How
to Find Us!
Our
Complex Today – Dheinsville
Settlement Park
For
Group Tours call 262-628-3170 to arrange these or other times.
In
addition to the Sila Lydia BAST BELL MUSEUM, we also
include admission to the Germantown Volunteer First Company Museum with
its 1929 Seagrave Fire Engine and other exhibits, a walking tour map of
the Historic District with a stop at the WWI Memorial to Germantown soldiers
who served in the conflict, all located in our 9.5 acre park.
Hours are Wednesday thru Sunday 1 - 4 pm / April 1st - November 1st
The
Valentine WOLF HAUS Museum & Research Center is in
the restored 1854 German fachwerk (half-timbered) residence/shoemaker
shop constructed from logs cut on the property. In this house where they
began their new life in America they raised their 12 children. All these
original buildings are located on a 6 corner intersection called Dheinsville
District.
Hours are Wednesday & Sunday 1 - 4 pm / June 1st - October 1st
Available
at a slight EXTRA charge is a guided tour of the 1860 era native limestone
CHRIST CHURCH Museum of Local History. The congregation was founded
in 1842, one of the oldest in Washington County, and the oldest in Germantown,
by settlers from the Hunsruck area of Germany. It was called Evangelisch
Christus Kirche. In 1890, three bells were purchased for the new bell
tower, which are still rung today. Next to the church is a pioneer cemetery.
Hours are ONLY Sundays 1 - 4 pm / June 1st - October 1st
Christ
Church Highlights —
- Built
1862 - On National Register
- Replaced
Log Church (1852)
- Remodeled
in 1910-1915
- Stained
Glass Windows:
Hand Painted Originals
4 Center Paintings - Parable of the Seed, Birds' Feed, Stones, Weeds,
Good Land
4
Others - Scenes from the Bible
- Exhibits
- West Side:
Travel to America Indians & Wilderness
BUTTERMAKING / DAIRYING – Gehl's Dairy
DHEINSVILLE SETTLEMENT / ROCKFIELD / CHURCHES / WEDDINGS / MUSIC
- Exhibits
- East Side:
1915 Map with 1988 Overlay
BAST FAMILY - Bell Museum
DUERRWAECHTER FAMILY - Banking, Main Street
SCHOOL HOUSE
MISC.
COLLECTIONS
Please
contact us at 262-628-3170 for further information on these additional
site tours. |