Museum d'Engiadina bassa
Regional museum in the Engadine house “Chà gronda” in Scuol with parlours, kitchen, barn, mill and textiles illustrating the living and building culture of the Lower Engadine.
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About the museum
The stately building with Renaissance arcades in the lower, historic part of Scuol is known locally as “Chà gronda” (Big House) or “la Clastra” (the monastery). In fact, Eberhard of Tarasp founded a monastery here in 1098, and the very old foundation walls with their tuff-framed gateways may have belonged to that complex. After eventful centuries, the house was generously extended between 1702 and 1704 into its present form.
In 1954 the museum association, founded the same year, took over the building and set up the Lower Engadine regional museum in it. Because the Lower Engadine was predominantly an agrarian landscape until the end of the 19th century, and mechanisation after the Second World War displaced tools and domestic culture, the founders, under the leadership of the cultural promoter Men Rauch, wanted to save evidence of the earlier way of life and building culture.
The residential section includes an entrance hall with a groin vault, a vaulted kitchen with hearth and bread oven, a storeroom with prehistoric finds, parlours from different eras including the oldest surviving Engadine parlour, dated to around 1550, and a library. The agricultural section with the sulèr (entrance hall), barn, forecourt, cowshed and cellars has been left as it was used. The barn also houses a historic mill installation from Ftan, together with a miller's room with a white Engadine stove.
Highlights
- Engadine house of 1702–1704 with Renaissance arcades
- Oldest surviving Engadine parlour, from around 1550
- Vaulted kitchen with hearth and bread oven
- Agricultural section with barn, stable and mill from Ftan
- Village and museum tour with aperitif in a Swiss stone pine parlour
Permanent exhibitions
- Wohnteil: Stuben, Küche und Eingangshalle – Rooms such as the parlour of 1702, the vaulted kitchen, Engadine parlours from the 18th century and from Sent and Lavin, and the textile room show how people used to live in the Lower Engadine.
- Landwirtschaftsteil mit Mühle – Sulèr, barn, stable, hayloft and cellars, as well as a historic mill installation from Ftan with a miller's room.
- Founded
- 1954
- Operated by
- Museumsverein Museum d'Engiadina bassa
Admission & discounts
| Adults | CHF 7 |
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| Reduced | CHF 4Guest card |
| Children & teens | CHF 3free up to age 6 · Children up to 16 years |
| Groups | CHF 4 per personPer person, one accompanying person free |
| Village and museum tour (Monday 2:30 p.m., all year round, approx. 1.5 hours) | CHF 26With guest card CHF 16, children CHF 5; register by Monday 11 a.m. at the Scuol guest information office; aperitif in a Swiss stone pine parlour included |
| Museum tour by appointment (approx. 1 hour) | CHF 70Flat rate plus museum admission |
Children under 7 free.
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Plan your visit
| Guided tours | yes · approx. 60 min |
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| Good to know | Tours in German, Romansh and English. The museum tour (meeting point in front of the museum) can be booked by appointment all year round; the village and museum tour starts at the Quadras school building. |
