The Tudor Museum (), also known as Rosport Castle ( Luxembourgish: ''Schlass vu Rouspert''), is located in the little town of

Rosport Rosport () is the capital of the commune of Rosport-Mompach in eastern Luxembourg. It is part of the canton of Echternach, which is part of the district of Grevenmacher. Until 31 December 2017, it was a commune. On 1 January 2018, the commune wa ...

(Luxembourgish: Rouspert) in north-eastern

Luxembourg Luxembourg, officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, is a landlocked country in Western Europe. It is bordered by Belgium to the west and north, Germany to the east, and France on the south. Its capital and most populous city, Luxembour ...

. Built in 1892, it was the home of the Luxembourg inventor

Henri Tudor Henri Owen Tudor (30 September 1859 – 31 May 1928) was a Luxembourgish engineer, inventor and industrialist. He developed the first commercially usable lead-acid battery. Life Henri Tudor was the son of John Thomas Tudor from Llanarth, Monmo ...

. Since May 2009, the castle has housed the Tudor Museum."Historique du musée"
, ''Musée Tudor''. . Retrieved 30 March 2011.

Location

The building is located not far from the Irminenhof and is surrounded by magnificent gardens. Locally it is known as the ''neit Schlass'' or new castle.

History

During the German occupation of Luxembourg in the

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, the castle was used to accommodate girls assigned to the ''Reichsarbeitsdient'' who performed farming and house-keeping work. Around 1957, it became a guest house and, in 1964, the American firm

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converted it into a hotel. However business was not very successful and in 1970, the Commune of Rosport bought the castle for its own administrative offices while continuing to rent out the first-floor apartments to vacationers. In 1972, these were replaced by a holiday home for old people. After restoration work was completed in 1999, serious consideration was given to opening a museum on the premises. In 1981, the celebrations for Tudor's 100th anniversary had included an exhibition on the development of the

lead–acid battery The lead–acid battery is a type of rechargeable battery first invented in 1859 by French physicist Gaston Planté. It was the first type of rechargeable battery to be invented. Compared to modern rechargeable batteries, lead–acid batteries ha ...

, his principal success. Although the decision to go ahead with the museum was reached in 1995, many difficulties had to be overcome and it was only in May 2009 that the "Friends of the Henri Tudor Museum" were finally able to open it to the public.

The castle today

In addition to the museum, the building houses the administrative offices of the Commune of Rosport. The museum itself is open all year round from Wednesday to Sunday, 2 pm to 6 pm. In July and August, it is also open on Monday and Tuesday afternoons."Information"
, ''Musée Tudor''. Retrieved 30 March 2011.

References

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Location

History

The castle today

See also

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