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Description
We are a peaceful family (2 children) with a private and creative museum for nature conservation. Help and work is needed mainly outdoor in our natural garden and in our developing wilderness site of appr. 7 hectares (mainly forest and rocks in an old former quarry). But also indoor is a lot to do: cleaning the small exhibition rooms, repairing something or creating/building new interactive stations, graphics or models. The area and the museum are for nature education and for nature protection.
Accomodation would be in a small single room (we have two single rooms for volunteers) under the rooftop of the museum, shower/WC stairs below.
We are located in the tourist region of Bad Sobernheim in Southwest Germany near the railway station "Staudernheim Bahnhof". A lot of excursions and sightseeings are possible.
We are a non-smoking-area and of course totally drug-free.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
DIY and building projects
General Maintenance
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Farmstay help
Help with Eco Projects
Help around the house
Hospitality/Tourism
Language practice
Art Projects
Help with Computers/ Internet
Teaching
Projects involving children
This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
Help
Help depends on your interest and skills. We need simple jobs outdoor at the natural garden (e.g. weeding) or indoor (e.g. cleaning) , but - if you like - you are welcome to repair some exhibition models or create new models (art work) or small stations indoor or outdoor in co-operation with us. Or you create a new video or photo-show about our topics. We are a small museum with a large outdoor area
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
German: Beginner
French: Beginner
Accommodation
2 Single rooms in house, shower/toilet a few stairs below.
What else ...
We always try to keep a good balance between work and free time - for us and for our guests. After work or on free days there are a lot of opportunities in the surrounding: recreation area of Bad Sobernheim (1 km), the wonderful 'Naheland region (surrounding), UNESCO World heritage Middle Rhine valley (30 km) and walking, biking, relaxing directly from the door ...
We are interested in cultural exchange - we welcome all peaceful people. We are a normal family living in freedom and peace, but also busy in life.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Hours expected
Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week
Host ref number: 735647536171
Feedback (20)
20 Oct 2019
Left by host for Workawayer (Ain Aqilah)
Ain was here (museum with outdoor area) one week in October 2019. We've enjoyed the time. Ain is a great wonderful young woman, totally reliable, intelligent and the perfect workawayer. We enjoyed the cultural exchange, good communication in perfect English by her, we have learned important things about Malaysia. She worked really hard and helped… read more
(Excellent
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1 Sep 2019
Ursula, Michael, Eliza and Sarah are the BEST. They are a caring, intelligent and talented family with an insatiable love for nature and community. They made me feel at home right away, and were patient with me as I learned the ropes and struggled with the language. They even taught me some German in 2 weeks! The museum is super rad, and next to a… read more
30 Aug 2019
Left by host for Workawayer (Alexia)
Alexia is a great human, artist, woman – a wonderful personality, always friendly and helpful. We enjoyed her time here (museum and nature area) between August18th and 31th, 2019. We had best communication and learned ourselves a lot by her, too. She worked hard, with best efficiency and she‘s totally reliable. We can trust her blind – and have… read more
(Excellent
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21 Aug 2019
I had the pleasure to stay with Michael, Ursula and their lovely family for two weeks. From the moment I met them, they were incredibly kind and I immediately felt very welcome. During the meals we shared, we talked for hours and they were very interested in my stories (and vice versa of course!). This was also a great way to practice my German.… read more
19 Aug 2019
Left by host for Workawayer (Hannah)
Hannah was here for two weeks between August6th and 20th, 2019. Wonderful weeks! - We enjoyed the time very much. Hannah is so kind, reliable and helpful: the perfect workawayer. We had inspiring communcation and fun. All the work around the gardens, the wild forest and the house was done by Hannah with her high quality. She had also assisted at… read more
(Excellent
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20 Oct 2019
Left by host for Workawayer (Ain Aqilah)
