Collections

The collecting priorities of the museum include traditional costumes, jewelry, furniture, religious folk art, rural and artisanal tools, everyday household objects, reverse glass paintings, the Werdenfels Carnival, as well as paintings and sculptures by artists associated with the region, and not least objects from prehistory, early history, antiquity, and the Middle Ages.

"Church mask"

Werdenfels, c. 1685, ©Museum Werdenfels
Werdenfels, c. 1685, ©Museum Werdenfels

Hans Schwaighoffer (1920-2000)

The Tracker, 1992, bronze ©Museum Werdenfels
The Tracker, 1992, bronze ©Museum Werdenfels

Art-Intervention by Stephan Hann (*1970)

©Museum Werdenfels
©Museum Werdenfels

Franz von Defregger (1835-1921)

Zither-Player in the Parlour, oil on canvas ©Museum Werdenfels
Zither-Player in the Parlour, oil on canvas ©Museum Werdenfels

Wiesmahdhose (work trousers; lit. hay-making trousers)

1850, linen, cotton ©Museum Werdenfels
1850, linen, cotton ©Museum Werdenfels

Rudolf Härtl (1930-2024)

Knickband, ca. 1970, acrylic on canvas, in the museum Depot ©Museum Werdenfels
Knickband, ca. 1970, acrylic on canvas, in the museum Depot ©Museum Werdenfels

Art-Intervention by Stephan Hann (*1970)

©Museum Werdenfels
©Museum Werdenfels

Smoke kitchen

©Museum Werdenfels
©Museum Werdenfels

Ignaz Günther (1725-1775)

1755/56, wood, carved head, hands and feet, painted, 19th/20th century apparel ©Museum Werdenfels
1755/56, wood, carved head, hands and feet, painted, 19th/20th century apparel ©Museum Werdenfels

Fatschenkind (figure of a baby - the Christ Child - in swaddling clothes)

First half of 18th century, painted wood, glass, wax, textiles ©Museum Werdenfels
First half of 18th century, painted wood, glass, wax, textiles ©Museum Werdenfels

Historical Zugspitze Cross

Partenkirchen, 19th century, iron, metal ©Museum Werdenfels
Partenkirchen, 19th century, iron, metal ©Museum Werdenfels

Loom

Kleinaschau, late 19th century, wood, complete and fully functional ©Museum Werdenfels
Kleinaschau, late 19th century, wood, complete and fully functional ©Museum Werdenfels

Heinrich Rambold (1872-1953)

Before 1914, reverse glass painting after a lithography after an oil painting by Carl Friedrich Moritz Müller ©Museum Werdenfels
Before 1914, reverse glass painting after a lithography after an oil painting by Carl Friedrich Moritz Müller ©Museum Werdenfels

Model of a Rott waggon

Partenkirchen, 19th century, carves wood, painted, leather, paper, fabric ©Museum Werdenfels
Partenkirchen, 19th century, carves wood, painted, leather, paper, fabric ©Museum Werdenfels

Luise Ende (1892-1973)

A Walk in the Woods, ca. 1970, reverse glas painting ©Museum Werdenfels
A Walk in the Woods, ca. 1970, reverse glas painting ©Museum Werdenfels
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82467 Garmisch-Partenkirchen

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