Schools & daycare centers
The Radolfzell Town Museum offers a comprehensive educational program on the history of the town and pharmacy history. Annually changing special exhibitions shed light on current regional historical topics. The museum case “Everyday life in the Middle Ages” can be borrowed by nurseries and elementary school.
Museum case “Everyday life in the Middle Ages”
The museum case takes kindergarten and primary school children on a journey through the history of Radolfzell. Using objects and pictures, they solve tasks and puzzles and discover important turning points in the town’s development with the help of large illustrations of historical events. The suitcase includes disguises, the historical town seal, coloring pictures, the hidden object picture and a replica drinking glass from the age of knights. The museum suitcase can be borrowed free of charge. Due to the high demand, early booking is recommended.
Children’s city tour
The children’s city tour focuses on the medieval and early modern heritage of the old town. In the activity-oriented introduction to the topic, urban development is first recreated together with the children using building blocks before the actual city tour brings the previously acted out experience to life on site.
Living Middle Ages with “fashion show”
After a chronological classification of the Middle Ages, the objects and illustrations in the room “Radolfzell around 1500” are explored. Central objects include a replica of the document granting the town charter, an approx. 6 m long wooden water pipe from the 15th century, as well as glass and ceramic finds. The topics of town founding, trade goods, jurisdiction and food and drink in the Middle Ages thus become tangible. At the “Medieval Fashion Show”, two students slip into the role of knight and noblewoman. The joy of dressing up is combined with an introduction to medieval dress habits as an expression of their social order.
Making a herbal ointment
After an introduction to the history of pharmacies, the children become active themselves. From harvesting the herbs in the museum garden and chopping them up with knives on boards to making an oil extract, all hands are needed. The children take turns filtering, hardening and bottling the herbal ointment. The tour provides interesting information about the properties and origins of medicinal herbs.
Pill production
“Pill pusher” was once the everyday term used by pharmacists. After an introduction to the history of pharmacy, the children are introduced to the historical craft. As described in the original pharmacist’s recipe, the pill mass is crushed with a mortar and then twisted into shape on the pill board. Finally, edible pills are made from marzipan using the same method, which can be taken home.
Time required and costs
The modules in the city museum are designed to last 60 or 120 minutes, plus the time required to get there and back. Admission is free for two accompanying persons, for each additional accompanying person the museum entrance fee is € 5.00. For information and to make an appointment, please call: 07732 / 81-540 and museum@radolfzell.de