Museumshof Emmerstedt

About the museum

On the site in Emmerstedt, a district of Helmstedt, a farm has existed since 1753; it was operated as a Kothsassenhof, that is, a smallholding. In 1991 the Heimatkreis Emmerstedt e. V. (local heritage association) acquired the farmstead and set up a rural museum there, which is run by volunteers.

The museum comprises around 600 square meters of exhibition space in the former residential house, the stables and the barns, plus about 900 square meters of outdoor grounds. The collection numbers around 3,000 objects, from simple field tools to a threshing machine.

In the house you can see, among other things, the old kitchen, living rooms, traditional costumes, regional wildlife and beekeeping; one area is devoted to local mining at the Grube Emma mine. Workshops of the blacksmith, carpenter and wheelwright, the stables, a slaughterhouse, a carriage house and the loft above the stables with textile and craft themes complete the tour. A model railway runs through a re-created landscape. Events throughout the year include a Schlachtefest (traditional butchering feast), a Midsummer Night concert, open-air cinema, a museum festival and a Christmas market.

Highlights

• Kothsassenhof farm from 1753
• Around 3,000 exhibits
• Old kitchen and historical living rooms
• Grube Emma mine and beekeeping
• Forge, wheelwright's workshop and carriage house
• Model railway in a landscape model

Permanent exhibitions

• Wohnhaus: Alte Küche, Wohnräume, Grube Emma, Imkerei – On the first floor: kitchen, living rooms and traditional costumes. On the second floor: mining at the Grube Emma mine, local personalities, native wildlife and beekeeping.
• Werkstätten, Stallungen und Maschinenscheune – Forge, carpentry, wheelwright's workshop, stables for cattle, horses, pigs and poultry, slaughterhouse, carriage house, and a barn with tractors and a windmill model.
• Boden über den Ställen: Textil und Handwerk – Spinning, weaving and other crafts such as shoemaking, tailoring and optics; plus a model railway in a re-created landscape.

Founded

1991

Operated by

Heimatkreis Emmerstedt e. V.

Admission & discounts

Admission is free.

Free admission; special events such as the Midsummer Night concert and the museum festival are excluded.

Accessibility

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Getting there & parking

Via the A2, exit Helmstedt-West, onto the B 244; after about one kilometer take the first turn right to Emmerstedt, follow the village road toward Kreuzstraße and turn left onto the Leineweberstraße.

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