Deutsches Stuhlbaumuseum Rabenau / Sachsen

Over het museum

As early as 1886, a call was made in Rabenau to collect antiquities and products of the local trade; the museum was founded in 1922. From 1931 the local history collection was on display in several attic rooms of the Rabenau school.

In 1978 the museum moved into the former stable building of the outer castle of Burg Rabenau on Lindenstraße and reopened as the Heimat- und Stuhlbaumuseum (local history and chair-making museum). A chair dealer had added a floor to the building with its groin vault in 1866 and used it as a chair manufactory; later it served as a residence. Since 1992 the museum has been expanded step by step with the support of the city and the Free State, and it was renovated and redesigned in 1993/94.

The collection shows chairs from the Baroque, Biedermeier, Gründerzeit, and Art Nouveau periods made in Rabenau, as well as tools, weaving patterns, and carvings. In 2005 the faithfully rebuilt workshop of chair maker Kurt Aehlig was added, whose machines still run on line shafts. The exhibition is complemented by the local history collection on the town's history, a wood library, and changing cabinet exhibitions. The museum is run by a non-profit association.

Hoogtepunten

• Chairs from the Baroque, Biedermeier, Gründerzeit, and Art Nouveau periods
• Machine room with line shaft drive from the Kurt Aehlig workshop
• Rabenau bentwood and Thonet chairs
• Wood library (xylotheque) with native woods
• Groin-vaulted room in the former outer castle of Burg Rabenau

Vaste collectie

• Holzstuhlbau – More than 400 years of chair making in Rabenau – from a craft practiced in almost every house to industrial bentwood production, shown through chairs, tools, and drawings.
• Werkstatt & Maschinenraum Kurt Aehlig – A rebuilt chair-making workshop whose machines are still centrally driven by line shafts, at the technical level of the early 20th century.
• Heimatsammlung & Stadtgeschichte – Objects and views on the history of Rabenau from the castle in the Middle Ages to the 20th century.

Opgericht

1922

Beheerder

Deutsches Stuhlbaumuseum Rabenau/Sa. e. V.

Directie

Daniela Simon

Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

Toegankelijkheid

• Deels rolstoeltoegankelijk
• Lift: geen informatie
• Aangepast toilet
• Gehandicaptenparkeerplaats: geen informatie
• Hulphonden welkom: geen informatie
• Tastmodellen / voelbare objecten: geen informatie
• Rondleidingen in gebarentaal: geen informatie
• Informatie in eenvoudige taal: geen informatie
• Audiodescriptie: geen informatie

The exhibition rooms on the second floor are reachable by stairlift; there is also an accessible restroom there. Tours for visually impaired visitors on request.

Kinderen & gezin

Erg geschikt voor kinderen & gezinnen

• Gezinsrondleidingen & workshops
• Verschoonruimte

Overview tours specifically for children and teens. On the footpath from the Rabenau stop up to the museum there are nature-based play equipment and a raven memory game, for which a small reward awaits at the museum. Baby changing table in the accessible restroom on the second floor.

Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

Check the Weißeritztalbahn timetables in advance. Rabenau tourist information: Markt 3.

Service & horeca

• Museumwinkel

Museum shop with publications, hiking and cycling maps, souvenirs, handicrafts, and a kit for a frame chair at 1:5 scale.

Evenementen & zaalverhuur

Het museum heeft hierover geen informatie gepubliceerd – vraag het rechtstreeks na bij het museum.

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