Rotes Haus

Over het museum

In the 18th century, the clothmaker and merchant Johann Heinrich Scheibler made Monschau fine cloth a luxury article traded across Europe. Around 1760 he had an imposing double house built on the Rur that combined living and business: the family lived in the part called "Zum goldenen Helm" (At the Golden Helmet), while production and trade were run from the part called "Zum Pelikan" (At the Pelican), with the counting house, storeroom, and wool washing in the cellar.

Six generations of the family lived in the house over about 200 years. From 1909, the fifth and sixth generations reassembled the furnishings from heirlooms and purchases. In 1963 the Scheiblers, together with the Rhineland Regional Council (Landschaftsverband Rheinland, LVR), founded a foundation that maintains the listed building and makes it open to the public.

Thirteen fully furnished rooms in the style of Rococo, Louis Seize, and Empire show upper-middle-class domestic culture, from the kitchen with copper kettles to the ballroom with a stucco ceiling. Famous is the cantilevered oak staircase spanning three floors, whose banister depicts the work steps of cloth production in 21 carved scenes.

With funding from the LVR, the "Zum Pelikan" section of the house was redesigned: four themed rooms there explain pre-industrial cloth production, the family's trade network, and the importance of the soft water of the Rur. The house is a stop on the cross-border Wool Route of the Euregio Meuse-Rhine.

Hoogtepunten

• Cantilevered Rococo grand staircase with 21 scenes of cloth production
• 13 fully furnished living rooms of the 18th century
• Pattern book with more than 5,500 historical fabric samples
• 3D replicas of the staircase motifs and re-woven fabrics to touch
• Vaulted cellar of the former wool washing room (guided tour only)

Vaste collectie

• Hausteil „Zum goldenen Helm“ – Furnished living rooms of the Scheibler family from the reception area through the salons to the kitchen, connected by the carved grand staircase.
• Auf Tuchfühlung mit einer Familien-Dynastie – Four themed rooms in the "Zum Pelikan" section of the house on the family, on manual and home work in cloth production, on worldwide trade, and on wool washing in the cellar.

Opgericht

1963

Beheerder

Stiftung Scheibler-Museum Rotes Haus Monschau

Directie

Kristina Baotic

Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

Free admission with proof also for refugees and people entitled to LVR benefits. Because the second floor is closed, reduced prices currently apply.

Toegankelijkheid

• Rolstoeltoegankelijk: niet aanwezig
• Lift: niet aanwezig
• 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 entrance can only be reached by stairs, and the floors are also connected only by stairs; there is no elevator. On request, the team offers individual assistance during the visit.

Kinderen & gezin

• Doe- en voelstations

Children and teenagers under 18 have free admission. In the themed rooms, re-woven fabrics can be touched; peep boxes and media stations illustrate cloth production.

Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

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