Pendulum toys were produced from the end of the 19th century to the start of the 20th century. This toy cow lowers its head to the trough when the pendulum swings, while the calf lifts its head up to drink milk. The wooden ball was produced on the lathe by making balls shaped like on a string of pearls and then separating them from each other. In 1877, there were 300 foot-powered and 60 water-powered lathes in Val Gardena. 

After jointed dolls, carved animals were the most important items in the Val Gardena range. Most of these were horses: rocking horses, draft horses for all sorts of carts and horses on wheels. These horses were painted and delivered in all sizes: from little toy figurines to ones that children could sit on.

This cultural asset is part of the tour "Ortisei: a stroll through the village centre and its history".

It was customary to put pocket watches, considered valuable objects, on display in living rooms enclosed in ornately carved, partially gilded watch stands. Watch stands were a item commonly produced in Val Gardena from the mid-18th century until the 1870s, often featuring an allegorical depiction of time as an elderly man with a beard and wings. He usually held a sickle or scythe, later also a sand glass. 

This small sculpture with a flat back is an example of the anonymous domestic art popular in the 17th and 18th centuries all over the valley. It shows Adam and Eve under the apple tree. Eva is offering the apple to Adam and neither has yet eaten it. The snake as symbol of temptation is missing. The little sculpture was probably a private devotional work. 

This small arolla pine sculpture of the holy family on their flight to Egypt dates back to the 17th century. It is one of the oldest works in Museum Gherdëina and an early example of wood carving in Val Gardena. Carved depictions of the nativity story were developed in the Middle Ages, and, as of the 18th century, lots of families in Val Gardena specialised in carving crib figurines. 

This porphyry trough hewn from a stone block with the year 1868 engraved on it used to stand near Hotel Adler and was a place for horses to drink. At four metres in length, it is the largest of some 50 porphyry troughs that used to be in Val Gardena; it has been standing in the museum garden since 1960. It is attributed to the stonemason Scola Petru from Falcade, who founded a stonemason's business in Pontives. 

A stylised depiction of a double eagle in slip decoration, the sign of the cross and the year 1828 adorn a large glazed clay plate. More decorative elements are arranged in concentric circles. Ceramic utensils were typical for Tyrol, and this plate comes from Hof Rescion in Oltretorrente. 

The chair comes from Fischburg castle, with three ornate patterns and rocaille ornaments framing a carved ex-voto adorning the chair back. This shows a man falling, above him a holy figure - probably Mary - and the divine eye. A word is carved next to the scene that could be 'pregato', indicating an ex-voto.

This wooden type of rucksack was laden with carved items to be taken to distributors or annual markets. The shelves on the rear section of the carrier are moveable thanks to straps, while toy horses and goats were placed on the platform at the top for show. Back carriers like this were in use well into the first half of the 19th century.  

This iron saw with turned handle is a sign of hardship amongst some Gröden wood carvers before the First World War. It was used for felling trees to get wood for their products. These wood carvers could not afford to purchase wood with their earnings, and around 2000 trees were 'stolen' each year from local forests in the 1870s and 1880s.