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era). The exhibition about the local history mainly deals with the everyday life of families living in Gütersloh in 1868. The furnishing and basic commodities of one
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Pupils of primary schools are given the opportunity by the
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brick building under the responsibility of Gütersloh's association for local history. Till today the town Gütersloh participates in the cost sharing. In 1997 a neighbouring half-timbered house could be renovated in a second construction phase. In the year 2000 the museum's café was opened.
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A part of the exhibition deals with the topic "Gütersloh – Town of
Patrons and Donors". Personalities, who campaigned for the town's public welfare by donation activities, are introduced – not only because the museum's existence is due to a donation. A prominent example is
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The exhibition about Gütersloh's local history features artefacts from the bronze-age to modern testimonials of the digital revolution. Beside original prehistoric finds a replication of the approximately 3.500 years old, 40 cm high "Pavenstädter
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being domiciled in Gütersloh), toys and recreational activities. Its comprehensive inventory of collections, of which only a minor part can be exhibited due to the small available exhibition space, turns the museum into one of the largest regional museums.
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of Pavenstädt" – Pavenstädt is an urban district of Gütersloh) is exhibited, one of the oldest testimonials of human settlements in Gütersloh's urban area. The former purpose of the half-timbered house is illustrated in a teacher's residence of about 1840
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Dr. Angenete, well-known doctors in Gütersloh). As Germany features only rather few medical-historic museums, this permanent exhibition is a flagship and the museum's unique selling proposition – at least in the regional museum landscape.
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its business there. In the year 1874 this enterprise built the brick building which was used as granary. Today the exhibitions about the history of medicine and industry are shown there. Since 1984 both buildings have been put under
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material which partly dated from the 1920s and 1930s. Furthermore, the association managed to achieve substantial components of a store for cosmetics and healthcare of the year 1890 which was originally furnished as pharmacy.
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exhibition is organized in the winter months, which attracts - according to gathered experiences – a tremendous number of visitors. The most successful exhibitions were: an exhibition showing duplications of
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The museum's management and -administration as well as the museum's café are accommodated in further half-timbered houses. The museum's store-room/depot is located outside of the actual museum's estate.
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