{"id":264,"date":"2014-11-06T10:30:17","date_gmt":"2014-11-06T09:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lausitzer-museenland.de\/?page_id=264"},"modified":"2026-03-04T10:14:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T09:14:20","slug":"wendisches-museum-cottbus","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.lausitzer-museenland.de\/en\/museums\/wendisches-museum-cottbus\/","title":{"rendered":"Wendish Museum Cottbus \/ Serbski muzej Ch\u00f3\u015bebuz"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gallery<\/a> |\u00a0Exhibitions<\/a>\u00a0| \u00a0Offers for children<\/a>
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Lower Lusatia Regional Museum of Sorbian \/ Wendish History and Culture<\/p>\n

Building \/ plot situation<\/h3>\n

Since 1994, the Wendish Museum has been located in a classicist former residential and commercial building in Cottbus' old town, not far from the Altmarkt. The building was completely renovated and the entire exhibition space was renewed. There is a new service area for visitor reception with cloakroom and lockers. A newly designed reception room with an introductory film to the exhibition was created. The permanent exhibition on the first floor was designed as a closed tour. The museum has a charming little courtyard with a traditional \"Sorbian lime tree\". The forecourt was designed in 2005 with a bronze sculpture by Peter Buth depicting the water sprite sitting on an erratic block, a Sorbian\/Wendish mythical figure.<\/p>\n

Characteristics<\/h3>\n

The exhibition features a new, high-quality design and colour concept, individual room design, new media offerings that allow visitors to experience the Lower Sorbian language. The exhibition of the Wendish Museum provides insights into prehistory and early history and also deals with the topics of Sorbian \/ Wendish folk art, visual arts, language, writing, literature, music, folk costumes, way of life and customs, Wendish coins and medals as well as the postal history of the Sorbs. The visitor learns that the autochthonous Slavs of Germany originally inhabited an area whose westernmost foothills stretched from Schleswig-Holstein in the north to Upper Franconia in the south of the country, and that the Wendish share in German history and folk development is greater than is often assumed and is by no means limited to Lusatia.<\/p>\n

Special exhibitions \/ accompanying offers<\/a><\/h3>\n

Changing special exhibitions deal with historical, literary, folkloristic and artistic topics. The exhibitions are bilingual (German-Lower Sorbian \/ Wendish). Several times a year, there are events to accompany the exhibitions, concerts, readings, Wendish discussion groups (Serbske blido) and traditional events.
\nGuided tours are offered in German as well as in both Sorbian (Wendish) languages.<\/p>\n

Offers for children - With Kobi to the museum<\/a><\/h3>\n

Kobi - the little house ghost - is at home in the museum. He lives there in a slipper under the stove. At midnight, he eavesdrops on the old museum pieces when they tell stories about the past. He tells these exciting stories to the museum staff, who then pass them on to the children - stories from the old, old days.<\/p>\n

Kobi offers:\u00a0Gruppenangebote im Wendischen Museum Cottbus<\/a><\/p>\n

1. Kulturelle Vielfalt \u2013 Die Lausitz ist bunt<\/h5>\n
2. Sorbische Osterbr\u00e4uche<\/h5>\n
3. Sorbische Sagenwelt<\/h5>\n
4. Sorben\/Wenden in der Zeit des Nationalsozialismus<\/h5>\n
5. Sorbische\/Wendische Kultur und Geschichte<\/h5>\n
6. Witaj! \u2013 Sorben\/Wenden kennenlernen und in Cottbus entdecken<\/h5>\n
7. Stadtrallye \u2013 Wendisches Cottbus\/Ch\u00f3\u015bebuz<\/h5>\n

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Gallery<\/a><\/h3>\n