Museum Osthusschule
Volunteer-run school and local history museum in Bielefeld-Senne with a classroom from around 1900, a half-timbered school from 1832, and a large museum garden.
Over het museum
The Osthusschule was built in 1895 on land donated to the municipality of Senne by the Osthus family, and was inaugurated in January 1896 as the town’s third school. After the elementary school closed in 1971, the building served as a youth hostel and open youth center.
In 1993 the Senne district council decided to set up a school museum and neighborhood archive here. High school teacher and later local heritage officer Hans Schumacher and school principal Volker Menzel converted the building with a great deal of their own labor; in June 1995, exactly one hundred years after construction, the museum opened. Since 1998 a friends’ association has run the museum, and in 1999 an exhibition on rural crafts was added in the converted attic.
From 2002, a half-timbered school from 1832 from Oldentrup, which had been in storage for years after being dismantled, was re-erected next to the Osthusschule and opened in 2004. It shows how a village teacher lived under one roof with his apartment and a small farm.
Today visitors can see a furnished classroom from around 1900, collections of school materials, tools of Senne craftsmen, paintings and sculptures by regional artists, and the local history archive of the city district. Surrounding the buildings, some 7,000 m² of grounds hold perennial beds, a rose garden, an herb garden, and a forest nature trail.
Hoogtepunten
- Historic classroom from around 1900 with lessons held the old-fashioned way
- Half-timbered school from 1832 with teacher’s apartment and farm section
- Exhibition on rural crafts in the attic
- Museum garden with rose garden, sculptures, and forest nature trail
- Free admission, donations requested
Vaste collectie
- Schule um 1900 – Furnished classroom from the Imperial era and collections of historical teaching materials in the Osthusschule of 1895.
- Die Fachwerkschule – Reconstructed village school from 1832 with classroom, teacher’s apartment, and farm section.
- Bäuerliches Handwerk – Tools and equipment of former Senne craftsmen in the attic of the Osthusschule.
- Opgericht
- 1995
- Beheerder
- Förderverein Schul- und Heimatmuseum Osthusschule e. V.
- Directie
- Silke Schmidt
Toegangsprijzen & kortingen
De toegang is gratis.
| Groepen | –Guided tour €60 per group (max. 20 people); historical lesson for school classes €2 per person. |
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Free admission; donations for the museum’s work are welcome.
Toegankelijkheid
Het museum heeft hierover geen informatie gepubliceerd – vraag het rechtstreeks na bij het museum.
Kinderen & gezin
Erg geschikt voor kinderen & gezinnen
- Doe- en voelstations
The forest nature trail is explicitly aimed at children too; at stations they can discover playfully, for example which animal track belongs to which animal. Museum garden with lawns. For school classes, a lesson as in 1900.
Bereikbaarheid & parkeren
Met het openbaar vervoer
Museum Osthusschule
Bus line 40, stop Museum Osthusschule (right at the entrance); bus line 94, stop Vormbrock
Met de auto
Gratis parkeren
Free parking on the museum grounds.
Service & horeca
- Café: niet aanwezig
- Restaurant: niet aanwezig
Garden furniture and lawns in the museum garden.
Evenementen & zaalverhuur
- Ruimtes te huur
- Privéfeesten
Tot 50 personen.
The former classroom of the half-timbered school can be rented for celebrations and events for up to 50 people (small kitchen available).
Aanvragen & detailsJe bezoek plannen
| Rondleidingen | ja |
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| Aanbod voor scholen | ja |
| Goed om te weten | Guided tours by appointment for groups of up to 20 people. On request, retired teachers hold a lesson as it was taught around 1900. A digital smartphone tour is in preparation. |