Ain was here (museum with outdoor area) one week in October 2019. We've enjoyed the time. Ain is a great wonderful young woman, totally reliable, intelligent and the perfect workawayer. We enjoyed the cultural exchange, good communication in perfect English by her, we have learned important things about Malaysia. She worked really hard and helped… read more
(Excellent
)
1 Sep 2019
Left by Workawayer (Alexia) for host
Ursula, Michael, Eliza and Sarah are the BEST. They are a caring, intelligent and talented family with an insatiable love for nature and community. They made me feel at home right away, and were patient with me as I learned the ropes and struggled with the language. They even taught me some German in 2 weeks! The museum is super rad, and next to a… read more
30 Aug 2019
Left by host for Workawayer (Alexia)
Alexia is a great human, artist, woman – a wonderful personality, always friendly and helpful. We enjoyed her time here (museum and nature area) between August18th and 31th, 2019. We had best communication and learned ourselves a lot by her, too. She worked hard, with best efficiency and she‘s totally reliable. We can trust her blind – and have… read more
(Excellent
)
21 Aug 2019
Left by Workawayer (Hannah) for host
I had the pleasure to stay with Michael, Ursula and their lovely family for two weeks. From the moment I met them, they were incredibly kind and I immediately felt very welcome. During the meals we shared, we talked for hours and they were very interested in my stories (and vice versa of course!). This was also a great way to practice my German.… read more
19 Aug 2019
Left by host for Workawayer (Hannah)
Hannah was here for two weeks between August6th and 20th, 2019. Wonderful weeks! - We enjoyed the time very much. Hannah is so kind, reliable and helpful: the perfect workawayer. We had inspiring communcation and fun. All the work around the gardens, the wild forest and the house was done by Hannah with her high quality. She had also assisted at… read more
(Excellent
)
25 Sep 2018
Left by Workawayer (Laura) for host
Michael and Ursula were such kind hosts with such a kind family. They always had lots of bread and cheese and butter in the morning and tasty dinner. If you are working on your German I am sure this would help a ton too. There are many villages that are connected by a long bike path which is really beautiful to go on which you can borrow a bike.… read more
11 Sep 2018
Left by host for Workawayer (Laura)
Laura was here (museum and nature area, Staudernheim/Germany) for three weeks (till Sept11th, 2018) according to plan. It was a perfect time. She helped us a lot in our natural garden, in the service of he museum’s café and in house keeping including cleaning . Laura is reliable and worked a lot. Everything was perfect. Also we had a really good… read more
(Excellent
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26 Aug 2018
Left by Workawayer (Saki) for host
This was my first workaway experience and I couldn't have asked for better. Michael and his family was friendly and helpful, even if I only spent a few days with them. I was lucky enough to spend these days in Staudernheim as well. The work was diverse and not too hard, and I was able to work in my own pace. Even though the family was busy that… read more
24 Aug 2018
Left by host for Workawayer (Saki)
Saki was here at ‚ between Aug19th and Aug24th, 2018. She is a wonderful person and a very reliable volunteer. In our natural gardens and around the museum’s house she helped us a lot and gave us helpful hints for our moss garden according to her Japanese experience. - Unfortunately, it was only a short stay (shorter as planned) because of some… read more
(Excellent
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16 Aug 2018
Left by Workawayer (Maša) for host
I had such a wonderful experience here, feeling so welcome from the first moment I arrived and immediately becoming a part of the family. They were always very clear with what is needed to be done and explaining how to do it and why. We had fun in the kitchen, where I got to learn many delicious recipes ( trying out all the cakes served in the… read more
15 Aug 2018
Left by host for Workawayer (Maša)
Masa was here between July20th and August16th, 2018, and we have enjoyed her great help and the exchange of experinece very much. She is so peaceful, totally reliable and full of motivation. You can trust her in all things. As an important part of our international small museum’s team we had also a lot of laughter, wonderful talks and inspiration.… read more
(Excellent
)
5 Aug 2018
Left by Workawayer (Chia-Jung) for host
This was my first workaway experience, I spent two weeks there, and it was awesome! Altmoos family are warm and full of joy.
