Museum im Ritterhaus

Over het museum

Collecting began in Offenburg as early as 1884. On June 3, 1900, the Museum für Natur- und Völkerkunde (museum of natural history and ethnology) opened in the building of the St. Andreas Hospital, initiated by district secretary Carl Frowin Mayer, with a broad collection ranging from archaeological finds through coins and traditional costumes to ethnographica. Under Ernst Batzer, local history moved into the foreground from 1917, and in 1924 it was renamed Städtische Sammlungen.

In 1958, the museum moved to the Ritterhaus on Ritterstraße. The building, Neoclassical in character, had been built in 1784 for the imperial mayor Franz Georg von Rienecker and later served the Ortenau Imperial Knighthood, as barracks, and as a courthouse; a stair tower with a spiral staircase of red sandstone has been preserved. After a fundamental renewal, the museum reopened in 1989.

From 2011, all permanent exhibitions were redesigned: first the city history, then natural history, archaeology, and the colonial-era collection, and finally, at the end of 2018, the imperial city period. Today the holdings number more than 10,000 objects, and all exhibitions are labeled in German and French. The museum also includes branch sites such as the Mikveh, the Atelierhaus Vollmer, and the Lapidarium.

Hoogtepunten

• City history from the imperial city to the economic miracle
• Archaeology of the Ortenau from the Stone Age to the Alemanni
• Family-friendly natural history department "Wald – Land – Fluss" (Forest – Land – River)
• Critically presented colonial-era collection
• Free audio guide in German, French, and English

Vaste collectie

• Offenburg in der Welt – 1000 Jahre Stadtgeschichte – Tour through the history of the city from the medieval imperial city to the 20th century, complemented by the section "Offenburg 1848–1970" between revolution and economic miracle.
• Verdammt lang her! Archäologie in der Ortenau – Archaeological finds from the region from the Stone Age to the time of the Alemanni.
• Wald – Land – Fluss – Natural history of the Ortenau, presented around children's questions and especially suitable for families.

Opgericht

1900

Beheerder

Stadt Offenburg

Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

Gratis toegang: every Friday

Free admission also with the Museums-PASS-Musée and the ICOM card.

Toegankelijkheid

• Rolstoeltoegankelijk
• Lift
• 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

Access via the redesigned foyer with an elevator; wheelchair-accessible restroom. Tours for blind and visually impaired people.

Kinderen & gezin

Erg geschikt voor kinderen & gezinnen

• Gezinsrondleidingen & workshops
• Kinderfeestjes

Over 60 museum education courses for children, daycare centers, and schools as well as children's birthday parties (90 or 120 minutes). The natural history and geology departments start from children's questions and are designed as a family museum. Admission free up to age 21.

Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

Entrance on Gerichtsstraße.

Service & horeca

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