Museums

The Sauerland has a rich museum landscape. There are small and large museums to discover everywhere, taking visitors on a journey into regional history, imparting knowledge about industrial culture or showcasing local specialties and traditions. The offerings range from nationally significant cultural institutions to volunteer-run local history museums. What the institutions have in common is their love of and identification with the region. This can be felt in all the exhibitions, the workshops and in every single guided tour. Where will you go on your next Sauerland excursion?

Afrika Museum Vogt
Afrika-Museum Vogt Gevelinghausen

Yes, am I in Africa? No, but I am in the Africa Museum in Gevelinghausen, Olsberg.

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Old railroad carriage Sichtigvor
Außenansicht

Directly on the MöhnetalRadweg, you can explore an old railroad carriage in Sichtigvor, which, together with an exhibition, is reminiscent of the old station.

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Anröchte Stone Museum




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A quarry scene with a tripod and pulley for lifting the stone blocks and a stonemason's hut built true to the original can be seen in an exhibition room.

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Atelier T8




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In Lippstadt, people don't think of a car model when they think of T8, but of the studio on Thingstraße.

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Attendorn Fire Brigade Museum




Feuerwehrmuseum Attendorn

ATTENTION!

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Bakelitmuseum




Außenansicht Bakelitmuseum

The first plastic is called Bakelite, also known as the material of a thousand things, and was patented in 1907 by inventor Leo Hendrik Baekeland.

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Siciliaschacht Meggen Mining Museum




Bergbaumuseum Siciliaschacht

The development of the Meggen ore deposit History of the mining villages of Meggen and Halberbracht Siciliaschacht Meggen Information Center

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Bessemer Birne (former ironworks Rödinghausen)




Bessemer Birne, Kirsten Lambert

The Bessemer pear - a first-class technical cultural monument - was reinstalled in the immediate vicinity of its original location, the former Rödinghausen ironworks.

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Christiane mine visitor mine




Bergwerksführung

The visitor mine in Diemelsee-Adorf shows the 800-year tradition of ore mining.

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Bilsteintal Visitor Center




Außenansicht Besucherzentrum/Jugendherberge

Bilsteintal Visitor Center

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Bieketurm




Der Bieketurm

The Bieketurm is a fortified tower in Attendorn that was part of the former town fortifications.

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BRENNPUNKT - Fire brigade museum for generations




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The BRENNPUNKT - Fire Brigade Museum of Generations in Arnsberg displays an impressive collection of historic fire engines and equipment and offers exciting insights into the history of the fire department.

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Bunkermuseum Hagen




Außenfront Bunkermuseum

The Bunkermuseum Hagen is a faithfully reconstructed bunker from the 2nd World War.

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Burghof Museum




Burghofmuseum Soest

The 16th century building was rebuilt in individual sections.

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Curiosity center




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A bizarre passion for collecting in the Sauerland

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Dechenhöhle and German Cave Museum Iserlohn




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Let's go on a cave adventure! The bizarre world of stalactites and stalagmites in the Dechenhöhle cave fascinates young and old alike.

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The BRENNPUNKT - fire department museum for generations




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Historic equipment, vintage fire engines, motorcycles - everything can be viewed and marveled at in the BRENNPUNKT fire department museum.

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The Spieker




Das liebevoll restaurierte Fachwerkhaus - der &amp

The 300-year-old Spieker is a landmark for the Ebbe community.

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The Stertschultenhof in Cobbenrode




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Restored farmhouse from 1769.

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German Wire Museum




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The German Wire Museum is a modern experience museum and, under the motto "From chain mail to superconductors", vividly shows and explains wire production in the past and today.

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Woodturning Museum (Dreggestobe) and Kulturspeicher




Drechselmuseum Düdinghausen

Turning room and culture store with museum café in Medebach-Düdinghausen In the Pastoren Scheune Heimathaus in Medebach-Düdinghausen, the historical turning room is used to demonstrate the turning of plates, bowls and other art objects.

