Keramikum
Exhibition house in the potters' village of Fredelsloh on its almost thousand-year pottery tradition, with reconstructed medieval ceramics and a museum app.
Over het museum
Fredelsloh on the edge of the Solling is considered a potters' village: for almost a thousand years, clay has been worked here without interruption. To make this tradition visible, the Geschichts- und Heimatverein Töpferdorf Fredelsloh (history and local heritage association), founded in 1996, set up the Keramikum, which opened in 2011 as an exhibition and activity house. The construction was carried out mainly through volunteer work and craft businesses from the region; the association also has its headquarters in the building.
On two floors the exhibition tells how ceramics were used throughout history, focusing on the earthenware for which Fredelsloh is known. On view are mainly replicas of medieval vessels – round-bottomed pots, jugs, mugs, cups, and cooking pots – reconstructed from soil finds in the surrounding area. Added to this are topics from the village and collegiate foundation history as well as connections between old pottery techniques and today's ceramic applications. A pottery workshop is also part of the house.
A special feature is the medieval kiln, rebuilt according to excavation findings: since 2006 it has been fired up once a year, usually in August, and the vessels fired in it are made beforehand in the museum itself. Since 2022 a museum game as an app with augmented reality has complemented the tour for young guests. In 2026 the museum celebrates its fifteenth anniversary.
Hoogtepunten
- Replicas of medieval vessels based on finds from the region
- Reconstructed medieval kiln with an annual firing in summer
- Museum game with augmented reality for children and teenagers
- Insights into the history of the potters' village and the Fredelsloh collegiate foundation
- Opgericht
- 2011
- Beheerder
- Geschichts- und Heimatverein Töpferdorf Fredelsloh e. V.
Toegangsprijzen & kortingen
De toegang is gratis.
Free admission, donations welcome. Group tours by arrangement for a fee.
Toegankelijkheid
- Rolstoeltoegankelijk: geen informatie
- 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
Accessible entrance to the building, accessible restroom, and seating in the museum.
Kinderen & gezin
Erg geschikt voor kinderen & gezinnen
- Speurtocht, doeboekje of kinderaudiotour
- Kinderfeestjes
Museum game as an app for smartphone or tablet: with the game character Mary, children and teenagers solve puzzles in the exhibition rooms and, in mini-games, recreate the path from clay to the finished fired vessel (with augmented reality). Children's birthday parties possible.
Bereikbaarheid & parkeren
Met de auto
Parkeerplaats aanwezig
Parking lot south of the Klosterkirche Fredelsloh.
Service & horeca
- Museumwinkel
The vessels made in the museum and fired in the medieval kiln can be purchased on site.
Evenementen & zaalverhuur
Het museum heeft hierover geen informatie gepubliceerd – vraag het rechtstreeks na bij het museum.
Je bezoek plannen
| Rondleidingen | ja |
|---|---|
| Goed om te weten | Tours for groups with different focuses by registration (for a fee). Church and village tours via the Touristik-Information Fredelsloh. |
