Mineralogisches Museum, Marburg
The old granary and bakery is an absolute gem for the Mineralogisches Museum in Marburg, Germany, as it houses a vast collection of minerals and rocks. The former bakery, built in 1515, has three stories and three attics. There is a round tower in front of the structure and a bay window on top of it.
The Mineralogisches Museum is a museum dedicated to minerals and rocks. The museum's history started with Nathanael Gottfried Leske, a geologist who owned a massive collection of minerals and rocks called Museum Leskeanum. In 1786, on his way from Kassel to Marburg to start his new career as a professor of finance and economics, he figured in an accident and shortly after died. Prior to going to Marburg, he had already dispatched his collection, which ended up in the hands of Johann Gottlieb Waldin, a mathematics professor in Marburg.
Waldin submitted a proposal to Landgrave Wilhelm IX to buy the collection and build a Hessian mineral cabinet. The price for the Museum Leskeanum was too high for Landgrave Wilhelm IX, so he rejected it. So Waldin came up with a solution. He suggested to the Landgrave that all miners send rock samples and specimens from the Hessian mines to the University of Marburg. Landgrave Wilhelm IX agreed with the proposal. Later on, Waldin obtained minerals and rock samples. In 1790, the supervision of the Hessian Mineral Cabinet was granted to Waldin by a decree. Also, at that time, the collection was in a room in the Collegio under the library. After Waldin's death, the succeeding directors continued and expanded his work.
In 1918, the newly organized petrographic collection was transferred to the former granary and bakery located at the back of the Elisabeth Church. The old building had a major renovation in the late 60s.
In 1976, Reinhard Helmbold established the museum and became the first director of the Mineralogisches Museum. The following year, the Mineralogisches Museum opened its doors on the occasion of the 450th anniversary of Philipps-Universität Marburg by having two exhibitions.
The long strap hinges add support to the museum's wooden double door. The hinges have a fleur-de-lis or flower lily motif, a heraldic charge.
This wooden door leads to the granary. The door has long hinges.
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