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Eberhard Henneböhle Museum




Rüthener Museumsstube an der Hachtorstraße

The "Rüthener Museumsstube" on Hachtorstraße in Rüthen was opened in May 2005 by the Heimatverein Rüthen e.

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Fritz-Linde-Museum




Das Fritz-Linde-Museum in Kierspe

Cozy, small museum of local history, where you can browse and read numerous books by local poet Fritz Linde and writer Anny Wienbruch.

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Guided tours in the South Sauerland Museum




Das Südsauerlandmuseum

The South Sauerland Museum offers various guided tours for visitors.

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Guided tours and educational work at the Wenden hut




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Guided tours at and around the Wenden hut by Michael Thon

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Gallery Hof Scheer




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"Art instead of cows": this is how the Scheer siblings sum up the concept of their gallery.

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Galileo-Park Wissens- und Rätselpark in Pyramiden




Besuch im Galileo-Park in Lennestadt-Meggen

Abwechslungsreiche Ausstellungen, Führungen und Events hoch über dem Lennetal in den Sauerland-Pyramiden.

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Garden museum in the Kremer Nature Garden Center




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The Lennestadt Garden Museum is located in the middle of the Nature Garden Center.

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GeoFoyer Diemelsee




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Understanding geology and nature - experiencing history and culture...

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GeoFoyer Korbach lime tower with Korbach fissure fossil site




Die Korbacher Spalte - Fossilienfundstätte / Geofoyer Kalkturm Korbach

When did the "Korbach dachshund" live? What does lime have to do with the development of life and the development of the town of Korbach?

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Bad Fredeburg Court Museum




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Court museum in the district court in Bad Fredeburg.

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Grimme Museum Assinghausen




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Writer, teacher and local poet. cultural and folkloristic works as the "inventor of the Sauerland".

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Grünsandsteinmuseum Soest




Grünsandsteinmuseum Soest

Schon seit Jahrhunderten prägt der grüne Sandstein die Baukultur in der Soester Börde und ist zum unverwechselbaren Markenzeichen der Stadt und seiner umliegenden Dörfer geworden.

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House Dassel




Haus Dassel

The castle-like building Haus Dassel stands at the entrance to the leisure park in Warstein-Allagen.

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Haus Kupferhammer




Haus Kupferhammer

Anyone visiting the upper-class house will always think they can hear the Bergenthal family laughing.

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House Kükelhaus




Haus Kükelhaus

The life and work of Hugo Kükelhaus

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Heimathaus Plettenberg




Heimathaus Plettenberg

The Heimathaus Plettenberg is home to the municipal museum.

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Museum of Local History Alte Mühle Gevelinghausen




Alte Mühle Gevelinghausen

The "Alte Mühle" local history museum is located in Gevelinghausen and was first mentioned in a document in 1562.

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Local history museum Borg's barn




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Tradition meets modernity at Winterberg's Borgs Scheune museum of local history!

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Eversberg Local History Museum




Heimatmuseum Eversberg

How our ancestors lived and worked.

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Usseln local history museum




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Local history room with an insight into the life and work of people over 100 years ago

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Local history room Niedersfeld




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The exhibits of the Heimatstube Niedersfeld are housed in two buildings.

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Heimatstube Referinghausen




Heimatstube Referinghausen

Heimatstube Referinghausen In the 4 exhibition rooms, contemporary testimonies of the older and more recent history of the village are exhibited.

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Hellweg Museum Geseke




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On the north side of the Hellweg, a mighty half-timbered building stands out, towering over all its neighbors.

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Historic nail forge




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The Nagelschmiede is located in the center of the village directly on the main street.

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Historic spittoon mill




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Historic mill

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Historic tunnel bunker




Einblick Stollenbunker

Tunnel bunker in the Propsteiberg

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Historic ensemble Stütings Mühle




Historisches Ensemble Stütings Mühle

Historic ensemble Stütings Mühle

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Historic craftsmen's village




Alte Seilerei mit Grünsandstein

The craftsmen's village at the Hexenturm in Rüthen was founded in 2007 by the Rüthener Förderverein Heimatpflege u.

