Museum wiegen & messen
Cultural-historical technology museum with scales, weights and measuring instruments, focusing on Bavarian weights and measures.
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About the museum
Machine builder Johannes Schlender started with a plate scale in a majolica housing and over the years gathered scales, weights, dry measures and measuring instruments. When the collection outgrew the residence, he built an annex on the neighboring plot; in May 2000 the museum opened to the public.
In 2017 Schlender donated the collection to the market municipality of Bechhofen. In 2024 the museum moved into a municipal building on Feuchtwanger Straße, the former brush factory (Pinselfabrik), after it had been open at its old location in Königshofen for the last time on June 9.
Over 300 square meters display scales, weights in seven subgroups, grain and length measures, measuring and angle instruments, surveying instruments, hydrometers and thermometers, objects related to calibration, and vessels for liquids. The Royal Bavarian weights and measures system is of particular importance and gives the museum a special position in southern Germany.
Highlights
- Scales, weights and measuring instruments across more than 300 m²
- Focus on the Royal Bavarian weights and measures system
- Grain measures, length measures and calibration
- Collection of Johannes Schlender, donated to the municipality in 2017
- New location in the former brush factory since 2024
Permanent exhibition
- Waagen, Gewichte und Messgeräte – Permanent exhibition on scales, weights, measures and measuring instruments, with a focus on Bavarian weights and measures.
- Founded
- 2000
- Operated by
- Markt Bechhofen
Admission & discounts
| Adults | €2 |
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| Reduced | €1Young people |
| Children & teens | €1free up to age 9 · Children up to age 9 free, young people €1 |
| Groups (10+ people) | €1.50 per personper person |
| Families | €5Family ticket |
Free admission with the Bayerische Ehrenamtskarte (Bavarian volunteer card).
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
The public areas can be reached without steps or thresholds.
Kids & families
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Getting there & parking
The museum is at Feuchtwanger Straße 4a, behind the Pinsel- und Bürstenmuseum.
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Plan your visit
| Good to know | Visits outside Sunday opening hours only by registration at phone 09822 6060 or by email. |
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