Vriendelijke ontvangst. Eerder klein, maar gevarieerd museum : Hildegard von Bingen (uiteraard), de Rijnromantiek etc.
Located in a former power station from 1898 and composed of 4 permanent exhibitions. “Hildegard von Bingen” (life and work of the 1098-1179 Benedictine) in the former engine room with spacious Gallery. The worldwide unique “Binger Ärztebesteck” in an appropriate setting column-architecture, as if in a Treasure box (67 pieces equipment of Roman doctor, founds from a 2nd century grave in Bingen, introduction in Roman medicine and featured detail of each instrument). Section “19th century Rhine romance” in historical salons and gallery spaces (graphic arts and chart, furniture, a 1820 Salon from the Goethe priod, Biedermeier Salon). Permanent exhibition “Urban history of Bingen” from its beginning until its the present (development, scale models, clothing accessories, Roman archaeological finds). Special exhibitions on the cultural history from the region and Middle Rhine.
Nice museum split between the roman history and Hildegard Von Bingen. Very informative on the latter. Learned a lot about her life and vision and her place in history. Do not miss the Hildegarden just outside. The man in the museum was very knowledgable and friendly offering a lot of local tips.
This is an excellent small museum next to the Rhine and close to where the boats dock in Bingen. I wasn't expecting much, but spent an engrossing hour there.I thought the most interesting section was the collection of 'Romantic Rhine' sketches, many showing the local scenery. And the exhibition devoted to the life of the 12th century nun Hildegard was well presented. There is lots of information in English.
This is a wonderful museum dedicated to an unusual woman. The parish church and kloister in Rudesheim are also beautiful stops. The museum is well organized, in English and German.
lovely small museum mostly dedicated to Hildegard. I went with a colleague in a lunch break, he was more interested in her spiritual side and her visions and me her herb and medicinal side. the museum staff were friendly and helpful, and it was a steal at €3 each.sadly for us all the information is only in German, there was a hand out in English but only 1 was available at the time and sharing was quite difficult due to the large amount of information and limited timethere is a herb garden which looks lovely but I didn't have time to look around
I only had a couple of hours, but I was curious to see this museum. I hadn't heard from Hildegard from Bingen, so I was totally blank of what I would find. The museum is a big gallery with two rooms. Most of the history is written in German with very little in English. Fortunately, the lady at the main entrance gave me some papers which had the translation of the writing over the whole museum.I learned who she was and what she did. Now that I'm back I am reading one of her books. She is what I would consider a predecessor of naturists. The museum accomplished it's purpose. Now they got me going into learning more about her
Museum covers the development of Bingen and the life of Hildegarde. The section on the Roman doctor's tools was interesting also. Good for about 1.5 hours. Worth a visit.
As we were staying in Rudesheim we decided to take the ferry across the Rhine for a visit. On entry we were warmly greeted at reception and time was spent reviewing what to see in the museum along with interpretation. My partner had to write a paper a paper on Hildegard for his undergraduate degree and the two of them were deeply engaged on the subject of Hildegard. We were given briefing notes in English which made the visit that more enjoyable.Well worth the time!
I like that the writings about Hildegard van Bingen were in English as well as in German. I didn't like that the rest of the museum didn't have any English explanation. Otherwise it is a well organized museum, and the person at the desk was well informed.