Museum

	Our museum’s educational programme for adults

	One-hour guided tours General tour with an overall impression of the museum Brake Castle : architecture and building history The Renaissance in the Weser region: its influence and geographical distribution Art at the Renaissance court Economic history: reasons for the cultural heyday Fashion in the Renaissance Feasts and banqueting culture in the Renaissance On knights and castles: Knighthood in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance Perspective: the secret of the third dimension On dogs, birds and monsters – animals in Brake Castle Christmas in the Renaissance Size of groups: maximum of 25 people Duration: about 1 hour Supervision: a member of the museum educational staff Price:: 44 Euro plus entrancce fee 2 Euro per person

	Exciting themed itineraries From alchemy to chemistry. In these two themed itineraries you discover more about the aims and achievements of the natural sciences in the Renaissance. Mirror and self-portrait. The historical meaning of the mirror and the related development of the self-portrait are as much part of this itinerary as discovering how glass balls appear in a mirror in the museum’s own chemistry laboratory. (10-30 participants) Making gold. Find out more about the meaning of gold, the philosopher’s stone and the alchemists at the royal courts and about how to make a “gold coin” in the museum’s own chemistry laboratory. (10-30 participants) Fashion in the Renaissance. You not only experience why the gentlemen showed off their “goose belly” and the ladies their “women’s flab” – you can try out the Renaissance clothes you otherwise only admire in the paintings. Photos allowed! (10-20 participants) Duration: 1½–2 hours Supervision: 1 to 2 members of museum educational staff Fee: 10 Euro per person (incl. entrance fee)

Exciting themed itineraries