show medical equipment, the clinic pharmacy, large dormitories, restraint devices such as the straitjacket, and the development of bed treatment.
According to the museum's records, the exhibition also commemorates the deportation of patients in March 1940 and the victims of the patient killings (Krankenmorde). A memorial book and a memorial in front of the clinic chapel keep their memory alive.
Highlights
- Walk-through of the clinic's historic ward rooms
- Dormitory, bathing and washing room, kitchen and nurses' room
- Medical equipment, clinic pharmacy and restraint devices
- Documentation of the years 1933 to 1945
- Memorial book for the victims of the patient killings
Permanent exhibition
- Dauerausstellung zur Geschichte der Klinik – Walk through reconstructed clinic rooms and themed areas, from treatment and nursing to daily life, occupation and the Nazi era.
- Operated by
- Landschaftsverband Rheinland (LVR)
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Getting there & parking
By public transit
Fahnenkamp · 250 m
Bus line 56 to the Fahnenkamp stop, then about 250 m on foot. According to the clinic, the bus journey is not accessible for wheelchair users, as there are no low-floor buses.
By car
Parking available
There are several parking areas on the clinic grounds: on Bahnstraße, on Buchenallee, at the end of the Südlicher Rundweg, on Zum Weintal and at Grüner Winkel. Two accessible parking spaces are located at the car park of the Wadtbergklinik (Zum Weintal).
The museum is on the grounds of the LVR Clinic Bedburg-Hau (the clinic's satnav address is Bahnstraße 6). By car, take the A 57, exit Uedem, toward Bedburg-Hau; from Schneppenbaum, follow the signs for "Rheinische Kliniken".
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Plan your visit
| Good to know | Visits are arranged by phone; contact is through the clinic's museum team. |
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