Gärtner und Häcker Museum and other Bamberg, Germany Off The Beaten Path Tips

The name of this museum - English translation: The Market Gardeners' and Wine Growers' Museum - points to the more personal history seen inside. It's a really small operation nestled into a back street and I ran across it on accident. This restored house of a gardener has 3 recreated living space rooms from around 1900, some rooms showing the tools of the trade and other daily life items, an upstairs attic with memorabilia and some old traditional dress, a room full of the religious items of this group (the museum houses them but they are still used), and a backyard with a full garden showing all of the plants that a market gardener would grow. It was interesting for me to see more of the life of an average person, since it is all to easy to stick to palace visits in Germany. The man working there was very friendly and willing to answer any questions (though our conversations were in German so I'm not sure how English accessible it is), especially since I was the only person there! For background information in English, there is one sheet which gives the basic info (you may need to ask for it), though labels are all in German.

Address: Mittelstrasse 34. Only open between May and October on Wednesdays and Sundays. €2 admission.

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