I worked most of the time in garden, sometimes joined the program with children, and sometimes prepared dinner together with the family. Museum is a magical place, full of knowledge and creativity idea. Nearby are wonderful… read more
I worked most of the time in garden, sometimes joined the program with children, and sometimes prepared dinner together with the family. Museum is a magical place, full of knowledge and creativity idea. Nearby are wonderful… read more
4 Aug 2018
Left by host for Workawayer (Chia-Jung)
Carol was here (museum and nature area) between July21th and August4th, 2018. We had a wonderful time and a great exchange of experience. She is an excellent volunteer, very reliable and hard working. In a harmonic team with us and other volunteer she worked mostly in our moss garden, in the butterfly garden and in the service of museum with… read more
(Excellent
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19 Jun 2018
Left by Workawayer (Tina) for host
It was a real privilege to be a part of Michael and Ursula's Museum and Nature project and to experience South East German village life. I learnt many things and even had the chance to paint (my passion) a small mural to add to the exhibition. Michael was very helpful in all aspects, including recommendations for things to do on days off and… read more
18 Jun 2018
Left by host for Workawayer (Tina)
Tina was here (family & museum & natural area) - exactly as planned - between May21th and June18th, 2018. She is a wonderful young woman, a perfect and reliable 'workawayer'. As a talented artist, she painted a wonderful and creative picture to our earth history exhibition which is now part of the museum. She worked really hard in our natural… read more
(Excellent
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23 May 2018
Left by Workawayer (Klil) for host
I stayed for two weeks with Michael, Ursula and their daughters. This was my first experience volunteeting with Workaway and I enjoyed it very much! The family made me feel welcome from the start. They are kind and generous people with an important mission that I was glad to join for a while.
I mostly worked in the garden and the yard, and had a… read more
I mostly worked in the garden and the yard, and had a… read more
20 May 2018
Left by host for Workawayer (Klil)
Klil was here between May7th and 21th (2018) according to plan. She is very reliable and a hard worker. We had great help by her in our wild garden and in restoration works around our buildings, but also efficient support in house facilities and museum’s care. Everybody likes her, she was part of our team and family, and we had a wonderful… read more
(Excellent
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28 Sep 2017
Left by Workawayer (Jasmine) for host
I spent a wonderful two weeks in Staudernheim with Michael, Ursula, and their lovely daughters. They make sure you feel as though you are a part of their family, which I really appreciated. I am an artist, so I was able to help them with some wood burning projects, and with graphic design. However, I was also able to participate in new activities,… read more
28 Sep 2017
Left by host for Workawayer (Jasmine)
Jasmine was here and helped us in our museum between September 15th and September 28th,, 2017 - according to plan. She is a brilliant workawayer, a wonderful human and a very talented young artist and graphic designer. She supported us in our education programmes by creating small artworks in wood and suggested very useful improvements in our… read more
(Excellent
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17 Sep 2017
Left by Workawayer (Lucie) for host
Absolutely amazing family and wonderful hosts. I spent two weeks here and it was really great experience for me. In few days I felt like a member of the family. And even if my English wasn’t the best, we always find a way how to understand each other.
The museum and especially forest around is breathtaking. I was enjoying time in the wild. Mostly… read more
The museum and especially forest around is breathtaking. I was enjoying time in the wild. Mostly… read more
11 Sep 2017
Left by host for Workawayer (Lucie)
Lucie is a wonderful and intelligent young woman, a brilliant workawayer - and now a friend of our house & museum. She spent 2 weeks (Aug25th till Sept10th, 2017) here, arrived and departed exactly according to plan, and it was a wonderful time. She helped in our exhibition, in care for our audience (children, tourists) and in practical works in… read more
(Excellent
)
21 Jun 2017
Left by Workawayer (Valentina) for host
The best Workaway family ever!!
