Museumsdorf Hösseringen

Current exhibitions

About the museum

The Museumsdorf Hösseringen grew out of civic engagement: in March 1975 residents of the Uelzen district founded the association Landwirtschaftsmuseum Lüneburger Heide am Landtagsplatz zu Hösseringen, which still runs the museum today with substantial support from the district.

Between 1977 and 1993 the site largely took on its present form. Most of the now 30 buildings were moved here from the surrounding region and grouped into a clustered village and a single farmstead, the Brümmerhof. A village pond, wattle fences, cottage gardens, fields with old crop varieties, a heathland area with a sheep barn and a mixed forest complete the picture.

The furnished houses show living and working between 1600 and 1950. Themed exhibitions are devoted to beekeeping, sheep farming, flax processing, blacksmithing, baking and threshing; the exhibition “Steinreiche Heide” explores the use of glacial boulders and includes a megalithic tomb. Special exhibitions on the cultural history of the heath change every year in the exhibition hall.

In 2010 a new entrance building with a museum shop and seminar rooms was added. The collection comprises around 71,000 objects; some 30,000 visitors come to the museum village each year, which hosts numerous market and activity days during the season.

Highlights

• Brümmerhof with farmhouse from 1644
• 30 historic buildings from the Lüneburg Heath
• Exhibition “Steinreiche Heide” (Stone-Rich Heath) with megalithic tomb
• Heath discovery trail with Heidschnucke sheep
• Activity days such as the harvest festival, potato festival and crafts market

Permanent exhibitions

• Steinreiche Heide – Shows how glacial boulders, the heath's only natural stone resource, were worked and used over thousands of years, including a megalithic tomb.
• Imkerei in der Lüneburger Heide – Heather blossom, buckwheat and skeps: the importance of beekeeping for heath farmers, shown in the beekeeper's house from Eschede.
• Heidschnucken und Schäfer in der Lüneburger Heide – Sheep farming as a form of agriculture adapted to the barren heathland, and the everyday life of shepherds.

Founded

1975

Operated by

Verein Landwirtschaftsmuseum Lüneburger Heide am Landtagsplatz zu Hösseringen e. V.

Director

Dr. Ulrich Brohm

Admission & discounts

Members of the museum association free. Supervised school classes €3–12 per person, children's birthday parties €8–120 depending on the package. Admission prices may differ during events. Your admission ticket gets you €1 off at the Otter-Zentrum Hankensbüttel and at the Wildpark Müden.

Accessibility

• Partially wheelchair accessible
• Elevator: no information
• Accessible restroom
• Accessible parking
• Service dogs welcome: no information
• Tactile models & exhibits
• Sign language tours: no information
• Easy-to-read materials
• Audio description: no information

Entrance building accessible with accessible restrooms. Historic buildings only partly accessible, some via side entrances or mobile ramps – best to register the day before (05826 1774). The storehouse stairs of the Brümmerhof and the upper floor of the exhibition hall are not accessible. Hilly grounds with some unpaved paths; the heath discovery trail has steep inclines. A tour in Easy Read German and a house tour for visually impaired visitors can be booked.

Kids & families

Great for kids & families

• Family tours & workshops
• Kids’ birthday parties

Hands-on activities for children on event days, for example potato harvest or crafts. Children's birthday parties with a rally, crafts or cooking over an open hearth fire (inquire at least two weeks in advance, up to ten children), plus programs for kindergarten groups. Hand carts can be borrowed in the entrance building.

Getting there & parking

From the direction of Celle/Unterlüß drive via B 191 and B 4 to Suderburg; avoid GPS routes via forest tracks.

Amenities & dining

• Café
• Restaurant
• Museum shop

Museum restaurant "Alter Speisesaal" Thu–Sun and public holidays 12:00–17:00 (hot kitchen until 16:00). Museum shop in the entrance building with drinks, ice cream, regional products and books. Three picnic areas, rental of hand carts and umbrellas. Dogs on a leash allowed. E-bike charging station and bicycle repair station.

Events & venue rental

• Spaces for rent
• Corporate events
• Weddings / ceremonies

Up to 40 guests.

Civil weddings in the wedding room of the 1644 Brümmerhof farmhouse (max. 40 seats; €250, €50 surcharge outside opening hours and on weekends), inquiries through the Suderburg registry office. The entrance building is also used for conferences and seminars.

Plan your visit