Westphalian Bell Museum Gescher

Name: Westphalian Bell Museum Gescher
Address: Lindenstraße 2, Gescher, Borken, 48712, Deutschland
Telephone: +49 (0)2542 7144

Lindenstraße 2, 48712 Gescher

Tourist attractions – various Museum/Exhibition

The bell museum in Gescher takes its guests on a journey through time, through the history of bells and the development of the bell-founding trade. Visitors can learn more about the musical instrument and the craft in 20 different themed areas. Numerous stations encourage visitors to participate, so that the collection can be experienced in many different ways. With this extensive offer, the bell museum in Gescher is unique in northern Germany.

Tour information

The Bell Museum is open all year round from Tuesdays to Sundays from 10 am to 5 pm. A visit to the museum can be combined with various guided tours, themed tours and seminars.

Guided tours can be booked in advance at froning@gescher.de / a.schroer@gescher.de or by telephone on +49 (0)2542 7144. If you book in advance, it is also possible to visit the museum outside the opening hours. Opening hours may vary on public holidays.

Map

Westphalian Bell Museum Gescher

Lindenstraße 2, 48712 Gescher

www.museum-gescher.de/museen/westfaelisches-glockenmuseum/

besucherdienst@mueseen-geschr.de

Details

Further Informations

Information for cyclists
Numerous themed cycle routes offer interesting cycling tours through Münsterland. The signposted themed cycle routes each show special contents of the region and thus tell exciting stories about Münsterland. The Westphalian Bell Museum is also connected to various themed cycle routes.
Flamingo Route
Aaroute
The entrance to the Münsterland cycle route network, which is approximately 4,500 kilometres long, is directly in front of the museum. The flat landscape invites you to take long cycling tours without climbing metres.

Prices

Price adult: 4.00 €

Price child: 0.00 €

Price reduced: 2.00 €

Price Info

Entry
* Recipients of current benefits according to the Social Security Codes II and XII, students (with the exception of "study in old age"), trainees, people doing voluntary service, people with a degree of disability of at least 80% or more (if necessary, accompanying person free of charge against proof), holders of the Ehrenamtskarte, recipients of asylum benefits.
Day-care centre children and schoolchildren and up to two accompanying persons free.
Please enquire directly about small groups, special tours and tours outside opening hours.
Adults: 4 €
reduced *: 2 €
Children bis 11 Jahre: 0 €
Youth ab 12 Jahre: 2 €

Direction

Parking at the Westphalian Bell Museum
Free parking is available for cars in front of the museum on Lindenstraße and on Konrad-Adenauer-Straße.
Parking spaces for buses have been set up on Eschstraße. From there, a footpath leads across the grounds of the Museumshof to the main entrance of the Westphalian Bell Museum.
Journey to the Westphalian Bell Museum
Arrival by bus and train:
Coesfeld railway station, continue by public transport
from Coesfeld station with lines 751 and 761
Stadtlohn - Gescher with line R61
Bocholt - Coesfeld with line R51
Arrival by car:
A31 Oberhausen-Emden, exit Gescher/Coesfeld, continue towards Gescher.
A43 Recklinghausen-Münster, exit Dülmen/Coesfeld in the direction of Coesfeld and continue on the B474, from Coesfeld continue in the direction of Gescher on the B525
A3 Oberhausen-Arnheim, exit Borken/Bocholt in the direction of Borken and continue on the B67 as far as Borken, continue on the A31 in the direction of Emden as far as the exit Gescher/Coesfeld in the direction of Gescher