The Municipal Archive and the connected Innsbruck Town Museum show the history of Innsbruck, from the beginnings until today
Image gallery: Innsbruck Town Museum and Municipal Archive
In the old town of Innsbruck, not far away from the Golden Roof, an old building houses the Municipal Archive and Museum of the Alpine Town. The historic collections of the Municipal Archive (Stadtarchiv Innsbruck) offer insight into sources, documents and publications which concern about social, economic, touristic and corporate history of the town.
Among others, the confirmation of the town law of Innsbruck from 1239, the oldest municipal charter, can be found here. The collection of the Municipal Archive also comprises 100,000 photos which document the history of Innsbruck: Most of them are already digitalised, just as the poster collection. Therefore a reading room and several PCs are available. The journal "Zeit - Raum - Innsbruck", dedicated to current topics and to research results, completes the offer.
The connected Innsbruck Town Museum (Stadtmuseum Innsbruck), however, shows a permanent exhibition of selected documents of the Municipal Archive. The exhibition in winter and spring 2023/24 "Disposing of Hitler. From the cellar to the archive" shows a local version of the successful exhibition of the same name, held by the Haus der Geschichte Österreich in Vienna last year.
Contact info
- Badgasse alley 2 - 6020 - innsbruck
- +43 512 5360 8350
- post.stadtarchiv@innsbruck.gv.at
Opening times
Despite careful control we cannot guarantee the correctness of the provided data.
Admission
Innsbruck Town Museum with Municipal Archive:
€ 4.50 adults
€ 3.00 groups (10 and more persons)
€ 3.00 seniors
€ 3.00 students
€ 9.00 family ticket
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free for children under 6 years
free for school classes
free with the Innsbruck Card
free with the Freizeitticket Tirol
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combined ticket - Town Museum and Golden Roof:
€ 7.00 per person
€ 14.00 family ticket
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combined ticket - Town Museum, Golden Roof and Municipal Tower:
€ 10.00 per person
€ 20.00 family ticket
More information
The opening hours refer to the ones of the Innsbruck Town Museum: It stays open from Monday to Friday all year round, except during the reconstruction works for the new exhibition till May 14, 2025, and on public holidays. Saturday and Sunday rest days.
Special exhibition at the Town Museum "Looking for a flat! From the barrack to the vacant house" from May 15, 2025, to January 9, 2026, on the topic of a satisfactory living space. Special openings of the exhibition from 10 am to 2 pm every last Saturday of the month from May to November, with an active guided tour of the mediation team at 11 am. A guided tour with the curator is offered on Tuesday, June 3, July 8, October 7, and November 4, 2025, at 6.30 pm.
The Municipal Archive stays open all year round from Monday to Thursday from 9 am till noon time and from 1 pm to 5 pm, on Fridays from 9 am to 1 pm, except on public holidays.