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Ennepetal Industrial Museum




Industriemuseum mit Oldtimerausstellung

The Ennepetal Industrial Museum, which is currently under construction, is housed in a multi-storey brick building dating back to 1890.

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Menden Industrial Museum - Rödinghausen Estate




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On June 30, 2019, the new industrial museum on the upper floor of the manor house opened its doors to visitors for the first time.

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Historical Halver information boards




Infostele Sparkasse Halver

In Halver, at places and locations with historical significance or (formerly) historical buildings, visitors will find the information steles of the Halver local history association, which invite them to take an individual tour of the town.

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Hunting Museum Hegering Schalksmühle-Hülscheid e. V.




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Over 1000 exhibits of all native animal species in the form of full taxidermy, trophies, historical hunting furniture, hunting literature, traps and hunting art are exhibited on over 350 m2.

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Chainsmiths - Museum Sichtigvor




Kettenschmiede

The chain smithy, reconstructed in traditional style, vividly presents the art of chain smithing, which was an important source of income in the Möhnetal from 1840 to 1970.

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Kierspe listening points




Lauschpunkt Wasserschloss Haus Rhade

10 eavesdropping points, spread across the city of Kierspe, invite you to start your head cinema.

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Guided tours of churches and chapels in Remblinghausen




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Discover our beautiful pilgrimage village near Meschede.

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Guided tours of the church - Jesus-Christus-Kirche




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Guided tours of the Romanesque Jesus-Christus-Kirche in the heart of Meinerzhagen.

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Bone mill Mühlhofe




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The bone mill in Meinerzhagen-Mühlhofe is a rarity: it is the last surviving technical cultural monument of its kind in Westfalen and is absolutely worth seeing.

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KUMA Culture and Painting Center

T he KUMA culture and painting center with exhibition and art café offers enjoyment for body, mind and soul.

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Kunstverein Arnsberg e.V.




Kunstverein Arnsberg Raum

The Kunstverein Arnsberg was founded in the fall of 1987 on a private initiative with the aim of creating a platform for encounters with international contemporary art within the region.

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Lippstadt Art Association




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If you are curious about contemporary art, the Kunstverein Lippstadt is the right place for you.

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LEbertiGO Active Museum




Waldi im LEbertiGO Aktivmusuem

A world record is set!

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LoveLifeMuseum




LiebesLebenMuseum

Has the stork brought you too? We are all enlightened.

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Liz Möhnesee e.V.




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In Liz, you can find out all about the landscape around the Möhne Dam and the Arnsberg Forest Nature Park.

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LWL Psychiatry Museum




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The LWL Psychiatry Museum provides information about more than 100 years of LWL healthcare facilities in Warstein.

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Model railroad on the Rothaarsteig




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A model railway layout with a layout area of 66 square meters is currently being built on an area of 180 square meters.

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Model railroad layout of the railroad friends Siedlinghausen




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A large model railroad awaits you on an area of approx. 220 square meters in the "Haus des Gastes"!

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Model railroad display




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Model railroad show layout of the Eisenbahnfreunde Westheim The Eisenbahnfreunde Marsberg e.

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Museum of the city of Lennestadt




Museum der Stadt Lennestadt

City museum on industrial culture and everyday life in the southern Sauerland, with a focus on the 19th century.

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Museum of the town of Marsberg




Museum der Stadt Marsberg - Eingang

Special offers Guided tours for adults through the historic town of Obermarsberg Guided tours for children in medieval dress can be booked online at this link or by telephone on 02992 1281.

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Museum for urban and cultural history




Museum Menden

The patrician house, which today houses the town's museum of town and cultural history. Museum of City and Cultural History, was built in 1730 by the mayor of Menden, Johann Caspar Biggeleben.

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Holthausen Museum




Museum Holthaus

The Holthausen Museum exhibits parts of the work of Heinrich Holthausen, a sculptor who died in 1980.

