Shaping Home - Telling Westphalia at the Bielefeld Farmhouse Museum
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How Westphalia understands and continually reshapes home
The exhibition Shaping Home - Telling Westphalia at the Bielefeld Farmhouse Museum is dedicated to the history of the Westphalian Home Association from 1915 to the present. At the opening on November 15, 2026, the historical atmosphere of the open-air museum combines with an artistic and cultural historical examination of belonging, engagement, and regional identity.
Home as a Transformable Idea
The presentation asks what home means and how this concept has changed over the course of a century. The focus is on the different concepts of home represented by the Westphalian Home Association, as well as changing notions of Westphalia as a landscape, cultural space, and social reference point.
Social Change Reflected in the Region
The exhibition makes visible how spatial references, group memberships, and forms of civic engagement change. Topics such as the relationship between city and country, nature and humanity, volunteering, participation, and societal cohesion open up a nuanced examination of regional history. Westphalia appears not as a static image but as a vibrant cultural process.
An Artistic Experience Bridging History and Present
In the exhibition atmosphere of the Farmhouse Museum, historical architecture, regional memory culture, and contemporary questions intersect. The aesthetic experience arises from the interplay of space, materiality, and narrated life worlds. Technical terms like curation, cultural education, and social transformation are vividly linked to concrete experiences from Westphalia.
Democracy, Diversity, and Participation
A special emphasis is placed on the current direction of the Westphalian Home Association. The exhibition shows how the association engages for democracy, diversity, social participation, volunteering, and livable places. The collaborative project with the LWL Institute for Westphalian Regional History contextually places this development historically and connects the history of the association with current debates about cohesion and identity.
Exhibition Opening on November 15, 2026
The opening begins at 11:30 AM. The exhibition will be on display from November 15 to December 13, 2026, at the Bielefeld Farmhouse Museum. Admission to the exhibition opening is free. The project was developed as part of a research initiative funded by the LWL Cultural Foundation.
Conclusion: Experience Westphalia Live
Shaping Home - Telling Westphalia invites a focused examination of history, present, and future regional identity. Visitors can expect an inspiring artistic experience between museum, memory culture, and social reflection. Those who want to understand home not as a finished answer but as a communal shaping should definitely visit this exhibition live at the Bielefeld Farmhouse Museum.
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