This was my first Workaway experience, and it was better than I could imagine. Ursula and Michael are really good people, interresting, friendly and super fun!
The work was very entertaining, some days was little work and others was a bit more. But in both pass it very well! Help Ursula with coffee was wonderful, I… read more
This was my first Workaway experience, and it was better than I could imagine. Ursula and Michael are really good people, interresting, friendly and super fun!
The work was very entertaining, some days was little work and others was a bit more. But in both pass it very well! Help Ursula with coffee was wonderful, I… read more
17 Jun 2017
Left by host for Workawayer (Valentina)
Valentina is a lovely person, a young woman full of energy, creativity and open mind. She helped us very much in the museum, in practical works in our natural garden and in contacts with tourists (e.g. guided tours, help in the café), and in our household, too. She has a very good way to work with children. Together with the other volunteer she… read more
(Excellent
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27 Oct 2016
Left by Workawayer (Yi) for host
I had a lovely stay with the family. Michael and Ursula are kind and welcoming, they took us sightseeing and gave us rides into the city on our days off. Work was mostly helping with meal preparation, gardening, cleaning, and prep for museum openings and special events. It was sometimes physical but the hosts are fair and will always make sure you… read more
25 Sep 2016
Left by host for Workawayer (Yi)
Yi was here between Sept13th till Sept25th according to plan. We enjoyed the time together and she was a very good team player with our other volunteer at that time. She came directly into a very busy period of our special museum, but she learned quickly and helped us a lot in useful routine works. She is a very intelligent and wonderful young… read more
(Excellent
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15 Sep 2016
Left by Workawayer (Jennifer) for host
It was a wondeful relaxing experience very useful for me, i met a lot of interesting people and spent a good time with Ursula, Michael, their family and the other volunteer. I have learned to interact with the nature and their unique concept of nature. I would recommend them!
11 Sep 2016
Left by host for Workawayer (Jennifer)
Jennifer was here between August9th and September11th exactly according to plan. She is a wonderful person with best reliability and intelligence. Every host will be happy to meet her. She helped us in routine work (gardening, museum) and we had a wonderful time together, a good communication/exchange and of course a lot of fun, too. Her work was… read more
(Excellent
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14 Jul 2016
Left by Workawayer (ISIS) for host
I spent a pleasant and peaceful month with this family , I have enjoyed the work in different areas around the house and walks through the forests and villages of the area. Also the excursions to major cities . I am grateful for the opportunity to learn more about the butterflies, experienced to have a deer every day so close to me and that you… read more
14 Jul 2016
Left by host for Workawayer (ISIS)
Isis is a wonderful woman with the right spirit of life. She helped us as a workawayer for a month between June14th and July14th exactly as planned. Isis is a hard worker with best reliability. We enjoyed the time together, the good communication and had a lot of laughter in a wonderful relaxed way. She is also creative and we will surely realize… read more
(Excellent
)
12 Jul 2016
Left by Workawayer (Kelly) for host
Micheal and Ursula have been super great! Sweet people with tons of generosity and stories to share. They really appreciate all the help they can get, which makes the effort you put in worth it. I'd definitely recommend them!
