Grassmayr Bells Museum

For 14 generations the Grassmayr family has been producing and restoring in Innsbruck bells for the whole world

The Grassmayr Bell Foundry can look back on more than 400 years of experience and tradition. In 1599, Bartlme Grassmayr cast his first bell and since then this expert knowledge is kept as a secret. Today in more than 100 states bells which have been produced in the Grassmayr Bell Foundry can be heard. And still today the bells are cast according to traditional handicraft methods.

The Grassmayr Bell Foundry is where not only bells are produced, but also restored. The largest bell that was cast in the bell foundry weighs 10 tons and sounds every day at 5 pm in Telfs/Mösern in North Tyrol. This so-called Peace Bell sounds for "peaceful neighbourhood and peace in the Alps". In the building there is also a museum that is really worth to be visited. The sound room of the museum is a real acoustic experience, as the bells of the Grassmayr Bell Foundry makes sound several tones in its complex structure. The larger bells produce up to 50 partial tones.

The concept of the Grassmayr Bells Museum (Glockenmuseum Grassmayr) has been awarded: The Austrian federal ministry of culture has awarded the Austrian Museum Prize to the museum. Additionally, the Austrian television ORF has awarded the Maecenas Prize. If you would like to visit the museum we recommend you to arrange enough time, so to speak at least one hour!

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Opening times

  • Sat 05 Oct 10:00 - 16:00
  • Sun 06 Oct closed
  • Mon 07 Oct closed
  • Tue 08 Oct 10:00 - 16:00
  • Wed 09 Oct 10:00 - 16:00
  • Thu 10 Oct 10:00 - 16:00
  • Fri 11 Oct 10:00 - 16:00

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Spring 2024 (16/04/2024 - 08/06/2024)

  • Mon closed
  • Tue 10:00 - 16:00
  • Wed 10:00 - 16:00
  • Thu 10:00 - 16:00
  • Fri 10:00 - 16:00
  • Sat 10:00 - 16:00
  • Sun closed

Labor Day 2024 (01/05/2024) closed

Ascension Day 2024 (09/05/2024) closed

Whit Monday 2024 (20/05/2024) closed

Corpus Christi 2024 (30/05/2024) closed

Summer 2024 (11/06/2024 - 07/09/2024)

  • Mon closed
  • Tue 10:00 - 16:00
  • Wed 10:00 - 16:00
  • Thu 10:00 - 16:00
  • Fri 10:00 - 16:00
  • Sat 10:00 - 16:00
  • Sun closed

Feast of the Assumption 2024 (15/08/2024) closed

Autumn 2024 (10/09/2024 - 30/11/2024)

  • Mon closed
  • Tue 10:00 - 16:00
  • Wed 10:00 - 16:00
  • Thu 10:00 - 16:00
  • Fri 10:00 - 16:00
  • Sat 10:00 - 16:00
  • Sun closed

Austrian National Day 2024 (26/10/2024) closed

All Saints 2024 (01/11/2024) closed

Admission

€ 10.00 adults
€ 10.00 young people (15-18 years)
€ 8.00 groups (15 and more persons)
€ 6.00 children (6-14 years)

€ 25.00 family ticket

free for children under 6 years

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guided tours for groups (up to 30 persons):
€ 80.00 guided tour in EN, FR, IT, DE
€ 60.00 guided tour for school classes (DE)
€ 165.00 guided museums and town tour

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Guided tours are offered on request also outside the opening hours.

The Grassmayr Bells Museum stays open all year round (except during the Christmas closure), closed on Sundays, Mondays and public holidays.

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