Museum Reichenau
Museum on the monastery island of Reichenau covering monastery history, civic history, wine and vegetable growing, fishing and the island's customs.
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About the museum
The sponsoring association was founded in 1979 as the Förderkreis Heimatmuseum (local history museum support group); the Heimatmuseum Reichenau opened in 1982. The association built up the museum and still runs it on a volunteer basis today. In 1999 it received its current name, Museum Reichenau.
The museum is located in the center of the island at the Ergat. Civic history is housed in a half-timbered house that is said to be one of the oldest in southern Germany; it was formerly the seat of the monastery's administrator and the town hall of the citizens' community. Next to it stands a bakehouse built in 1788, which the association rescued in 1985/87 and moved here.
With the opening of the new museum buildings in 2007, an exhibition on monastery history was added. It covers the monastery founded in 724, the Reichenau writing and painting school, the St. Gall monastery plan, and scholars such as Walahfrid Strabo and Hermann the Lame. Two further small museums at the Romanesque churches of St. George in Oberzell and St. Peter and Paul in Niederzell complete the offering.
Highlights
- Monastery history of the UNESCO World Heritage island
- Half-timbered house with civic history, fishing and boatbuilding
- Functioning bakehouse from 1788
- Museums at the churches of St. George and St. Peter and Paul
- Reichenau Fasnacht carnival and traditional costumes
Permanent exhibitions
- Klostergeschichte und Münster – Exhibition on the monastery founded in 724, with book-painting facsimiles, the St. Gall monastery plan and the island's scholars.
- Bürgergeschichte – Life and work on the island, with wine and vegetable growing, fishing, a boatbuilding workshop, Fasnacht carnival, traditional costumes and a farmhouse parlor from around 1900.
- Museum St. Georg – Information on the wall paintings of Christ's miracles in Oberzell, painted around the year 1000.
- Founded
- 1982
- Operated by
- Museum Reichenau e.V.
Admission & discounts
| Adults | €8 |
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| Reduced | €6Guest cards (BODENSEECARD WEST) and residents of the municipality of Reichenau |
| Children & teens | €4free up to age 5 · Children and young people aged 6 to 17; guest card holders/residents: €2 |
| Groups (15+ people) | €6 per person |
Free admission for holders of the Bodensee Card PLUS and members of the museum association.
Accessibility
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Kids & families
| Kids’ admission | free up to age 5 |
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- Family tours & workshops
A children's program for ages 5 to 10 is offered at the annual museum festival.
Getting there & parking
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Amenities & dining
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