MuseumPasseier - Andreas Hofer

About MuseumPasseier - Andreas Hofer

The Museum is at the Sandhof Inn in the Passeier valley, the birthplace of Andreas Hofer. Heroes & Hofer: How the bearded innkeeper and cattle-dealer became a Tyrolean folk hero? Heroes & Us: An exhibition that can tell us a lot about ourselves. Valley & People: The open-air exhibtion with a typical farmstead of Passeier is an ideal place to spend some time.

The Museum is at the Sandhof Inn in the Passeier valley, the birthplace of Andreas Hofer. It tells, in a lively and entertaining way, how a bearded innkeeper and cattle-dealer became a Tyrolean folk hero. Alongside numerous pictorial and written exhibits, there are audio stations, films and areas for children. The exhibition “Heroes & Us” presents large light cones to illuminate the fascinating topic of the function of role models. The open-air exibition represents a typical farmstead of the Passeier Valley. The historical buildings house a collection of traditional objects, films, a music collection and an exhibition offering a glimpse into the lives of the people. The Jaufenburg, the French Cemetery, and the Alm Museum in Pfistrad are branches that form part of the museum concept.
NEW 2020:
Traces of painters: A new free audio-guide (in German only) presents a fictitious tale about the Baroque Passeirer school of painting.