House to try out

© Josef Schimmer

Visitors can experience living conditions around 1900 with all their senses in the House to Try Out: Try lying on a straw sack and a horsehair mattress, grate nuts, get to know the lighting conditions of a paraffin lamp, put a loaf of (salted) dough in the oven - all this and much more can be tried out.

Exhibition on Horse Collars

© Nadja Meister

The horse collars were used to distribute the tractive force when clamping a horse or other draft animal.
On display are splendid horse collars for the wagons that delivered the wine from the Weinviertel to Vienna, but also simpler pieces for agricultural vehicles and plows.
In the adjoining room you can admire some sledges from aristocratic property as a supplement.

School Exhibition

© Museumsdorf

Discover a selection of different educational materials, "school" textiles and textbooks. One section is dedicated to the textbook author and school historian Ludwig Boyer, who comes from the Weinviertel region. Furthermore, the wide range of tasks, the everyday school life and the social position of the village teacher in the 19th century are discussed.

Protestants in the Weinviertel

© Roman Jandl

Based on Martin Luther's 1517 theses, the documentation shows the history and presence of the Protestants in the Weinviertel. You can marvel at pictures, devotional books and Bibles as well as song books from four centuries.

Farmer Life in Transition

Von der Grundherrschaft zur modernen Agrarpolitik
© Roman Jandl

The development of Lower Austrian agriculture between lordship, town and market from 1848 to the present is dealt with in a total of seven subject areas. A historical highlight is the original study by Leopold Figl. Numerous interview and film excerpts establish links between yesterday and today.

The Baptists in the Weinviertel

© Roman Jandl

The permanent exhibition focuses on the history of the Baptists and Hutterites from their beginnings to the free churches of the present day. Members of this reformatory religious movement settled around 1528 in the Liechtenstein possessions in South Moravia and the neighboring Weinviertel.

Clay building exhibition

© Roman Jandl

This exhibition shows various clay building techniques as well as their cultural-historical and climate-technical significance. The focus of the presentation is a piece of clay wall, which was transferred in a whole piece with clay, plaster and lime paint.
Clay used to be regarded as a building material by poor people, but today it is increasingly appreciated and promoted for its environmental friendliness and climate efficiency.

Southern Moravia

People, History and Stories

Until 1945, Southern Moravia and the northern part of the Weinviertel were one cultural sphere: the farms were similar, the way of life and even the local dialect were the same. Motivated by a longing for the lost homeland, the "Südmährerhof" was opened in the Museumsdorf in 1982 and is cared for by the Südmährer-Kulturstiftung.