The museum is housed in the buildings of the Schürhof, a farm first mentioned in 1490 in the Königsfelden monastery register.

The museum is housed in the buildings of the Schürhof, a farm first mentioned in 1273 as the Habsburg Meierhof Windisch. The exhibition includes agricultural, household and commercial equipment. There are workshops of old trades such as coopers, wainwrights, carpenters, joiners, shoemakers and blacksmiths. There is a living area in the house with historical furnishings. Special exhibits include the reconstructed Schürhof wine and oil trough, the old hand-operated fire engine and hose cart from the Windisch fire department and old equipment from the municipality of Windisch. Since the 2016 season, an exhibition on the history of fishing on the Aare and Reuss rivers has been attached to the 'moated castle'. The Schürhoftrotte is mentioned in the chronicles from the 17th century onwards in connection with changes of ownership and inheritances. It was a wine and oil grotto, i.e. in addition to grapes for wine, oil fruits were also processed. The oil produced in the so-called 'Oele' was probably mainly used as fuel for lamps. The vaulted cellar still contains beams from the trotte that was dismantled in 1785. The age determination of the oak beams revealed a felling date of approx. 1680-1690. The historical background provided the idea for the reconstruction of the wine and oil trough.


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