Museum Geismar

About the museum

The museum is run by the Heimat- und Kulturverein Geismar (local heritage and culture association), founded in 1996 following the village's 800th anniversary celebration to preserve old customs. Since then the association has, among other things, put a restored loom from 1786 back into operation and can demonstrate the entire process from flax to finished linen, from sowing to cloth.

A second focus is mining, which produced copper and silver around Geismar from 1590 to 1818 and only paused during the Thirty Years' War. At its peak, around 180 miners worked there every day, three quarters of them from the village itself. True-to-scale models at a scale of 1:20, remains from the smelting furnaces, tools, fossils and ores make this history vivid; visitors can crawl through a replica mine tunnel with a miner's lamp.

Since 2014 the museum has been the starting point of the GeoPfad Geismar in the Geopark GrenzWelten. The association's grounds also include a herb garden and the village's bakehouse, where bread is regularly baked in the traditional way.

Highlights

• Permanent exhibition "Vom Flachs zum Leinen" (From Flax to Linen) with display and hands-on stations
• Loom from 1786, back in operation
• Copper and silver mining with 1:20 scale models and a replica tunnel
• Fossils and ores, including the "Frankenberger Kornähre"
• Starting point of the GeoPfad Geismar

Permanent exhibitions

• Vom Flachs zum Leinen – All work steps from sowing to woven cloth are shown with historical tools such as flax brakes, hackles, spinning wheels and looms, and some can be tried out.
• Kupfer- und Silberbergbau in Geismar – Models at 1:20 scale, picture panels, tools, fossils and ores tell of two centuries of ore mining; a replica tunnel can be explored with a miner's lamp.

Operated by

Heimat- und Kulturverein e. V. Geismar 1996

Admission & discounts

Admission is free.

Admission is free.

Accessibility

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Kids & families

Great for kids & families

• Hands-on stations

On the subject of flax there are display and hands-on stations; some functional models of the mining exhibition may be tried out, and the replica tunnel invites visitors to crawl through with a miner's lamp. School classes and kindergartens from the area visit the museum regularly.

Getting there & parking

The GeoPfad Geismar leads from the museum through the former mining area.

Amenities & dining

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Events & venue rental

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