Oderbruch Museum Altranft, Regional and open-air museum in Altranft, Germany.
The Oderbruch Museum Altranft occupies a former manor estate in the village of Altranft, at the northwestern edge of the Oderbruch. Its core is the manor house, whose building history reaches back to the 16th century and which now serves as the main exhibition building. Around it stand the Berg-Schmidt farm, built after the village fire of 1829, the Fischerhaus, a farmworker's house from around 1720, and a smithy from 1910/11.
The project started in the late 1970s when locals wanted to protect a working farming village and open it to the public. The buildings remain in their original location and show how people lived in this Brandenburg region over many generations.
The museum works with a yearly theme — Handwerk (2016), Wasser (2017), Landwirtschaft (2018), Baukultur (2019), Menschen (2020), Eigensinn (2021), Natur (2022), Jugend (2023), Kirche (2024), Nachbarschaft planned for 2025 — fed by 20 to 30 interviews with local people. Each theme ends in a Werkstattbuch combining interview texts, photo essays and sources. A "Talk Walk" by Bertram Weisshaar, made with Altranft residents, guides the village round; the Schwemmsandkegelweg is a short walking route through the landscape.
The site is best explored in warm and dry weather when the outdoor areas are easy to walk through. Wear comfortable walking shoes since you will spend time moving between the different buildings on natural pathways.
An artistic installation explores the water management and landscape of the Oderbruch region in a creative way. This display shows how important controlling water was for the development and everyday life in this flat area.
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