Ethnography

The traditions, lifestyle and practises of old could be found in the Passeirer valley roughly until the late fifties: an alpine rural economy built on many hardships, since the steep and poor fields required enduring work and attention.
Around 1960 the situation of the people changed considerably: roads were built, electricity and other commodities were supplied, machinery, work places in trades and the developing tourism changed the face of the valley radically: the ‚old‘ way of life changed, leaving behind traditional techniques, types of construction and long-standing habits. The life-style changed, old relics became antiques or simply vanished.
What in part was left (many ‚objects‘ coming also from the former Museum St. Martin) were transferred to the Museum Passeier and are testimony without nostalgic palliation of the ‚old‘ Passeirer valley.