Ötztaler Heimat- und Freilichtmuseum

Om museet

In the Längenfeld district of Lehn, one of the last almost unchanged village centres of the Ötztal has been preserved. The properties lie side by side largely without fences, and important communal places such as the bread oven and the fountain used to be shared by several families. When the centuries-old houses no longer met modern living standards at the end of the 1960s, the Ötztal Local History Association acquired the first buildings and converted them into a museum.

Today the ensemble of numerous historic buildings documents the everyday and economic history of farming life in the valley. It mainly displays everyday objects as well as farming and craft tools; several buildings explain the processes involved in producing wool, linen, bread and butter. The museum garden grows crops that were once important, including Ötztal flax, the sale of which was an important side income for many farming families until the 19th century.

The museum is a hands-on one: flax is grown and processed, the mill grinds grain, boards are cut in the sawmill, bread is baked in the oven and potatoes are harvested in the museum field. The museum is run together with the Turmmuseum Oetz and the Gedächtnisspeicher by the Ötztaler Museen; they were awarded the Austrian Museum Prize in 2021 and the Tyrolean Museum Prize in 2023.

Højdepunkter

• Village centre with numerous historic farmhouses
• Working mill and sawmill
• Flax growing and processing of Ötztal linen
• Bread baking in the historic oven
• Collection of farming and craft tools
• Austrian Museum Prize 2021, Tyrolean Museum Prize 2023

Permanent udstilling

• Heimat- und Freilichtmuseum Lehn – Tour of the museum village with residential and farm buildings, mills, sawmill and garden, illustrating the mountain farming culture of the Ötztal.

Grundlagt

1979

Ejer

Ötztaler Museen GmbH (gemeinnützig)

Entrépriser & rabatter

Der er gratis entré.

The admission price is freely chosen: at the entrance there is a box for an amount of your own choosing.

Tilgængelighed

• Delvis kørestolsvenlig
• Elevator: findes ikke
• Handicaptoilet: findes ikke
• Handicapparkering: ingen oplysninger
• Servicehunde tilladt
• Taktile tilbud: ingen oplysninger
• Rundvisninger på tegnsprog: ingen oplysninger
• Letlæste tilbud: ingen oplysninger
• Synstolkning: ingen oplysninger

The listed buildings are only partly accessible: the museum is reached via a ramp, but the ticket desk, shop and toilet only via two steps; there are no paved paths, no lifts and often narrow, low doors. Plenty of seating; on the ground floor a film shows the entire museum. Assistance dogs are allowed everywhere. A new building with fewer barriers (Wastlshaus) is announced for 2028.

Børn og familie

• Interaktive stationer

Old working methods can be tried out yourself (baking bread, flax, mill, sawmill); tours and workshops are available for schools.

Transport & parkering

The museum is directly on the Ötztal cycle path; bicycle parking is available.

Service & spisesteder

• Museumsbutik

Arrangementer & udlejning

Museet har ikke offentliggjort oplysninger om dette.

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