Experience the Collection of the Farmhouse Museum in the Lecture
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An evening about origins, collection, and museum memory at the Farmhouse Museum
On September 24, 2026, the Farmhouse Museum Bielefeld invites you to a lecture focusing on the museum's own collection history. Dr. Lutz Volmer will guide through more than a century of collecting, preserving, and conveying under the title The Collection of the Farmhouse Museum: From 1903 to Today. The slideshow lecture combines historical context with a joint viewing of selected exhibits in the museum and in the special exhibition.
The Collection as Cultural Memory
The Farmhouse Museum is much more than a place of rural past. Here, everyday culture, regional identity, and museum educational practice come together to create a unique art experience. The collection tells stories of objects that are not only preserved but are continually re-examined: What items were collected, why these particular ones, and how does the perspective on historical material culture change over time?
The lecture addresses exactly this point. It illuminates the emergence and development of the object collection since its beginnings around 1902 and makes visible how regional items became museum testimonies. Particularly in the examination of such collection objects, the close connection between materiality, memory, and scientific curation becomes evident.
A Museum that Communicates Living History
The Farmhouse Museum Bielefeld sees itself as an extracurricular learning location with a wide range of tours, workshops, and museum educational formats. The exhibition atmosphere combines historical buildings, rural architecture, and illustrative communication. Those who visit the museum experience not only a collection but an entire cultural-historical space where history becomes sensibly tangible.
Especially captivating is the dialogue between exhibit and location: In the open-air museum, furniture, tools, and testimonies of rural life unleash a strong spatial effect. This combination of historical setting and museum narrative creates an aesthetic experience that extends far beyond the classic lecture evening.
What Visitors Can Expect at This Event
The announced slideshow lecture with a joint viewing of some exhibits in the museum and in the special exhibition is aimed at art and culture enthusiasts who want to not only see but understand collections. The juxtaposition of object history, museum work, and regional context makes the evening particularly exciting for visitors from Bielefeld and the surrounding area.
The event will take place at the Farmhouse Museum Bielefeld at Dornberger Straße 82. The meeting point is at the museum's ticket office. Registration is required by September 22, 2026, with the Historical Society for the County of Ravensberg e.V.
Practical Information for Your Visit
The museum is reachable by line 24 from Jahnplatz to the Farmhouse Museum stop. Those arriving by car can use the public parking at Johannisberg; from there, it is about a seven-minute walk to the museum. The building is partially accessible for wheelchair users; several areas are at ground level while other parts of the building involve steps or stairs.
The café in the museum complements the visit with cakes, pastries, and breakfast in a historical atmosphere. Thus, the evening becomes not just an informative lecture but a perfectly rounded cultural moment.
Conclusion: This lecture opens the perspective on the museum collection as a historical memory and on the work of a house that keeps regional history alive. Those interested in museum culture, collection history, and Bielefeld regional history should not miss this event.
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