Museum Dorf 4/2/2011

 Elise and her buddies are ready to go. We went to a Musuem Dorf (village) to the North of us about 30 minutes. It is a village of 33 old buildings that have been collected from all over Germany and restored. There is a very big variety and some have extra items on display in them to show a large view of German history. Elise really liked this museum because we were outside almost as much as we were inside.

A picture for Rachel. Unfortunetly the babies are back in that fence area and wouldn't come out. They were so cute but here all you can see is there legs.

Kitchen in the Tanzhaus (The dance house), built in 1832.

Spencer and Elise in front of the Kegelbahn, built in 1896. Look carefully at the next picture and see if you can figure out what the building is before you read the caption.

It is a nine pin alley (bowling alley). This gave Spencer way to many ideas, now he wants to build one.

Outside view of the Tanzhaus.

Spencer explaining the Waaghaus (scale house) to us. The bars are part of a pen used to weigh livestock. Built in 1893.

An old hearse in the undertakers area of the Rathaus (city building), built in 1832.

Schoolroom in the top of the Rathaus.

Stamps in the Rathaus that were different cities symbols. Notice ^  in the second row above the arrow that there is a US stamp. It is from and old city named Untersulmetingen. It is a city in Southern Germany. We tried to see how old it was to see if it was older than our US but it and other smaller cities have since combined with a bigger city in 1972 so we don't know how old exactly it is.

Picture of the Bendelshof (Thrashing house), built in 1756.

In the top of the Bendelshof they have an old kitchen and house appliances display. Here is a picture of numerous old styles of washing machines. Don't they look fun to use?

A sign we came across. Spencer really liked it. It translates to "No Trespassing, Private house, Every third will be shot (the second one was too)."

Elise wandering around one of the exhibits. She really liked to go back and forth over the stair she is standing on.

I was looking at part of the exhibit when I looked up and both Elise and Spencer were lined up perfectly through the holes in the next room. A perfect picture.

A building that was filled with old tractors and equipment. Sorry it would have taken about 10 pictures to show you all of them.

This one is specifically for David so he can see that Case does exist over here :). There not all green!

Elise just wanted to walk around, especially when were outside. I looked back to see if she was still coming and this is what I saw. She loves pockets.

Elise really wanted to push this old mowing machine or at least hold on to both handles but she couldn't quite reach both at the same time.

An old walk behind mowing machine. Although Spencer says that the majority of what they use in Switzerland are still like this. 

A combine that puts the grain straight in the bags. These bags are labeled to go to the Brewery in Aulendorf.

 

There was a little garden. It was planted and had the labels on each row. Elise was being a good little gardener/farmer and walked down, looking at each row and touching the signs and talking to herself. She had to check everything over carefully. 

The girls outside of the Brennerei (Brewery), built in 1877.

There was pea gravel on all of the paths and Elise really wanted to pick it all up. We would be walking and all of sudden she was bent down picking up handfuls of gravel, sometimes throwing it and sometimes just playing in it.

A beautiful, embroidered wall hanging in one of the kitchens. It translates to "Don't complain about the morning of toil and work, it is nice to care for those you love". I really liked this saying and that it was embroidered made me like it even more.

The girls in an elaborately weaved branch tunnel.

A stork nest that is still in use on a farm house. 

These three bowls labeled, Soda, Soap and Sand were found above many of the kitchen sinks. Were not sure why unless there were three needed agents to get different grimes off your hands.

Back view of the Hueb. We're not sure of the exact translation, we think they might have a typo but it was just a farm building.

In the top of the Ziegelhütte (tile house). In the loft there were a bunch of old chairs, sleighs and some more farm equipment. We were having to hurry by this point because they were closing and Elise just wanted to play outside not be packed around or go inside any more buildings.

A garden that was planted like a maze.