Museum of Tyrolean Farms, Open-air heritage museum in Kramsach, Austria

The Museum of Tyrolean Farms is an open-air museum in Kramsach where 14 historic farmhouses and 23 outbuildings—barns, chapels, an alpine hut, a fire station—were dismantled, measured, numbered and rebuilt on about eight hectares. The farms are laid out along a valley that mirrors Tyrol's geography, from the Wipptal through the Unterinntal and East and South Tyrol to the Oberinntal. The oldest are the Tierstaller from South Tyrol, a Paarhof house from before 1500, and the Alter Segger from East Tyrol, rooted around 1400.

The Museum of Tyrolean Farms Society was founded in 1974 on the initiative of Kramsach entrepreneur Heinz A. E. Mantl, modelled on Scandinavian open-air museums such as Skansen in Stockholm (1891). Farmhouses from North, South and East Tyrol were measured, numbered and rebuilt on about 8 hectares; the oldest, the Tierstaller from South Tyrol, predates 1500, and the Alter Segger from East Tyrol dates to around 1400.

The museum displays how farming families lived and worked across different valleys, with real houses you can enter and explore. The buildings give a sense of what daily rural life looked like and which craft skills were essential for survival.

The museum is best explored on foot, as a marked path leads through the buildings so you can view the structures at your own pace. There are resting spots and picnic areas where you can rest and enjoy the surroundings.

Some buildings feature audio installations where historical characters describe their lives and share their perspective on daily work. These accounts help visitors imagine what it felt like to live in that time.