Hameln Museum, Cultural museum in Hamelin, Germany
Hameln Museum occupies two Renaissance buildings in the old town center that are connected by a transitional passage. The exhibition displays treasures such as an old missal and carved candelabras from renowned craftsmen's workshops.
The collection began in the late 1700s as a private gathering and became an official museum in the early 1900s. The buildings themselves date from the Renaissance and show Hamelin's wealth during earlier centuries.
The museum displays objects tied to Hamelin's past, including religious pieces and handcrafted items from different periods. Visitors can observe how these things once fit into people's daily lives and celebrations.
The museum is barrier-free and housed in the Leisthaus and the adjoining Stiftsherrenhaus on Osterstraße, linked by a passage, so visitors pass through both buildings. The permanent exhibition covers 1,200 m² across several floors, and the mechanical Rattenfängertheater is part of it. Allow time for the route through both houses.
Since 2011 the collection has included Otto Steiner's mechanical Rattenfängertheater, an installation that retells the Pied Piper story with mechanical figures, lighting and sound. It is not a historic puppet show but a stylised modern artwork, and it stands in the section devoted to the legend.
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