Museum Kulturbahnhof Korschenbroich

Current exhibitions

About the museum

The station building was erected in 1893 on the line from Düsseldorf via Mönchengladbach to Aachen, which had opened in 1853. When rail service on the line was given up in favor of the S 8 rapid transit line and the railway wanted to demolish the building, the town bought it in 1988 at the urging of the young Heimatverein and placed it under monument protection.

Since 1989 the Old Station has housed a local history museum, which the Heimatverein set up under the direction of Karl Reichartz through painstaking work and still runs today; the town has taken on patronage. After the lease for the station restaurant had expired, the building was converted with funding from, among others, the NRW-Stiftung and the Landschaftsverband Rheinland, and it reopened on August 28, 2005, as the Kulturbahnhof (cultural station).

The permanent exhibition in the left-hand part of the building covers the history of the town and the station on three floors, with station and railway staff equipment, rural living rooms, small farm implements, children's toys and craft tools. In addition, there are changing exhibitions. The right-hand part, the former restaurant, hosts lectures, readings, cabaret and civil wedding ceremonies.

Highlights

• Permanent exhibition on three floors about the town and station history
• Equipment of the station and railway staff
• Rural living rooms, small farm implements and craft tools
• Children's toys from earlier times
• Museum café on the first floor
• Listed station building from 1893

Permanent exhibition

• Heimatmuseum Korschenbroich im Alten Bahnhof – Permanent exhibition on three floors about Korschenbroich's history and the station, with railway equipment, rural living, farming, children's toys and crafts.

Founded

1989

Operated by

Heimatverein Korschenbroich e. V.

Director

Hilla Baecker

Admission & discounts

Admission is free.

Admission is free; donations toward the museum's upkeep are welcome.

Accessibility

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Kids & families

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Getting there & parking

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Amenities & dining

• Café

Small museum café on the first floor serving coffee, cake and cold drinks at low prices, run by volunteers.

Events & venue rental

• Weddings / ceremonies

Civil wedding ceremonies can be held at the Kulturbahnhof; the former restaurant section serves as an event room for lectures, readings, exhibitions and cabaret.