The Mountain Farms

This collection of buildings represents various kinds of mountain farms and shows the development of mountain farming. A mountain farm was a grazing area and had buildings for people and animals. The first mountain farms only consisted of simple cottages, but this changed as mountain farming developed into a substantial and important part of farming in general. The production of food for winter supply, such as milk, cheese, butter and meat, was made on the mountain farms. Most of the food that was produced on a mountain farm was either sold or bartered, and was an important source of income.