Kindergartenmuseum Nordrhein-Westfalen

Over het museum

Behind the Kindergartenmuseum is a nonprofit association that was founded in 1994 to collect evidence of public early childhood care. Ten years later, in 2004, the museum opened at Quirlsberg in the center of Bergisch Gladbach. It sees itself as the only museum of its kind so far in North Rhine-Westphalia and is still run almost entirely by volunteers and financed through membership fees, donations, admissions, and tours.

On about 200 square meters in the lower part of the Protestant youth center Q1, the exhibition traces over 200 years of institutional child care – from the early custodial institutions (Bewahranstalten) through the Fröbel kindergarten to today's daycare center. A fully furnished group room from the 1970s, furniture from a GDR nursery, and display cases with play materials after Fröbel, Montessori, and Steiner make differences in educational concepts visible.

Further rooms are devoted to the training of kindergarten teachers and educators, including during the Nazi era, as well as toys, dolls, and picture books from middle-class nurseries. Most recently the exhibition was expanded with areas on Reggio and Pikler pedagogy. In addition to tours in the museum, the association offers online tours and visits daycare centers and senior care facilities with a museum suitcase full of historic toys.

Hoogtepunten

• Originally furnished kindergarten room of the 1970s
• Nursery furniture and play materials from the GDR
• Play and work materials after Fröbel, Montessori, and Steiner
• Areas on Reggio and Pikler pedagogy
• Toys, dollhouses, and picture books in the "Schätzchenraum" (treasures room)

Vaste collectie

• Geschichte der Kinderbetreuung – Seven rooms show the path from early care institutions to today's daycare center – with a furnished 1970s group room, GDR nursery, educators' room, and toy collection.

Opgericht

2004

Beheerder

Kindergarten-Museum NRW e.V.

Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

Toegankelijkheid

• Rolstoeltoegankelijk: geen informatie
• Lift: geen informatie
• Aangepast toilet: geen informatie
• 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 museum is accessible at ground level via the upper side entrance of the youth center Q1.

Kinderen & gezin

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

Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

The museum is at the end of the pedestrian zone next to the Protestant Gnadenkirche; arrival by bus and train is recommended.

Service & horeca

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

Evenementen & zaalverhuur

• Ruimtes te huur
• Zakelijke evenementen

The seminar and special exhibition room with about 20 seats, tea kitchen, screen, and flip chart can be rented for training courses and conferences.

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