Museum Reinickendorf

Over het museum

The museum building in Alt-Hermsdorf was built of brick in 1889 as a new schoolhouse because the old village school had become too small for the growing number of children; an extension and a rear building were added in 1897 and 1905. The collection’s roots go back to 1930, when a local history display was first shown at a high school in Reinickendorf. Its holdings later passed to the “Heimatschau” (local history show) in the Gutshaus Wittenau, which existed from 1959 and forms the core of today’s museum.

In 1980 the Heimatmuseum Reinickendorf moved into the former village school. Since 2002 the permanent exhibition has been redesigned room by room: from the campsites of Paleolithic reindeer hunters on the Tegeler Fließ and the six medieval villages from which the district emerged, to city dwellers heading out “into the countryside” and the 20th century with industry, war, and the Wall. Craftsmen’s workshops, an old classroom, a historic children’s room, a forester’s parlor, and a reconstructed Germanic farmstead in the garden round off the tour.

The museum received its current name in 2015. Since 2019 a dedicated room has been devoted to Dada artist Hannah Höch, who lived in Heiligensee for decades; the museum owns more than 100 of her works. In 2023, information on the colonial background of individual objects was permanently incorporated into the exhibition. The museum also looks after several memorial and remembrance sites in the district.

Hoogtepunten

• Reconstructed Germanic farmstead of the Semnones in the museum garden
• Finds of Paleolithic reindeer hunters from the Tegeler Fließ
• Hannah Höch room with works and personal items from the artist’s estate
• Historic children’s room with model railroad and toy cabinet
• Craftsmen’s workshops, village smithy, and old classroom

Vaste collectie

• Ständige Ausstellung zur Geschichte Reinickendorfs – Tour through the district’s history from the Paleolithic and the six founding villages up to the 20th century, complemented by theme rooms on crafts, school, childhood, and forestry.
• Hannah Höch Raum – Since November 2019, changing presentations from the museum’s Höch collection with prints, watercolors, collages, and personal objects that offer insight into her life in Heiligensee.
• Germanisches Gehöft – Reconstructed Semnonian farmstead in the museum garden with a longhouse combining living quarters and stable, a pit house for weaving, and a raised granary on posts.

Opgericht

1980

Beheerder

Bezirksamt Reinickendorf von Berlin (Fachbereich Kunst und Geschichte)

Directie

Sabine Ziegenrücker

Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

De toegang is gratis.

Free admission (according to berlin.de; the museum website does not list an admission price). Guided tours and some events charge a fee.

Toegankelijkheid

• Rolstoeltoegankelijk
• Lift
• 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
• Audiodescriptie: geen informatie

Rooms of the permanent exhibition are wheelchair-accessible, with floors connected by elevator. Step-free access via the rear entrance: ring the bell at the street and the porter will assist. Free digital tablet rally in Easy Read German, to read and listen to. The GalerieETAGE in the same building is not accessible.

Kinderen & gezin

Erg geschikt voor kinderen & gezinnen

• Gezinsrondleidingen & workshops
• Speurtocht, doeboekje of kinderaudiotour
• Doe- en voelstations
• Kinderfeestjes

Rooms to touch and play in (children's room, workers' kitchen, historic classroom) and a Germanic farmstead in the museum garden; free Actionbound rally (approx. 45 minutes), family afternoons, holiday workshops, children's theater and programs for daycare groups. Children's birthday parties from reading age (approx. 3 hours, up to 10 children).

Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

Service & horeca

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