Tagusa School Museum

School life in a small hamlet at 900 metres: few pupils, changing teachers, and furniture that remained unchanged for decades. Alongside the Bolzano School Museum, the Tagusa School Museum (Schulmuseum Tagusens) offers a nostalgic glimpse into bygone school days in South Tyrol. Housed in the hamlet's former school building, it served as a small village school - a so-called dwarf school - from the introduction of compulsory education in the 18th century until 1993.

All primary school children were taught together in a single classroom. The school in Tagusa reached its peak enrolment in the 1950s with 46 children. Numerous exhibits, old teaching materials, and the originally preserved classrooms trace the 60-year history of the school - from the fascist era around 1933 to South Tyrol's autonomy and the 1990s.

Since 2022, you can also visit the shoemaker's workshop of Peterlunger Gustl from the 1950s on the first floor. The museum is managed by the Castelrotto Museum Association, which also looks after the Castelrotto Museum of Traditional Costumes and the Tschötscher Farm Life Museum.

How to get there: You can reach Tagusa by car via a mountain road. Parking is available near the church. Alternatively, the number 8 bus route serves the hamlet. Hiking enthusiasts can get there in about three hours on circular hiking trails from Ponte Gardena or Castelrotto.