Settlers' tools
Daily life.
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The Pomeranian Museum in Pomerode, Santa Catarina, nicknamed «the most German city in Brazil», tells the story of the town and of the European immigrants who reached the Itajaí Valley from the mid-19th century. The town itself was founded in 1863 by immigrants from Pomerania. The museum grew out of the collection of the local collector Egon Tiedt (1934–2008), a great-grandson of Pomeranian immigrants. From 1969, while working in the scrap trade, he began keeping old objects he felt were worth more than their sale value, musical instruments, irons and lamps among them, at a time when the town had not yet grasped the importance of preserving its history. In 1982 he opened his «Pommersches Museum» in his own house; the city bought the collection in 2004, and the present museum opened in 2008. The museum shows the everyday, farming, craft and musical tools of the first settlers, and pairs with a tour of the town's half-timbered houses and its zoo. Check opening times and prices.
Daily life.
Tiedt's collection.
Town tour.
Pomerode, Santa Catarina
With the collector Egon Tiedt's collection, begun in 1969; the city bought it in 2004 and the present museum opened in 2008.
