Museum im Alten Rathaus

About the museum

The building on Kirchstraße was erected between 1898 and 1900 as the town hall of the then independent municipality of Wiesental. After the municipal merger and the construction of a new town hall in Waghäusel, the town made the rooms available to the Heimatverein Wiesental, founded in 1981.

In the upper floors the association set up the local history museum through many hours of volunteer work; it opened in October 1989. Since then the association has continuously looked after, changed and expanded the exhibitions, which cover around 450 square meters. A second, smaller collection is shown by the association in the Heimatstube on the Wagbachstraße, which opened in 1984.

The displays range from prehistory and experimental archaeology through the Roman period, with the Wagbachkastell and the Römerstraße, to local history, schools, churches and clubs. Work and occupations form a special focus: tobacco growing and cigar making, crafts, agriculture and a general store. In addition, changing special exhibitions are held.

Highlights

• Roman finds from the Wagbachkastell and Römerstraße
• Tobacco growing and cigar production, including cigar rolling
• Historic schoolroom
• General store and craftsmen's rooms
• True-to-scale replica of a Roman torsion catapult during action days

Permanent exhibitions

• Urgeschichte und Römerzeit – Finds from the gravel pits, traces of settlement and experimental archaeology, as well as the Römerstraße, the Wagbachkastell and the Roman settlement.
• Tabakanbau und Zigarrenfabrikation – From growing and drying tobacco to the finished cigar, with pictures from the factories and a rolling station.
• Ortsgeschichte Wiesentals – Founding of the village, its location in front of the Philippsburg fortress, the Baden Revolution, the world wars, schools, churches and clubs.

Founded

1989

Operated by

Heimatverein Wiesental e.V.

Admission & discounts

Admission is free.

Admission is free.

Accessibility

• Partially wheelchair accessible
• 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

Because of the stairs, the museum is only partly accessible for people with walking difficulties.

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