Museum of Tyrolean Regional Heritage

The Museum of Tyrolean Regional Heritage in Innsbruck is one of the most beautiful of its kind throughout Europe.

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The Museum of Tyrolean Regional Heritage is located next to the Court Church in Innsbruck.
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Inside the exhibition area “Das pralle Jahr” (The full year).
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The exhibition area “Das prekäre Leben” (The precarious life).
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Another view in the inside.
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The focus has been set also on the traditional dresses of Tyrol.
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Traditional stube from Monclassico near Malè, Trentino (1st half of the 17th century).
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Furthermore there are special exhibitions, among them the crib exhibition.
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Part of the Plankensteiner Crib.
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Multimedia preview: the emperor Maximilian I and his cenotaph.
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Detail of the museum.
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The Museum of Tyrolean Regional Heritage is one of the Tyrolean State Museums.
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With the kids’ quiz through the exhibition.
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Also the cloister is part of the Museum of Tyrolean Regional Heritage.
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In 1888, the Tyrolean Trades Association decided to establish a Trade Museum in Innsbruck. In the course of time, the collection has been expanded and passed on to the Tyrolean Chamber of Trade and Industry, and later on to the Regional Authority. Finally, in 1929 the Museum of Tyrolean Regional Heritage was inaugurated. The exhibits have been collected within Old Tyrol, which included the today's Province of Trento and the Ladin valleys of the Dolomites.

The focus has been set on arts and crafts and the applied arts, home industries, masks and traditional dresses of Tyrol. The exhibits derive from different social strata, furthermore there are reproductions of farmhouses as well as Medieval parlours. The offer is completed by special exhibitions, e.g. a Tyrolean crib exhibition in Christmas time.

Since the refurbishments some years ago, the Museum of Tyrolean Regional Heritage (Tiroler Volkskunstmuseum), one of the 5 Tyrolean State Museums, introduces "Luzifer", who tries to get to the bottom of things. What is reality? What only seems to be? Accompany him on a journey!

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Contact info

Universitätsstrasse road 2 - 6020 - Innsbruck
Guided tours or visits upon reservation.
+43 512 59489-510
volkskunstmuseum@tiroler-landesmuseen.at

Opening times

Mon 02 Aug 09:00 - 17:00
Tue 03 Aug 09:00 - 17:00
Wed 04 Aug 09:00 - 17:00
Thu 05 Aug 09:00 - 17:00
Fri 06 Aug 09:00 - 17:00
Sat 07 Aug 09:00 - 17:00
Sun 08 Aug 09:00 - 17:00

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Full timetables

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06/01/2021 - 03/31/2022

Mon 09:00 - 17:00
Tue 09:00 - 17:00
Wed 09:00 - 17:00
Thu 09:00 - 17:00
Fri 09:00 - 17:00
Sat 09:00 - 17:00
Sun 09:00 - 17:00

Admission

combined ticket (5 Tyrolean State Museums):
€ 12.00 adults
€ 9.00 seniors, students (up to 27 years)
€ 9.00 groups (min. 10 persons)

free admission under 19 years
free for school classes and people with disabilities
free with the Innsbruck Card and the Freizeitticket Tirol

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