A washing day like around 1900 - vacation event in the city museum
Summer vacation event
With soap and washboard...A washing day like around 1900
The museum courtyard will be a laundry scene as it used to be. Here, visitors of all ages can experience and try out for themselves how women did laundry around 120 years ago. You will find out why this only happened every four to six weeks, but then for one or two days. Linen hangs on the washing lines in the museum courtyard, which are stretched up with homemade wooden hooks. In a wooden tub or a zinc tub, you can rub a piece of laundry clean yourself with soap and water on a washboard, rinse it with clear water, wring it out and hang it up. You can also try out a rotary ironer. You will wear aprons and headscarves like the washerwomen used to. Have fun!
Contribution towards expenses: € 6.00 (including admission to the museum)
Contact: Phone 03996 172827
When: Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 11 am
Where: City Museum Teterow, Südliche Ringstraße 1, 17166 Teterow
