The present Museum of the town of Alzey was built as a hospital building in the 16th century. Recognizable for the time is the staircase tower construction on the side and the window decoration. After the destruction in the Palatinate War of Succession in 1689 the hospital was rebuilt in Barock style with a large, spacious mansaard roof in 1747/48 (date given on north portal) 30th May, 1748.
Departments: Town history, Folklore, Early History, Geology, Palaeontology. The Roman history is completed by the Jupiter pillars and the altar in the Stone Hall.
Opening times:
Tuesday - Sunday
10:00 - 12:00 and 14:00 - 16:30
Mondays - closed
Admission: free
Conctact:
Antoniterstr. 41
55232 Alzey
+49 6731 498896
Original discoveries of approximately 10 million year old remains and
castings from the Ur-Rhine at Eppelsheim as well as copies of rare
fossils are on display in the Dinotherium Museum in the Townhall in
Eppelsheim. Centre piece of the museum is the scull casting of a
Dinotherium
(Deinotherium giganteum) first discovered and secured in Eppelsheim in 1835.
Opening times:
The first Wednesday in every month 18:00 - 20:00
The third Sunday in every month 10:00 - 12:00 or by arrangement.
Contact:
Förderverein Dinotherium-Museum e.V.
Zwerchgasse 17
55234 Eppelsheim
Herrn Heiner Roos
+49 6735 8135
foerderverein@dinotherium-museum.de
www.dinotherium-museum.eppelsheim.de
In this museum you can learn some valuable and astonishing information about the history of the post in Rhinehessen.
After the privatisation of the German Post about 200-300 exhibits were saved and are now part of the exhibition.
Opening times:
by arrangement
Contact:
Verein für Postgeschichte in Rheinhessen e.V.
Herrn Manfred Hinkel
Am Roten Tor 63
55232 Alzey
+49 6731 43839
A living-experience exhibition showing the building up of the wine culture landscape around Flonheim.
Make your way on your voyage of discovery in the former sub-tropical
sea, hear the interesting stories about the Flonheimer sandstone and
learn many details about the old culture and landscape.
Opening times:
1st May - 1st November
Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays: 14:00 - 17:00
Special guided tours by appointment
Contakt:
Infothek/Ortsmuseum Flonheim
Marktplatz 12
55237 Flonheim
+49 6734 9130657
