The „Haus Peters“ includes a former grocer’s shop from 1820. This shop makes the museum a very special one because it is still used as a sales room for numerous items. There are also a gallery and changing exhibitions. The “Horst Janssen Zimmer” (Horst Janssen room) in the gable with the “Eiderland-Mappe” (Eiderland folder) and the “Janssenhof” (Janssen farm) as well as the farmer’s garden with its herbaceous perennial plants and its summer flowers are well worth seeing. In the other rooms of the house there are special exhibitions on contemporary art and cultural history.
The historical grocer’s shop with its well restored fittings is probably the oldest rural shop of this kind in Schleswig-Holstein that is still preserved in its original place. The house of the Peters family was built around 1760. Between 1850 and 1955 it was the living section of a former so-called “Haubarg” (from “Heu Bergen” = gather in hay; special type of large farm building). It represents an important historical monument in cultural history that illustrates rural life in the 18th and 19th century. In addition to the original Biedermeier fittings of the grocer’s shop there is a good deal of “Gründerzeit” furniture in the kitchen and living rooms as well. It also derives from the former owners of the house. The visitor has the rare opportunity to experience living and working in the vicinity of the village and its surroundings, which once provided the grocer’s shop with its customers.

Free

Regular tours

Changing exhibitions on art and cultural history, altogether three per year

Brigitta Seidel: Haus Peters. Vom Kolonialwarenladen zum Kulturzentrum, hrsg. vom Förderverein Haus Peters e.V., Tetenbüll 2006 (ISBN 3-936017-09-3), Publications on the history and culture of the Eiderstedt peninsula, Leaflet on the cultural landscape of Eiderstedt, on museums, on Haus Peters, Brigitta Seidel: MarkenWaren. Maggi, Odol, Persil & Co. erobern den ländlichen Haushalt, hrsg. vom Förderverein Haus Peters e.V., Tetenbüll (= Kataloge der Museen in Schleswig-Holstein Nr. 67), Husum Verlag, Husum 2002, Euro 9,95
(publication on the appearance of proprietary articles in rural households, only available in German), „Eiderlandmappe“ (Eiderland folder), books and posters by the painter Horst Janssen, Brigitta Seidel (Hrsg.:) Rezepte der Luise Peters. Eiderstedter Backbuch aus der guten alten Zeit, Husum 2005, 2. Auflage 2006, 7,95 Euro, ISBN 3-89876-234-3, Brigitta Seidel (Hrsg.): Rezepte der Luise Peters. Eiderstedter Backbuch aus der guten alten Zeit, Husum Verlag 2005, 96 Seiten, zahlreiche Abbildungen, Euro 7,95, ISBN 3-89876-234-3, (2) Brigitta Seidel: Kolonialwaren. Genußmittel und Gewürze im ländlichen Haushalt in Nordfriesland im 18. und 19. Jahrhundert, hrsg. vom Förderverein Haus Peters e.V., Tetenbüll (= Kataloge der Museen in Schleswig-Holstein, Nr. 63), Husum 2001, Euro 9,95 ISBN 3-89876-028-6
(publication on groceries and colonial produce in North Frisian rural areas in the 18th and 19th century, only available in German), Brigitta Seidel / Doris Tillmann: Landhökerei. Dörflicher Warenhandel im 18. und 19. Jahrhundert am Beispiel des Kaufladens Peters in Tetenbüll/Eiderstedt, hrsg. vom Förderverein Haus Peters e.V., Tetenbüll (= Kataloge der Museen in Schleswig-Holstein Nr. 57), Tetenbüll 2000, Euro 9,95 ISBN 3-9807427- 3-3
(publication on trade and grocer’s shops in rural areas in the 18th and 19th century, only available in German), Seidel, Brigitta: In der Zauberwelt der Rosen. Eine kleine Kulturgeschichte. Fotografien von Günter Pump. Mit alten und neuen Rezepten für die Küche, Husum 2006, ISBN 3-89876-294-7. 7,95 Euro

Since 1991 the museum is run by the „Förderverein Haus Peters e.V.” (registered association that supports the museum), which has about 100 members at present., Contact person: Brigitta Seidel, Since 1988 the responsible body for the Haus Peters is the Tetenbüll community.

Arriving by car

Change from federal road B 5 (in the direction of Hamburg or Husum) to federal road B 202 at Tönning junction and drive on in the direction of St. Peter-Ording. In Katharinenheerd take turnoff to Tetenbüll (sign for "Haus Peters) and drive about 2 km (1.2 miles) to the centre of the village. Parking facilities at St. Anna Church.

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