Glasmuseum Bad Driburg, Glass museum in Bad Driburg, Germany.
Glasmuseum Bad Driburg displays over 400 glass objects, tools, and artifacts spread across two floors in the Heinz Koch House building. The exhibition documents various techniques and styles of glassmaking along with the crafting instruments used to create them.
Built around 1900 and consecrated in 1907, the brick building with half-timbered gables served as the chaplaincy of St. Peter and Paul Church until after World War II, which is why locals call it "Alte Vikarie". Renovated in the 1990s, it has housed the glass museum again since 2006, after the collection had been relocated for several years. It is named after Heinz Koch, the glass wholesaler and honorary citizen who died in 1989.
The building is known locally as "Alte Vikarie" because it served as the chaplaincy of St. Peter and Paul Church until after World War II. The museum is supported by the local glass companies Glaskoch and Ritzenhoff & Breker, both based in Herste. Special exhibitions have covered topics such as "2000 Years of the Varus Battle" in 2009.
The museum occupies the Heinz-Koch-Haus in the Driburg town centre, with the permanent exhibition on two floors reached by stairs. Special exhibitions appear at irregular intervals, so ask locally before travelling for a specific theme. The building was renovated in the 1990s.
The Driburg glassmakers' standard, a ceremonial banner made of glass and dating from 1908 or earlier, is among the pieces on show. The collection also holds a shooting trophy from 1872, displayed alongside more than 400 glasses.
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