Oderbruch Museum Altranft

Over het museum

The beginnings go back to the late 1970s: the Council of the Frankfurt (Oder) District then had plans developed for an open-air museum that was to show a typical Brandenburg estate-farm village right on site. In the 1980s Altranft thus became a museum village; after 1990 the focus was on interior exhibitions and event days on historic country life.

After the turn of the millennium the museum fell into difficulties, and in 2015 closure was even discussed. With funding from the Kulturstiftung des Bundes (German Federal Cultural Foundation), it reinvented itself from 2016 to 2020 – as a "workshop for rural culture" that considers the past and present of the Oderbruch together. The operator is the Museumsverein Altranft e.V., and basic funding comes from the district of Märkisch-Oderland.

The central exhibition building is the manor house, called Schloss, whose baroque core dates from around 1670 and which received a large extension in 1876. The tour also includes the Berg-Schmidt-Hof, built after a village fire in 1829, an old farmworker's house, the forge farmstead, the fire engine house and the patronage church. Each year the museum devotes itself to a yearly theme; exhibitions, salon talks and workshop books arise from conversations with people of the region.

The museum coordinates the initiative "Kulturerbe Oderbruch," with which the region received the European Heritage Label in 2022.

Hoogtepunten

• Oderbruch-Gespinst (Oderbruch Web) by Antje Scholz on topography and the ditch system
• Large marble run on the water system of the northern Oderbruch
• Village tour with farmhouse, forge, fisherman's house and patronage church
• Installation "Ein Zauber von Arbeit" with historic blacksmith tools
• Audio walk "Talk Walk" with voices from Altranft

Vaste collectie

• Das Oderbruch – Tour of the Schloss on the water system, agriculture, building culture, people and nature of the region – with photographs, films, listening stations and the room-filling Gespinst by Antje Scholz.
• Altranft in zehn Kapiteln – The village history from fishing village through estate-farm village to open-air museum, told in the upper foyer of the Schloss.
• Ein Zauber von Arbeit – Installation made of numerous forged craft tools in the fieldstone barn of the Berg-Schmidt-Hof.

Opgericht

1970

Beheerder

Museumsverein Altranft e.V.

Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

Tickets are valid as a season pass. Residents of Altranft have free admission. Separate prices apply for events.

Toegankelijkheid

• Deels rolstoeltoegankelijk
• Lift: niet aanwezig
• Aangepast toilet
• Gehandicaptenparkeerplaats
• Hulphonden welkom: geen informatie
• Tastmodellen / voelbare objecten: geen informatie
• Rondleidingen in gebarentaal: geen informatie
• Informatie in eenvoudige taal: geen informatie
• Audiodescriptie: geen informatie

Accessible side entrance with a stair lift operated by staff (please register in advance at 03344 333911). Only the first floor is accessible without steps, the other levels are not. Accessible restroom with an emergency call button on the first floor, but without a turning circle. Plenty of seating; paths in the village partly unpaved with gravel and cobblestones.

Kinderen & gezin

Erg geschikt voor kinderen & gezinnen

• Gezinsrondleidingen & workshops
• Doe- en voelstations
• Kinderfeestjes

The museum workshop for painting and crafting is always open; on program days there are open workshops (12:00–16:00, by donation, recommended from age 7). Children's birthday parties in the workshop (€10 per child, minimum €60, from age 7). During the holidays free workshops, such as stop-motion film from age 8. Playful stations such as the marble run on the tour.

Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

By car from Berlin via the B158 and B167. The nearest bus stop is about 700 m from the museum. Paths partly unpaved with gravel and cobblestones.

Service & horeca

• Café
• Museumwinkel
• Kluisjes
• Wifi

Cafeteria in the Schloss (Thu–Sun 11:00–17:00) with coffee, cake, cold drinks and savory snacks; seating in the Schloss, on the terrace and in the park. Museum publications and postcards at the reception.

Evenementen & zaalverhuur

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

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