In the "German Cheese Museum", the "Westphalian Beer Museum" and the "German Sack Museum" in the middle of the historic center of the agricultural town of Nieheim, you can discover the diversity of Westphalia!
The "German Cheese Museum" and the "Westphalian Beer Museum" offer pure seduction to enjoyment and Westphalia shows its most delicious side here.
German Cheese Museum
What is raw milk cheese? What does curdling mean, what does fracture cutting mean? How do you milk a cow? And: How do the holes actually get into the cheese? Germany is a large cheese country and Nieheim is its capital with the largest cheese market: this claim is reflected in two old farmhouses that have been rebuilt in Nieheim, in which the GERMAN CHEESE MUSEUM offers a unique world of cheese experiences.
Taste Germany's and Westphalia's best cheeses. Especially for children: Sit on a milking stool and test your talent on a cow's udder! You want to be there while the cheese is being made: Just 300 meters further on, you can watch how Nieheim cheese is made in Menne’s cheese dairy. Menne`s show dairy, Hospitalstr. 22, Tel. 05274 472.
Westphalian beer museum
Why was beer brewing in Westphalia actually a woman's business?
What is grut? Which beer glass goes with which beer? And why is beer consumption higher in Westphalia than in Bavaria? Experience how beer was brewed and why there are two purity laws.
The beers from the Nieheimer Bürgerbrauzunft are authentic. They reflect the Westphalian brewing tradition. Just as the Nieheim brewers once served their beer in the Ratskeller, the Nieheim citizens' brewing guild continues.
The Nieheim museum landscape is rounded off by the "German Sack Museum" in Wasserstrasse approx. 200 meters away, one of the most bizarre museums in all of Germany!