No. 693
A payroll dating from 1482 mentions a wine-press which was probably identical with the predecessor of the building taken over by the Museum. The wine-press, which belonged to a cloister in Schaffhausen, underwent, however, extensive alterations and renewal between 1743 and 1750.

The building, which had long been in disrepair and scheduled for demolition, collapsed during the winter prior to its removal to the Museum.
Because of this, during its reconstruction the roof structure had to be completely rebuilt out of new timber. The walls also are no longer built of their original material but of calcareous sandstone. This experiment has not proved a complete success and is unlikely to be repeated. Since then, all stone buildings in the Museum have been recon-structed with original building materials and tra-ditional mortars. However, all hewn stones and the frescoes in the interior are from the original building.
The building, which is windowless apart from a few ventilation slits, has two entrances. The big main doorway is framed by a pointed sandstone arch. The floor is covered with clay tiles. The users of the press in the year 1750 are listed on a small wall fresco. The real showpiece of this press-house is a wooden press from Fläsch GR. It weighs 2.5 tons and bears the date 1695.