We’re excited to announce our new gallery & museum tour program! We’ll update this site with new experiences so check back to see the latest.

Hahndorf Academy is passionate about delivering quality education programs and offers a variety of engaging opportunities to learn about art and history.

We cater for individuals, schools, tourist and special interest groups. We can tailor a tour to meet your needs - or ask about our creative workshop options!

AUDIO GUIDE

Our online audio guide gives a brief history of Hahndorf (also known as Bukatila) and the Hahndorf Academy building. Listen anytime using your own device!

school GUIDED TOURS

Hahndorf Academy offers guided tours of our gallery and museum for groups and schools. We also offer a variety of learning resources for school kids of different ages.

Bookings are required for all group tours (including self-guided).

  • Self-guided tour - schools - $2 per student

  • Self-guided + learning resources - schools - $3 per student

  • Guided tour - schools - $3 per student

  • Guided tour + learning resources - schools - $4 per student

Tour guides, teachers and adults accompanying school tours are free of charge.

EDUCATION RESOURCES

Hahndorf Academy is excited to launch our new school tour education program!

Our engaging tours align with the Australian Curriculum Frameworks 9.0,

Our resources support teachers to organise school visits to Hahndorf Academy as well as inform further study in the classroom.

We welcome combined year levels and can tailor your tour to suit specific interests!

This project is supported by the Australian Government through the Regional Arts Fund and the South Australian Government through Country Arts SA

  • We can customise tours based on a range of subjects and ages. Make an enquiry and we will contact you to discuss your needs!

  • This tour elaborates on Year 2 & 3 History Knowledge and Skills:

    Welcome to Peramangk country

    Learn the purpose and importance of museums

    Identify changes at the Hahndorf Academy building through photographs

    Learn about school life: past and present through photographs

    Experience ‘School days in the past’ by writing in Sutterlin script on slates

    ‘Be a Museum Detective’ by matching photos to objects in the museum

    Students receive a reward sticker

    Optional ‘Mystery Object’ activity

    DOWNLOAD TEACHER OVERVIEW

  • This tour elaborates on Year 5* History Knowledge and Skills:

    Discover First Nations (Peramangk) people of the Adelaide Hills

    Research the experiences of German migrants to the Hahndorf area in 1838

    ‘Investigate the History of Hahndorf’ by independently completing a booklet

    Students receive a reward sticker

    Optional ‘Mystery Object’ activity

    *This tour is also suitable for Year 4 aged students.

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  • This module is in development. Please check back as more content becomes available.

  • This tour elaborates on Year 8* History Knowledge and Skills:

    Discover the purpose and importance of Hahndorf Academy’s museum collection

    ‘Be a Hahndorf Historian’ by completing a group research and discussion activity using historic photographs

    Learn about the changing aspects of work, school, home life, recreation, and preservation of Hahndorf Academy over the past 150 years

    Explore the museum to locate and identify artefacts

    Students will be receive a reward sticker

    Optional ‘Mystery Object’ activity

    *This tour is also suitable for Year 7 aged students.

    DOWNLOAD TEACHER OVERVIEW

  • This tour elaborates on Year 9* History Knowledge and Skills:

    Discover the purpose and historical interest of Hahndorf Academy’s museum

    Research the causes and long term effects of early German migration to South Australia in 1838

    Independently complete a personalised ‘Passport to Hahndorf’ research task, adopting the persona of an original Hahndorf pioneer

    Students receive a reward sticker

    Optional ‘Mystery Object’ activity

    *This tour is also suitable for Year 10 aged students.

    DOWNLOAD TEACHER OVERVIEW

  • This module is in development. Please check back as more content becomes available.

  • This module is in development. Please check back as more content becomes available.

  • This module is in development. Please check back as more content becomes available.

FURTHER INFORMATION

Want to learn more about Hahndorf? Need some inspiration or classroom resources?

Aboriginal language game

This online game from the National Museum of Australia features the Guugu Yimidhirr Aboriginal language from Northern Queensland.

It's a fun, free game for school-aged children that develops their understanding and appreciation of First Nation's culture.

Are you tougher than your ancestors?

This children's TV series explores Australian history. The episode 'Hahndorf - Pioneer Living German Style!' was filmed in Hahndorf and showcases what life was like for the first German migrants.

You can download the episode and a teacher's toolkit from the Australian Children's Television Foundation. Watch the Hahndorf episode (Series 1 episode 4) with your class and discuss whether they could survive in colonial times!

Watch on ABC iview, other streaming services, or via the link below

Laura Kampf

How do you build a 'fachwerk' house?

Laura Kampf is a maker who works with timber and wood in Köln, Germany. She is restoring a 150 year old house and is documenting her process on YouTube.

You can watch her create a model and then build a real wall using fachwerk (half-timbered) construction methods.

This same construction method was used by German migrants who settled in Hahndorf.

Schmidt-Rodert Hof

You can visit the Schmidt-Rodert Hof (barn yard complex) featured in 'Are you tougher than your ancestors' Hahndorf episode, located at the eastern end of Hahndorf's Main Street.

The Hof contains early timber structures including a barn where people lived alongside their animals, and a working wood-fired oven.

Explore Hahndorf

Want to explore more of the Hahndorf area?

Hahndorf is the oldest surviving Germanic settlement in Australia. There is evidence of history throughout Hahndorf in many of the original buildings still standing.

Highlights in our region include the Pioneer Women’s Trail, The Cedars (home of Hans and Nora Heysen) and the Adelaide Hills Sculpture Trail.

You can find out more about historic sites in Hahndorf on the Adelaide Hills localwiki here.