Jenbach Town Museum

The local and nature museum dedicates one part of the exhibition to the South Tyrolean people in Jenbach.

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In the Achensee road 21 in Jenbach there’s the Jenbach Town Museum.
Foto: AT, © Peer
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The history of the scythe, the most important tool to preserve the landscaping, starts in Jenbach in the 14th century.
© Jenbacher Museum, Foto: Erika Felkel
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The alpine exhibition tells the story of skiiing and alpinism.
© Jenbacher Museum, Foto: Erika Felkel
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Jenbach is a traffic junction - in the image you can see a model of the Lake Achensee cogwheel railway.
© Jenbacher Museum, Foto: Erika Felkel
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South Tyrolean people in Jenbach…. in the course of the so-called Option in 1939, 376 families were resettled in Jenbach.
© Jenbacher Museum, Foto: Erika Felkel
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More than 3,000 domestic and exotic butterflies are shown in the butterfly exhibition.
© Jenbacher Museum, Foto: Erika Felkel
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Additional beetles, spiders and other insects as well as mushrooms, birds, snails and clams are shown.
© Jenbacher Museum, Foto: Erika Felkel
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The museum houses also Tyrol’s largest collection of birds’ eggs and 300 exemplars of local birds and animals.
© Jenbacher Museum, Foto: Erika Felkel
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A pheasant, a galliform, next to is a bee-eater and an oystercatcher, a typical bird of the North Sea coast.
© Jenbacher Museum, Foto: Erika Felkel
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The museum of Jenbach has been certified with the Austrian Quality Seal for Museums. Really worth visiting!
© Jenbacher Museum, Foto: Erika Felkel

In the heart of of Jenbach, the Town Museum tells the millennium-old history of alpinism and of skiing. Between the exhibits there are also scythes and railways, sculptures by Hans Pontiller (1887-1970), a local artist, and objects about the history of Jenbach from its beginnings until today.

The areas which are dedicated to nature, show butterflies, 300 domestic birds and animals, 300 exhibits of foreign snails and clams as well as the most popular edible and toxic mushrooms. Another part of the museum is dedicated to the South Tyrolean people, who left their homes in the course of the so-called Option in 1939 and were resettled in Jenbach. In those times, 376 families were brought to the North Tyrolean village.

The Jenbach Town Museum (Jenbacher Museum) covers an area of 700 sqm, spread over three floors. It is barrier-free, and has been certified with the Austrian Quality Seal for Museums and awarded with the Austrian and Tyrolean Museum Award.

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Contact info

Achenseestrasse road 21 - 6200 - Jenbach
Guided tours or visits upon reservation.
+43 664 9517845
info@jenbachermuseum.at

Opening times

Tue 03 Aug closed
Wed 04 Aug closed
Thu 05 Aug 14:00 - 17:00
Fri 06 Aug 14:00 - 17:00
Sat 07 Aug 14:00 - 17:00
Sun 08 Aug closed
Mon 09 Aug 14:00 - 17:00

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Full timetables

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Summer 2021 (05/08/2021 - 10/30/2021)

Mon 14:00 - 17:00
Tue closed
Wed closed
Thu 14:00 - 17:00
Fri 14:00 - 17:00
Sat 14:00 - 17:00
Sun closed

Advent period 2021 (11/27/2021 - 12/18/2021)

Mon closed
Tue closed
Wed closed
Thu closed
Fri closed
Sat 15:00 - 19:00
Sun closed

Admission

€ 5.00 adults
€ 4.00 seniors
€ 4.00 groups (min. 10 persons)
€ 2.00 students (up to 25 years)

free for children under 6 years

€ 20.00 guided tour (rate, up to 20 persons)
€ 2.00 Audio-Guide in EN, IT or DE