Stadtmuseum Zehentstadel

About the museum

The Zehentstadel on the Spitalhof served from 1547 as a granary for the grain that farmers delivered as dues to the Nabburg hospital foundation. From 1585 the brewmaster of the neighboring white beer brewery also lived here. From 1840 the building was only a barn with a vaulted cellar, and over the decades it fell increasingly into disrepair.

The idea of a town museum emerged in the late 1990s; a culture and museum association was founded to support the town in setting up and running it. From the end of 1999 the building, which was at risk of collapse, was renovated; the topping-out ceremony took place in June 2000, and by early 2003 the restoration was nearly complete. The house opened with a special exhibition on the two-hundred-year history of the Zinngießerei Schreiner pewter foundry.

In 2005 the natural history section “Von Menschen und Tieren” (Of People and Animals) opened, and in 2009 “Von Menschen und ihrer Stadt” (Of People and Their Town) followed. This completed the town museum. Both sections are aimed primarily at children and young people: animal specimens can be made to “speak” via touchscreens, and town history is told with only a few objects, but with drawings, photos, comics and audio books.

Highlights

• Natural history section with a hands-on area and touchscreens for animal specimens
• Cultural history of Nabburg from the Stone Age to the present in around 300 steps
• Prehistory, early history and town history told as one connected story
• History through drawings, photos, comics and audio books
• Workshops, school programs and children's birthday parties

Permanent exhibitions

• Von Menschen und Tieren – Natural history section with animal specimens, dioramas and a participatory area where touchscreens bring the specimens to life.
• Von Menschen und ihrer Stadt – Cultural history of the Naab valley and Nabburg from the Stone Age through the Celts, Romans and the Middle Ages to the present, told with drawings, photos, comics and audio books.

Operated by

Stadt Nabburg

Director

Gotthard Kemmether

Admission & discounts

Accessibility

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

Step-free side entrance (passage width 1 m) and an elevator up to the third floor; not all exhibition rooms are accessible, and the gallery (part 2 of “Von Menschen und ihrer Stadt”) is excluded. Accessible toilet on the first floor without an automatic door opener. The museum also provides information in Easy Language (Leichte Sprache).

Kids & families

Great for kids & families

• Family tours & workshops
• Activity booklet, scavenger hunt or kids’ audio guide
• Hands-on stations
• Kids’ birthday parties

The house is designed for children and young people: a hands-on area with a feel trail and animal touchscreens, activity sheets and workshops on town history (including a radio play and sealing a certificate), and natural history projects about water, forest and hedgerows, partly outdoors. Children's birthday parties last three hours and are meant for a maximum of ten children.

Getting there & parking

The Stadtmuseum Zehentstadel is at Obertor 3a in the old town; the Schmidt-Haus museum is at Oberer Markt 4.

Amenities & dining

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Events & venue rental

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