Schieferbergbau-Museum Holthausen – Fertigung

Museum dedicated to slate mining, folklore and local history, and the art of the Sauerland region.

Westfälisches Schieferbergbau- und Heimatmuseum Holthausen (Museumsverein Holthausen e.V.)

Schmallenberg-HolthausenNew on Amplifa

1975Museum opening (collection since 1974)

über 2.500 qmExhibition space

Museumsverein Holthausen e.V.Sponsoring association

About the Museum

The Westfälisches Schieferbergbau- und Heimatmuseum Holthausen is a museum in the Holthausen district of Schmallenberg in the Hochsauerlandkreis, run by the Museumsverein Holthausen e.V. It grew out of a collection that began in 1974 in the cellar rooms of the local elementary school and opened in 1975 in a former school building. Across more than 2.500 qm of exhibition space, slates and rocks, folklore and local history with the animal and plant life of the forest, past ways of living and working, and the economic life of the Sauerland are displayed. The departments cover slate mining with the museum's own visitor adit, natural history, textile processing, folklore, an old print shop and bookbinding workshop, as well as art. Since 1984 there has been a permanent exhibition on witch trials in the Electoral-Cologne Sauerland. Since 2009, the attached Südwestfälische Galerie has shown regional art from the 19th and 20th centuries.

Site: Schmallenberg-Holthausen
Processes: Permanent exhibition, Special/temporary exhibitions, Südwestfälische Galerie, Publication of writings and documentations on regional history, Museum education (Museum Discovery programme for children), museum's own visitor adit
Materials: Slate
Founded: 1975
Industries: Tourism, Culture and Museums, Regional History

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Collecting
02
Documenting and Publishing
03
Permanent Exhibition
04
Special Exhibitions
05
Museum Education

Collection Areas and Exhibition Zones

SCHIE

Slate

Central collection area: all forms of processing from extraction to finished product, including the museum's own visitor adit.

Location

Schmallenberg-Holthausen

Museum / exhibition in a former school

Materials: Slate, rocks

museum's own visitor adit
print shop
bookbinding workshop
textile and flax department
old knitting machines
Südwestfälische Galerie

Exhibits and Thematic Areas

**Slate department with visitor adit**Permanent exhibition · Slate mining

**Südwestfälische Galerie**Art collection · 19th/20th century

**Permanent exhibition on witch trials**Cultural history · Electoral-Cologne Sauerland

Inside the production

Industries

TourismCulture and MuseumsRegional History

Additional services

Permanent exhibitionSpecial/temporary exhibitionsSüdwestfälische GaleriePublication of writings and documentations on regional historyMuseum education (Museum Discovery programme for children)museum's own visitor adit

History

1974
Start of the collection in three cellar rooms of the elementary school in Schmallenberg-Holthausen by a small circle of enthusiasts
1975
Opening of the museum in a former school building
1984
Permanent exhibition “Witch Trials in the Electoral-Cologne Sauerland”
2009
Extension adding the Südwestfälische Galerie