Heimatmuseum Holzgau
Painted Lech Valley double house with a collection on rural everyday life; visits only on the summer tours or by request.
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About the museum
The Heimatmuseum Holzgau is housed in an 18th-century farmhouse. The two-story double house is built in log construction on a masonry foundation and was divided between two households: the museum occupies house part No. 35, while part No. 34 is still lived in today. The façade is decorated with rich Lüftlmalerei (painted façade art), with illusionary architecture and images of saints, presumably by the workshop of the Zeiller family.
The low, narrow rooms show how people in the upper Lech Valley once lived and worked: a vaulted kitchen, the parlor with its Herrgottswinkel (corner shrine), tools and implements from house, farm and high pasture, as well as costumes and early sewing machines. The exhibition focuses on the objects themselves and deliberately leaves little staging. It touches on themes such as the division of farms among heirs, seasonal work and itinerant trade, alpine pasture farming, timber rafting, hunting and early tourism.
The house is visited on a guided tour by a local cultural guide, who offers it weekly in summer during the village and culture walk. A large key opens the door, part of the special charm that the State of Tyrol also highlighted in a museum profile.
Highlights
- 18th-century Lech Valley double house with Lüftlmalerei
- Vaulted kitchen and parlor with Herrgottswinkel
- Tools for alpine pasture, timber rafting and farming
- Costumes and early sewing machines
- Tour as part of the village and culture walk
Permanent exhibition
- Bäuerlicher Alltag im Lechtal – Kitchen, parlor and chambers of a divided farm, with tools from house, farm, high pasture and woodwork, plus costumes and sewing machines.
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Getting there & parking
The museum is in the middle of the village of Holzgau in the upper Lech Valley; the meeting point for the tour is the village square.
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Plan your visit
| Guided tours | yes |
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| Good to know | Visits by guided tour only; the meeting point for the village and culture walk is the Holzgau village square. Information and special dates from the Holzgau tourist office (+43 5633 5356). |
