The village of Aldein offers its visitors a variety of interesting sights, including the “Treasure of the Thalhof“, which can be admired in the village museum.
The Mountain Museum Corones is located at an altitude of 2275 meters at the summit of the Kronplatz and is the now sixth museum of mountaineering legend Reinhold Messner.
When in spring the apple trees of South Tyrol transform into a fragrant sea of blossoms, the South Tyrolean Fruit Tree Museum in Lana also opens its gates to visitors.
In Kurtatsch on the Wine Road in the South Tyrolean lowlands, one should not only dedicate oneself to the excellent wines of the region. An extraordinary museum also deserves attention.
The Tramin Village Museum, also known as Hoamet Tramin Museum, takes its visitors into the fascinating world of “life on the border“, where alpine and Mediterranean influences meet.
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Wine and South Tyrol belong together like salt in soup. At the South Tyrolean Wine Museum in Kaltern, you can learn all about the country‘s great wine tradition.
The MMM Ortles is one of the four offshoots that are being created around the center of the mountain museum MMM Firmian: In Solda all‘Ortles, at the beginning of the village, the theme of ice and Ortler has been dealt with underground on an area of 300 square meters.
The history of the Val Gardena is presented: the archaeological, prehistoric and early history collection, which has been recently reorganized, displays unique finds from the Alpine region, such as the Iron Age find complex from Col de Flam.
The valuable collection of religious artworks is housed in the tower floor of Thurn Castle (13th century), the former courthouse, today the town hall of Deutschnofen.
The State Museum of Archaeology, which opened in 1998, documents the prehistory and early history of South Tyrol from the end of the last Ice Age (15,000 BC) to the time of Charlemagne (around 800 AD) in addition to the ‘Man from the Ice‘ find complex.
Today, the State Museum of Natural History is located in the former official building of Emperor Maximilian I. On two floors with a total area of about 1,000 square meters, South Tyrol‘s landscape and natural history is presented.
The Museion in Bolzano, a beacon of modern and contemporary art, represents an important cultural attraction with its impressive collection of 4,500 works of art.
The collection of the mineral hunter Paul Fischnaller contains, in addition to the well-known Teis spheres, many quartz crystals and other minerals from the Alps.
Merano once again hosts a city museum, which was opened in the impressive historical ambiance of the Palais Mamming. However, the palace alone could not accommodate the extensive collection, so it was not only lovingly restored, but a new part of the museum was also created, which was integrated directly into the Küchelberg behind it.
Kloster Neustift. In 1140, Hartmann, the provost of the Klosterneuburg monastery in the north of Vienna, was appointed bishop of the Brixen diocese by the Archbishop of Salzburg, Konrad von Abensberg.
The fascinating world of Loden. Loden is an ancient, versatile, and completely natural material. For centuries, it has been used for peasant clothing, both for workwear and for all other areas where warm, durable, water and dirt repellent clothing is needed.
In the old and venerable spa town of Merano, one of the most extraordinary and interesting museums in South Tyrol is located, the Women‘s Museum Merano.
The venerable episcopal city of Brixen has much more to offer than the famous cathedral, the Hofburg, the Diocesan Museum, and of course the magnificent nature all around. Among the many more hidden treasures of the city that are worth discovering is, for example, the Pharmacy Museum.
Typewriters, which just a few years ago were an essential part of the basic equipment of every office, are now, in the age of the computer, already relics from an almost bygone era.
In many of the idyllic holiday resorts in South Tyrol and Tyrol, mining played the most economically significant role until not too long ago. Gold, silver, copper, lead, and numerous other metals were mined and brought prosperity and wealth to the mining regions, but especially to the respective rulers, princes, bishops, and merchant lords.
It was on September 19, 1991, when at the very end of the Schnals valley near the Hauslabjoch in the glacial ice the mummy of a man was discovered. The discovery site at an altitude of 3,210 meters is just on the border to Austria and not far from the ski area at the Schnals Valley Glacier.
Niederdorf was already part of the pioneer region of Tyrolean tourism, the Hochpustertal, 150 years ago and was easily accessible for city dwellers since 1871 via the Southern Railway.
A visit to the Maranatha Nativity Museum in Luttach in the Tauferer Ahrntal is an experience for the whole family - especially during the pre-Christmas season. The museum was founded in the year 2000 by the Gartner family and has since become one of the most popular attractions in the region.
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