Klausstraße 38, Museum of mousetraps and curiosities in Güntersberge, Germany.
The Mausefallen- und Kuriositätenmuseum occupies a timber-framed Ackerbürgerhof at Klausstraße 138, with a main house and two outbuildings dating largely to the 17th and 18th centuries. Its rooms display mousetraps alongside curiosities such as historical kitchen devices, chamber pots, chastity belts and flea traps, plus over 100 photographs, oil paintings and drawings.
The farmhouse, a listed Ackerbürgerhof, dates largely to the second half of the 17th century and was modernised in the 19th century; two outbuildings were already standing in the 18th century. Tenor Karl Heinz Knepper and Gabriele Knepper bought it in 1991, restored it, and opened the museum in 1997. A fire in September 2015 spread from a neighbouring supermarket and damaged a courtyard building, destroying the Christmas exhibition and carriage collection.
The gallery displays photographs and artworks showing how people used bathroom fixtures and household items in daily life. You can observe how these ordinary objects looked and functioned in different periods.
The museum is a private collection at Klausstraße 138, on the south side of the street in Güntersberge's centre. Registered groups and individual visitors can arrange visits outside the regular opening hours by contacting the museum in advance. A museum café serves larger tour groups, and an antique and flea market shop belongs to the property.
The collection includes rare kitchen devices and historical medical instruments alongside vintage undergarments from different eras. These unexpected items offer visitors insight into forgotten aspects of everyday life that are seldom seen elsewhere.
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