Holzhandwerksmuseum Hiddenhausen
Volunteer-run museum in two Baroque tithe barns at Gut Hiddenhausen with more than 1,500 historic woodworking tools and machines.
Over het museum
The foundation of the Holzhandwerksmuseum (woodcraft museum) is the tool collection of Heinrich Möhlmann of Hiddenhausen, a retired civil servant who had been enthusiastic about wood since childhood. Together with friends, he gathered old hand tools and woodworking machines from carpentry shops and workshops that would otherwise have been scrapped. In 1995 the collectors, with further supporters, founded the Förderverein für das Holzhandwerksmuseum im Kreis Herford (friends' association), which still runs the museum on a volunteer basis today.
The initiators found two half-timbered barns from 1723 and 1742 on the listed Gut Hiddenhausen estate, originally used as tithe barns, as the exhibition buildings. After extensive restoration, the first woodcraft museum in East Westphalia-Lippe opened in 1997.
On display are more than 1,500 objects from the time before the middle of the 20th century, including a fully equipped carpentry workshop and tools from carpentry, wheelwrighting, woodturning, cooperage, and clog making. Alongside the museum, the KulturWerkstatt offers courses and events, and a café is located in the former workshop next door.
Hoogtepunten
- More than 1,500 historic tools and machines
- Fully equipped carpentry workshop
- Two tithe barns from 1723 and 1742
- Location on the Baroque Gut Hiddenhausen estate
- Children's birthday parties with hands-on workshop activities
Vaste collectie
- Werkzeuge und Maschinen des Holzhandwerks – Collection of historic hand tools and machine tools from various woodworking trades in two half-timbered barns, with a fully equipped carpentry workshop.
- Opgericht
- 1997
- Beheerder
- Förderverein für das Holzhandwerksmuseum im Kreis Herford e.V.
Toegangsprijzen & kortingen
| Volwassenen | € 2 |
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| Kinderen & jongeren | € 1gratis t/m 11 jaar · Also €1 for special exhibitions. |
| Groepen | –Guided tours: base fee €30 plus admission. |
| Admission for special exhibitions (adults) | € 3 |
| Guided tour (base fee plus admission) | € 30 |
| Children's birthday party (base fee) | € 30Plus adult admission and €3–15 for materials per child. |
Toegankelijkheid
Het museum heeft hierover geen informatie gepubliceerd – vraag het rechtstreeks na bij het museum.
Kinderen & gezin
Erg geschikt voor kinderen & gezinnen
| Toegang kinderen | gratis t/m 11 jaar |
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- Gezinsrondleidingen & workshops
- Kinderfeestjes
Children's birthday parties with crafts or workshop activities by appointment, also outside opening hours.
Bereikbaarheid & parkeren
Met de auto
Parkeerplaats aanwezig
Parking lot right at the museum; also roadside parking on Maschstraße (K36), on the street Unter der Weide, and on Neuer Weg by the cemetery.
Service & horeca
- Café
Café Alte Werkstatt right next to the museum (breakfast on Sundays from 10:00, cake from 14:00).
Evenementen & zaalverhuur
Het museum heeft hierover geen informatie gepubliceerd – vraag het rechtstreeks na bij het museum.
Je bezoek plannen
| Rondleidingen | ja |
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| Goed om te weten | Guided tours by appointment at tel. 05223 84882 or kontakt@holzhandwerksmuseum.de. |