3 Jul 2016
Left by host for Workawayer (Kelly)
Kelly was a lovely part of our volunteer team between June17th and July3rd, 2016. She helped us a lot especially in our natural stone garden, in the forest, in the household and in our museum's café. Very useful and reliable. We had also wonderful communication and we learned a lot about her home country Malaysia. Great exchange. 'Hope to meet us… read more
(Excellent
)
18 Jun 2016
Left by host for Workawayer (Alexandra)
Alex(andra) was here between May28th and June18th 2016. She is a wonderful and intelligent woman, an efficient worker and full of good ideas. We enjoyed the time together, the good communication and all her great help. We had a lot of fun together and an interesting exchange. Best reliability in all affairs - perfect and excellent. We are very… read more
(Excellent
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12 May 2016
Left by Workawayer (Emily) for host
This is an impressive outdoor museum (and indoor museum/cafe) started by these two excellent hosts. Their passion for nature is a gift to this area and you can learn a lot from them! I was surprised and enjoyed how easily they could list the latin names of any species as well in several other languages. Their two daughters are also delightful and… read more
30 Apr 2016
Left by host for Workawayer (Emily)
Emily is the perfect workawayer. We enjoyed the time all together in April 2016 here at the-museum. She is very helpful, reliable, intelligent, calm and friendly with a lot of interest in what we are doing - like a helping angel. We had wonderful and relaxed conversation, too - a very good exchange of experiences. In practical work she helped us… read more
(Excellent
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1 Nov 2015
Left by Workawayer (Shehru) for host
Sorry Michael for the late response, I had been traveling.
Michael is a knowledgeable, respectable, and intelligent man with great vision and hard working in building this natural museum. I've learned things about nature and gardening that I had never learned before and enjoyed the stay in this museum, forest, and the walk in this little… read more
Michael is a knowledgeable, respectable, and intelligent man with great vision and hard working in building this natural museum. I've learned things about nature and gardening that I had never learned before and enjoyed the stay in this museum, forest, and the walk in this little… read more
12 Oct 2015
Left by host for Workawayer (Shehru)
We had a good time, interesting exchange of experiences and of course a good help.
(Excellent
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2 Oct 2015
Left by Workawayer (Bethan) for host
I had a lovely stay with Michael and his family for a week in September. The family were so accommodating, kind and thoughtful with a wonderful passion for nature. We had a lot of lovely conversations, and lots of laughter. Me and the other volunteers were able to participate in a lot of great activities, and had a good balance between our work… read more
29 Sep 2015
Left by host for Workawayer (Bethan)
Bethan is a wonderful person, a reliable and a tough worker. She helped us in our natural garden. As a perfect team player she developped a new creative programme for visitors in our museum's forest. We enjoyed the time: excellent!
(Excellent
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14 Sep 2015
Left by host for Workawayer (Maddie)
Maddie's help was great. Intelligent ideas for our museum and practical hands for the routine work e.g. in the natural garden. Really good communication. Perfect!
(Excellent
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1 Sep 2015
Left by Workawayer (Paulina) for host
I spent 2 weeks with Michael's family. Was great experience there, my first time working in a museum with that kind of concept 100% nature. I felt part of his family, because we enjoyed different places together, was a real cultural exchange. I tried to give as much as I could in that place.
They put a lot passion in this work, that is really… read more
They put a lot passion in this work, that is really… read more
30 Aug 2015
Left by host for Workawayer (Paulina)
Paulina is really high quality: as a wonderful human and as an efficient, intelligent and reliable 'Workawayer'. We had been sad when she had left us according to her fixed travel plans, but we hope to meet us again. She recognized and realized the work quickly and helped us in our museum, indoors and outdoors, also with helpful creative input… read more
(Excellent
)
22 Aug 2015
Left by host for Workawayer (Rose)
We enjoyed Rose between Aug13th and Aug22th 2015. We had a wonderful working time together, good communication and fun - and of course really good results in our creative museum and at the garden work. Rose is very reliable, efficient and well organized. Her help was really great. She is an open-minded human and creative artist in the best way -… read more
(Excellent
)
20 Jul 2015
Left by Workawayer (Amir) for host
This was my first workawayer experience and I was very lucky to meet this family and their nice museum. The area is absolutely magnificent, nice forest with great view of the river valley. The accommodation was excellent and workawayer satisfaction is the priority. I enjoyed working in this beautiful environment. Thank you.
19 Jul 2015
Left by host for Workawayer (Amir)
Great help. Amir is a wonderful man and workawayer; very reliable and efficient. We enjoyed the time together.
(Excellent
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