MuseumPasseier: the history of everyday life on a farm

The historical Sandhof in San Leonardo in Passiria (St. Leonhard in Passeiertal) is the birthplace of Andreas Hofer, who led the Tyrolean Rebellion of 1809. In memory of the history of that struggle for freedom, a museum has been established that, with historical open spaces, links the dramatic events that took place in the early years of the nineteenth century with the local farming traditions of Val Passiria.

The ethnographical collection
The ethnographical collection in the museum’s barn depicts the conditions of the traditional farmers life, it exhibits show-pieces documenting local costumes, furniture, art, popular arts & beliefs, healing practices, customs, agricultural life, transport, crafts & the life of various local personages.
The out door area offers a stroll through various rebuilt original buildings of the 16th to the 19th century, through a typically furnished Passeirer farmstead of more recent vintage, a visit to the chapel of the Sacred Heart (1899) and the small church of the Sacred Sepulchre (1691).

Andreas Hofer
In this extensive exhibit the turbulent times of the Napoleonic Era come alive again: Various documents illuminate the life of this man that was to go down in history as a successful freedom fighter against the Napoleonic occupation in Tyrol. Three times he won battles at Berg Isel near Innsruck against the French and Bavarian troops. Who was Andreas Hofer? Was he a vigorous hero or a drunkard innkeeper and horse dealer? These are the different questions the museum explores. A documentary film on the life and the achievements of Andreas Hofer and his allies in the Tyrolean insurrection of 1809 against the Napoleonic and Bavarian invaders are at the heart of the exhibition.