Uns lütt Museum
Volunteer-run local history and everyday life museum in the former monastery guesthouse in Dargun, with 17 rooms on about 2,000 m².
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About the museum
The foundation was laid during the political upheaval of 1990/91, when a schoolteacher and her pupils rescued many everyday objects from the rubbish. More and more residents of Dargun and the surrounding villages took part, and the town made four rooms in the town hall cellar available. Because the rooms were small, the 23 founding members of the museum association gave the house its Low German (Plattdeutsch) name "Uns lütt Museum" (roughly "Our Little Museum"). The association has run the museum entirely on a volunteer basis since 1993.
As the collection grew, the town gave the association the former guesthouse of the monastery. With funding from the town and the state, it was renovated and opened as a museum in 1996, directly beside the monastery and castle complex. Today the house presents everyday regional history across 17 rooms covering about 2,000 square meters, as well as in the outdoor grounds.
Themes include living rooms around 1900; craft workshops such as the wheelwright's, smithy, shoemaker's and rope-maker's; a threshing barn with farm machinery and horse teams; rooms on forestry, water and meadows, on the railway and medicine, on flight and expulsion in 1945, and on 800 years of the Dargun monastery.
Highlights
- 17 rooms on about 2,000 m² plus outdoor grounds
- Living rooms around 1900
- Craft workshops with smithy, shoemaker's and wheelwright's
- Threshing barn with 30 horse teams and farm machinery
- Exhibition on 800 years of the Dargun monastery
- Exhibition on flight and expulsion in 1945
Permanent exhibitions
- 800 Jahre Kloster Dargun: Was war, was blieb? – Founding of the Cistercian monastery, life, economy and education of the monks, and gravestones of abbots and monks.
- 1945: geflohen und vertrieben – angekommen in der neuen Heimat? – Firsthand accounts from people who lost their homeland in World War II and started anew in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
- Tenne mit Landtechnik und Pferdegespannen – Machines and tools for grain harvesting, horse-drawn sleighs, farm wagons, and 30 horse teams in the gallery.
- Founded
- 1993
- Operated by
- Museumsverein „Uns lütt Museum Dargun“ e. V.
Admission & discounts
| Adults | €3.50 |
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| Children & teens | €1free up to age 5 · Students up to age 16 |
| Groups (20+ people) | €4.50 per personGuided tour for adult groups of 20 or more: €4.50 per person; for groups of up to 20 people, admission plus a flat fee of €20. Student groups with a guided tour: €2 per person. |
| Combined tour of museum and castle, adults | €8 |
| Combined tour of museum and castle, students up to age 16 | €4 |
Children under 6 pay no admission, and school classes from Dargun pay nothing either.
Accessibility
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Kids & families
Great for kids & families
| Kids’ admission | free up to age 5 |
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- Family tours & workshops
- Hands-on stations
In the smithy and other craft rooms, a lot can be tried out. There are activity days for children, such as a fairy tale puzzle during Advent.
Getting there & parking
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Amenities & dining
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Events & venue rental
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Plan your visit
| Guided tours | yes |
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| School programs | yes |
| Good to know | Guided tours by registration at +49 39959 593757. |
