Fachwerkmuseum im Ständerbau

Over het museum

The museum is housed in one of the oldest half-timbered houses in Germany, a so-called Hochständerbau (high-post building) on Wordgasse dating from the first half of the 14th century. In this construction method the vertical posts run undivided from the sill to beneath the roof, and the ceiling beams are pushed through them and secured with wooden pegs. The house served as a residence from at least the 18th century and was inhabited until the 1960s.

Because of severe structural damage, the building was restored from 1965; in 1976 it opened as the Fachwerkmuseum. After an arson attack in the summer of 1997, the building had to be repaired again, and in 2025 a comprehensive renovation of the facade, timberwork and base followed.

The building itself is the most important exhibit. The exhibition by the Städtische Museen Quedlinburg leads through the development of half-timbered construction from the 14th to the 19th century, explains styles using models and shows salvaged decorative elements from demolished houses. Replicas of timber joints and carpenters' tools may be handled. The museum also provides information on restoration and reconstruction in the World Heritage town, which, with over 2,000 preserved half-timbered houses, is regarded as Germany's largest area monument.

Hoogtepunten

• 14th-century post-and-beam building as a walk-in exhibit
• Models on the stylistic development of half-timbering
• Timber joints and carpenters' tools to touch
• Salvaged decorative elements from demolished Quedlinburg houses

Vaste collectie

• Fachwerkbaukunst vom 14. bis 19. Jahrhundert – Models, original building components and tools explain how the construction and decorative forms of half-timbering in Quedlinburg developed over six centuries and how the old town is restored today.

Opgericht

1976

Beheerder

Welterbestadt Quedlinburg (Städtische Museen)

Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

Toegankelijkheid

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

The museum is not accessible; the rooms in the medieval house are in part very small. Replicas of timber joints and tools can be touched.

Kinderen & gezin

• Doe- en voelstations

Timber joints and carpenters' tools to touch; children and youth up to 18 have free admission.

Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

Service & horeca

• Café: niet aanwezig
• Restaurant: niet aanwezig

Evenementen & zaalverhuur

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

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