Museo del Contadino (Tschötscherhof)

The Museo del Contadino occupies the old hay barn of the Tschötscherhof in Sant’Osvaldo, a hamlet of Castelrotto. Agricultural tools and household objects give the rural history of this South Tyrolean community a tangible, personal scale.

Why it matters

The collection preserves the experience of farmers and forest workers through the equipment of their everyday lives. It presents labour, domestic life and faith as connected parts of the same rural world, rather than treating the countryside only as scenery.

What to notice

Craft implements, agricultural machinery and small domestic utensils belong to the collection. Their setting in a former farm barn is integral to its character: the building and the objects both speak of the work that sustained local households.

Context and history

The museum was established in 2005 in collaboration with the Museumsverein Kastelruth, the Castelrotto museums association, at the Jaider family’s farm. Its focus is the material memory of earlier generations in the Castelrotto area.