Noriker Pferdemuseum

At the Noriker Pferdemuseum in Niedernsill everything revolves around a horse breed that helped shape alpine culture over centuries. In the modern exhibition in the historic Samerstall the Noriker is presented as a powerful work and pack horse, as a constant companion in farming life and as part of regional history.

The exhibition tells of the origin of the Noriker, whose name goes back to the Roman province of Noricum, and shows how the breed developed over the centuries. It explains how a Noriker can be recognised, what significance the horse had in agriculture and why it was so important for trade, transport and life in the mountains. Breeding, feeding, body language and the change from working animal to leisure horse are covered as well.

The museum is housed in the carefully restored Samerstall in the centre of Niedernsill, so that a visit combines historic building fabric with a contemporary exhibition on the nature, culture and horse history of the region. The dialect archive in the same building gives an additional view of the cultural heritage of the Pinzgau and can be visited on request.