Lower Saxony Asparagus Museum

Nienburg asparagus is "on everyone's lips". Where could you learn more about the noble vegetable than in the Lower Saxony Asparagus Museum? Here, the path of the asparagus field to the plate is traced. The Asparagus Museum is housed in a 300-year-old Low German hall house in the museum's Biedermeier garden, which originally served as a farmhouse in Marklohe, on the left bank of the Weser. With the help of photos, but also original harvesters and asparagus knives, the elaborate work of cultivation, breeding and growth of the plant with its many long roots is depicted through further processing, conservation, marketing and distribution. One chapter is devoted to the topic of seasonal work, which has always been closely related to asparagus cultivation. In the past, relatives and neighbors stepped in, but during the Second World War, prisoners of war also had to stab poles. After 1945, the harvest workers came first from the Mediterranean countries, then later from Poland. The focus is on the valuable Burgdorf asparagus collection of the Lower Saxony Savings Bank Foundation with special pieces of crockery and cutlery. It shows table culture from five centuries. On the ground floor you will also find an asparagus table with touch displays, with which guests can customize their asparagus table. The upper floor is for younger visitors. A tractor with a computer screen is waiting here. The children can create a virtual asparagus dam and pick asparagus. Included is Mio the rabbit as a figure of identification. On the outdoor area, large equipment such as a deep plough, a dam clearer, the first asparagus peeling machine and a small asparagus field will be presented. A highlight is the largest asparagus sculpture in the world.