Brunnenburg museum (or Frau Tupfelmaus's haus)

Brunnenburg is not only an education center for American students and Pound scholars, it's also a regional cultural/agricultural museum.  One of the benefits of our residence here is that we get to wander the museum whenever it's open (which is five days a week, so we do a lot of wandering).  J has decided that the museum, which goes several levels underground, must be very similar to the house of his favorite fictional character, Mrs. Tittlemouse (whose house has "yards and yards of sandy passages" and several storerooms and cellars).  So he gets very excited to visit the museum, running up and down the stairs, and going in one building and coming out another via underground tunnels and rooms. 

Since getting a Beatrix Potter DVD from the library in German, J has decided that it's "Frau Tupfelmaus's" house, where we might be visited by friends such as "Herr Jakob" (Mr. Jackson the frog) or the "Flopsi Kanninchen" (flopsy bunnies) or "Peter Hase" (Peter Rabbit).  His best German word is "shokolade," especially when ordering Eis (gelato), but he's picking up some things from his Frau Tupfelmaus DVD.

If we can convince him that the Uffizi gallery in Florence is Jemima Puddleduck's house, he might enjoy his visit there next week more.

Here are some of our favorite rooms in the Brunnenburg/Frau Tupfelmaus museum:

This is in a wine making room--apparently vine workers wore these scarecrow outfits to keep away pests.  I'd like to see that.

The entrance hall to the main castle and Rittersaal (knight's hall), and also the entrance to our tower.