Vorarlberg Tobacco Museum
The Vorarlberg Tobacco Museum is part of the Vorarlberg Museum World in the former company building of the Ganahl textile works (see: Johann Josef Ganahl ).
The exhibition shows the cultural history of tobacco (tobacco growing, processing, consumption), which was an important economic factor in Frastanz from the beginning of the 18th to the beginning / middle of the 19th century for agriculture and trade. Rare and valuable smoking utensils from the Vorarlberg region are shown.
The exhibits are largely collected from households in the Frastanz community and consist of tobacco pipes, snuff boxes and other smoking utensils. The exhibition is complemented by loans from over 150 exhibits from the former Austrian Tobacco Museum ( Vienna ).
In the summer months tobacco is planted for demonstration in the community park.
Sponsorship
The Vorarlberg tobacco exhibition is supported and supervised by the market town of Frastanz.
The area of activity is primarily limited to Vorarlberg.
Web links
literature
- Tabacco di Frastanza by Christoph Vallaster.
photos
Tobacco museum in Frastanz, town hall - wall sign: "kk Tabak-Trafick" with double-headed eagle.
Showcase in the tobacco museum in Frastanz, town hall.
Tobacco museum in Frastanz, town hall - tobacco pipes.
Tobacco Museum in Frastanz, town hall - stamp: "Austrian Tobacco Director, founded 1784" with the stylized Austrian national coat of arms .
Tobacco museum in Frastanz, town hall - tobacco pipe in protective cover.
Tobacco museum in Frastanz, town hall - mural "Tobacco smoker".
Individual evidence
- ↑ Since October 7, 2017. Until then it was housed as a permanent exhibition in the municipal office of the market town of Frastanz .
- ↑ Tobacco growing and processing in Frastanz began around 1700 and was ended around 130 years later with the creation of the tobacco monopoly .