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Museum in the Hexenturm




Hexenturm auf der Rüthener Stadtmauer

At the south-west corner of Rüthen's medieval town fortifications on Seilerweg is the 14th-century town hall.

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Museum in Grafschaft Monastery




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Museum in Grafschaft Monastery - art and history of the monastery.

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Museum in Sundern




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Museum in Sundern

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Schönholthausen Museum




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Great-grandmother's place of work next to the cobbler's workshop and carpenter's workshop

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Museum Wendener Hütte

The Wenden Ironworks is a technical cultural monument preserved in situ and a museum on the history of iron technology in southern Westfalen.

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Museum Wilhelm Morgner with RAUM SCHROTH




Museum Wilhelm Morgner Soest

In May 2016, the Wilhelm Morgner Museum was reopened after extensive structural and air-conditioning refurbishment.

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Kellerwald National Park Center




Bachlebensräume

The central information and education facility is located in the west of the national park in Vöhl-Herzhausen on the Edersee.

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Medebach Nature Park Information Center




Naturpark Infozentrum Sauerland-Rothaargebirge

One of six nature park information centers of the Sauerland Rothaargebirge Nature Park and an exhibition on the European bird sanctuary Medebach Bay are located on the upper floor of the Medebach tourist information office.

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Visionarium Diemelsee Nature Park Center




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What is there to see and experience in the Diemelsee Nature Park and the Diemelsee vacation region?

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Vintage car museum Westheim




Oldtimer-Museum Westheim

On display is general historical agricultural equipment such as vehicles, machines, tools and household items from rural life as well as an original replica of an old kitchen and an old bedroom.

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Guided tours of the town and church in Eversberg




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Get to know the historic town center with the castle ruins or the baroque parish church of St.

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Osthaus Museum Hagen in the Kunstquartier Hagen




Kunstquartier Hagen

In changing exhibitions, the Osthaus Museum always offers new, intensive encounters with artists from classical modernism to the present day.

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Osthof Gate Museum




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The Osthofentor is the last of the original ten city gates in the city wall.

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PETERS SchokoWelt - experience the sweet!




Pralinen Shop in der PETERS SchokoWelt

Are you dreaming of a world of chocolate? PETERS Schokowelt opens its doors and invites you to enjoy it with all your senses.

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Photo-Waggon - the walk-in work of art in the middle of the green Sauerland




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Just a few minutes' drive from the town of Meinerzhagen, in Valbert-Bahnhof, is a very special work of art - a former goods wagon that has been transformed into a "school of seeing" by Dutch artist Peter Sevriens with a great deal of imagination and a sense of humor.

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PHÄNOMENTA - Experience museum




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PHÄNOMENTA Lüdenscheid, the experience and hands-on museum in the Sauerland, celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2021.

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Poenigeturm Menden




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The Poenigeturm was extensively restored by the Menden Foundation for Monuments and Culture and opened on 19.

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SASE - Collection from city cleaning and disposal

SASE - the museum on the history of waste collection and recycling management SASE is a globally unique exhibition on the history of urban cleaning and waste management.

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Sauerland Museum




Sauerland-Museum Vorderansicht

Experience the newly designed permanent exhibition, which traces the history and thus the life of the people of the Sauerland.

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Sauerland visitor mine Ramsbeck




Eingang Sauerländer Besucherbergwerk

An adventure awaits you in our disused ore mine.

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Schleiper Hamme




Außenansicht des Schleiper Hammers

The hammer mill is located on the territory of the town of Kierspe, in the Schleipe valley, to the right of the Volme.

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Schmarotzerhaus with the remains of the city wall




Schmarotzerhaus

In 2009 and 2010, the so-called "Schmarotzerhaus" was lovingly restored by the Menden Foundation for Monuments and Culture and given to the city's municipal administration.

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Dreislar Barite Museum




Schwerspatmuseum Dreislar

The fascination of crystals This is a very special kind of museum: sounds, images, colors and lights allow you to immerse yourself in mining and rock science.

