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through an innovative method of presentation. Thanks to the project, the jobs of the curator and the guardian were preserved and work opportunities were offered to the residents and craftsmen of the village. The current exhibition, inaugurated in 2018, can now be seen in its modern form with updated
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as a regional ethnographic museum (Law on regional ethnographic museums – 1990.06.18 and chg. 2002.06.04) and is an active member of the
International Association for Walserism (IVfW). Hereafter some of the projects implemented in the past decade are presented:
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2014: The publication of the vocabulary Aus der
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The permanent exhibition is set up in an old Walser house in which various folkloristic and historical topics are presented. The house was originally intended for two families. The building dated 1386 is one of the oldest buildings in the entire
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for preservation and promotion of genetic diversity in fauna and flora, the garden wants to attract the visitors’ attention on old and rare sorts of vegetables, which also include a local May beet variety
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workshops. In 2016, a project was launched to update and modernize the exhibition with a particular focus on upgrading the architectural heritage, the collection and the
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