Talmuseum Chasa Retica
Talmuseum (valley museum) in a farmhouse from 1658 in Samnaun-Plan, showing everyday rural life from the 16th to the 19th century and an exhibition on Father Maurus Carnot.
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About the museum
For centuries the people of the Samnaun valley lived from farming; the steep meadow slopes still shape the valley today. The Talmuseum commemorates this era and the hard living conditions of the mountain farmers.
It is housed in the Chasa Retica in Samnaun-Plan, a farmhouse built in 1658 in Engadine style with influences from the Tyrolean Oberland. The house is one of the oldest in the valley and is under heritage protection. At the initiative of the municipality, it was extensively restored in 1984 together with the cantonal heritage conservation office; the museum opened in 1988.
The exhibits were gathered over long, painstaking work throughout the valley. The organized collection shows tools and objects of daily life and, in the living and working rooms, conveys how a Samnaun farming family lived between the 16th and 19th centuries. A further exhibition is devoted to the Benedictine monk and poet Maurus Carnot (1865–1939), who came from Samnaun.
Highlights
- Chasa Retica farmhouse from 1658, one of the oldest houses in the Samnaun valley
- Living and working rooms of a farming family from the 16th to the 19th century
- Everyday objects and tools from the valley
- Exhibition on the life and work of Father Maurus Carnot
- Guided tours in summer and winter
Permanent exhibitions
- Bäuerliches Leben im Samnauntal – The rooms of the old farmhouse show, with tools and everyday objects, how a Samnaun farming family lived and worked from the 16th into the 19th century.
- Pater Maurus Carnot – The exhibition presents the life and work of the Benedictine monk and poet Maurus Carnot (1865–1939), who came from Samnaun.
- Founded
- 1988
Admission & discounts
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Accessibility
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Kids & families
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Getting there & parking
By public transit
Samnaun-Plan, West
By bus to the stop Samnaun-Plan, West.
By car
Parking available · 100 m to the entrance
Parking spaces about 100 meters from the museum.
By car to the village center of Samnaun-Plan (Plan Strasse 22).
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Plan your visit
| Guided tours | yes · approx. 60 min |
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| Good to know | Tours in German. Register with the Samnaun Guest Information (phone +41 81 861 88 30, info@samnaun.ch). If you wish, you can visit the exhibition on Father Maurus Carnot after the tour; one drink is included. |
