LWL-Museum Glashütte Gernheim

Over het museum

The Gernheim glassworks was founded in 1812 by the Bremen merchants Johann Christoph Friedrich Schrader and Cornelius Lampe on the bank of the Weser near Ovenstädt. The river served as a transport route for raw materials and finished goods. Glassmakers came from Lippe, Bohemia, Saxony and other regions; by 1830, rows of half-timbered houses with around 30 apartments were built for them, which today count among the oldest surviving workers' settlements in Westphalia.

A small factory village grew up around the production, with a grinding shop, basket-weaving shop, school, inn and the residence of the manufacturer's family. In 1826, the striking brick glassworks tower with a third melting furnace was added. The works made window glass, bottles, drinking glasses, laboratory vessels and refined luxury glassware, some of which was exported as far as overseas. Production ended in 1877.

After a long period of decay, the Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe took over the site in 1983, restored the buildings and opened the museum on November 7, 1998, as a site of the LWL-Museen für Industriekultur (LWL Museums of Industrial Heritage). In the glass tower, glassmakers now show in a live production demonstration how glass is shaped in front of the furnace. The manor house tells of the everyday life of the Schrader manufacturing family and shows glassware from the works' production, while a workers' apartment conveys the life of the glassmaker families.

Hoogtepunten

• Glassworks tower of 1826 with live production demonstrations
• Manor house of the Schrader manufacturing family with a garden on the Weser
• Rows of workers' houses from around 1830
• Glassware from the historic works' production
• Marble run and chime for children
• Museum shop with glassware made in Gernheim

Vaste collectie

• Glasturm und Schauproduktion – In the cone tower of 1826, you can watch glassmakers shape glasses at the furnace and explore the technology of historic glassmaking.
• Herrenhaus – The exhibition on the first floor shows the everyday life of the Schrader manufacturing family and glassware from Gernheim production; behind it lies the reconstructed garden.
• Die Arbeiterwohnungen – The glassmakers' rows of houses are among the oldest surviving workers' housing in Westphalia and offer insight into the life of the workforce.

Opgericht

1998

Beheerder

Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe (LWL)

Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

Gratis toegang: On individual free-admission days of the LWL museums.

Free admission with the LWL-MuseumsCard, LVR-Museumskarte and for members of the Deutscher Museumsbund and ICOM.

Toegankelijkheid

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

Certified under "Reisen für Alle" (Travel for All). Buildings accessible without steps, partly via elevators in the manor house and the basket-weaving shop; wheelchair-accessible restrooms in the basket-weaving shop, manor house and at the glass tower; two accessible parking spaces. Tactile models in the manor house and the grinding shop, short guide in Easy Language at the ticket desk. Cobblestones in places. Seated tours on the step-free terrace ("Gernheim Panorama"); LWL tours with sign language interpretation.

Kinderen & gezin

Erg geschikt voor kinderen & gezinnen

• Gezinsrondleidingen & workshops
• Speurtocht, doeboekje of kinderaudiotour
• Doe- en voelstations
• Speeltuin / speelhoek
• Kinderfeestjes

Family tour every second Sunday of the month; museum scavenger hunt with a map to borrow at the entrance; chime with glasses and marble run tower with a slide. Children's birthday parties with crafts for ages 6 to 14. A public road crosses the grounds.

Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

Via the A2, exit Porta Westfalica, B 482 to Lahde, then B 61 toward Bremen and right toward Ovenstädt. Reachable by bike via the Radkult(o)ur route, among others.

Service & horeca

• Café: niet aanwezig
• Restaurant: niet aanwezig
• Museumwinkel

No restaurant on the grounds; the shop sells cold drinks. Picnicking is possible in open areas, such as the manor house garden. Shop with glassware made in Gernheim, glass art and bead jewelry.

Evenementen & zaalverhuur

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

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