Description
Sometimes it is a stroke of luck that a museum building is almost as interesting as the actual museum content. This is exactly the case with the Forest Farmers' Museum in Gutenstein in the Piestingtal valley. An "old farm mill" built in 1576 serves as the location for a museum about the ancillary trades of forest farmers.
The forest farmers took on a variety of jobs to ensure their survival. Their crafts are on display in 13 workshops: from basket weavers to woodcutters, carpenters, lime burners, charcoal burners, peckers, wainwrights and wagon makers. In the adjoining open-air museum, visitors can see an original sawmill from Oberpiesting, and the water wheel is even in operation during the summer season. In 2015, the Gutenstein Forest Farmers' Museum celebrated its 50th anniversary.
A visit to the Waldbauernmuseum can also be wonderfully combined with an excursion along the Piestingtal cycle path.