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Siedlinghauser Heimatstube




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Our Heimastuben - a village museum in the upper Sauerland

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City Museum




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The town museum Our local history and heritage association looks after the town museum with dedication

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City museum Haus Hövener in Brilon




Museum Haus Hövener

The town of Brilon is located on the border with Hessen. The town center is located on the southern edge of the Brilon plateau, a hilly landscape characterized by Kalkkuppen at an altitude of 375 to around 550 m above sea level.

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Iserlohn City Museum




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The Iserlohn City Museum, housed on three floors in one of the city's most beautiful baroque buildings, is home to almost 400 million years of geography and urban history.

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Neuenrade Town Museum




Stadtmuseum Neuenrade

Get to know Neuenrade's urban, industrial and transportation history.

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City Museum Treasury Propstei Belecke




Eingangsschild Schatzkammer Propstei

The Benedictine monastery of Grafschaft, founded in 1072, established the provostry in Belecke around 1100.

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Hennesee dam tour




Staudammführung am Hennesee

Discover the "other side" of the Hennesee. Why are there reservoirs and what technology is behind them?

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Oberhundem Embroidery Museum - a place to linger




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Oberhundem Embroidery Museum in the Sauerland half-timbered pastorate built in 1685, historical handicrafts of various techniques and their stories, admirable items from small to large, handicrafts from many countries.

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Städt. Museum Am Rykenberg, Wendelin-Leidinger-Hau




Städtisches Museum Am Rykenberg

In a quiet Winkeln of Werl's Altstadt, near the provost church of St.

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Städt. Medebach Museum with model railroad layout




Städtisches Museum Medebach

Museum of local history with model railroad layout The museum shows the development from a farming town to the vacation resort of Medebach.

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Municipal gallery in the town hall




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It is the center for exhibitions on fine arts, history and cultural history in Lippstadt: the municipal gallery in the historic town hall.

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Haus Letmathe/Städtisches Museum




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In the former manor house of the von Brabeck family, the Heimatverein Letmathe e.

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South Sauerland Museum




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The Südsauerlandmuseum of the Olpe district in Attendorn has already experienced more than 110 years of history.

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Südwestfalen Gallery in the Holthausen Museum




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Südwestfalen Gallery in the Westfalen Slate Mining and Haimat Museum Holthausen

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Teufelsturm Menden - Home of the Westf. Fastnacht




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The Devil's Tower is one of the 12 former town towers of the town fortifications built from 1344.

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Upland dairy cow museum




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A hands-on museum with Muhseum café and organic food store

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Transport history exhibition of the TMS e.V.




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Traditionsbus Mark-Sauerland e. V., based in Lüdenscheid, opened the Transport History Exhibition Gallery in 2018.

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Villa Wippermann




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Villa Wippermann was built in 1892 and was a typical upper middle-class villa of the time.

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Forestry Museum in the Alte Mühle Latrop




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The Alte Mühle in Latrop has been home to the lovingly furnished Forestry Museum since 2003.

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West German Winter Sports Museum




Westdeutsches Wintersportmuseum

Back then, the people of Sauerland used to hurtle down the slopes on wooden slats with lace-up shoes.

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Westfalen salt mines




Westfälische Salzwelten Bad Sassendorf

This museum makes the "white gold" the protagonist of a gripping, sensual story about the development of the region and its people.

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Westfalen Slate Mining and Local History Museum




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Slate and rocks, folklore and local history with the animals of the forest, former ways of life and work and economic life in the Sauerland are shown on over 2,500 square meters.

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Wolfgang-Bonhage-MUSEUM KORBACH (with Geopark information point)




Wolfgang-Bonhage-MUSEUM KORBACH

The world-famous fossils of the Korbach fissure, the 1000-year history of the medieval Hanseatic town of Korbach and the evidence of historic gold mining on the Eisenberg are the themes of the Wolfgang-Bonhage-MUSEUM KORBACH.

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