Museum Stamserhaus Krippenmuseum Wenns
Museum Stamserhaus Krippenmuseum Wenns

Stamserhaus Museum Wenns

The Stamserhaus, the oldest farmhouse of Tyrol in its form, houses the Local and Crib Museum of the Pitztal valley

Already 700 years old are the foundations of the Stamserhaus in the Pitztal valley, one of the earliest examples of a vaulted "Mittelflurhaus" in Tyrol. It was in the possession of the Stams Abbey: Here, the financial manager resided and collected the tithe from the farmers for the overlords of Stams. A few times the building burnt down and was rebuilt, until it came into the possession of the municipality of Wenns. It was restored from the ground up and houses now the Local and Crib Museum of the Pitztal valley known as Stamserhaus Museum.

Already the house itself affascinates with the late medieval heart, the well-preserved Romanesque cellar rooms, the panelled parlour, and the vaulted kitchen. The Stamserhaus Museum in its inside shows some folkloric rarities. One part of the museum is dedicated to the cartographer and topographer Georg Matthäus Vischer who was born in the Stamserhaus in 1628.

The Crib Museum in the vault and on the 1st floor exhibits more than 40 cribs, which impressively present this long local tradition. The association "Weihnachtskrippe-Gesellschaftsverein Wenns", founded in 1860, is provably the oldest crib association in the world: During 150 years, more than 350 cribs were created in Wenns, some of them remained and are exhibited in the Stamserhaus. After your visit to the exhibition you can have a cup of coffee or a drink in the cosy parlour.

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Opening times

  • Sat 14 Dec closed
  • Sun 15 Dec 14:00 - 18:00
  • Mon 16 Dec closed
  • Tue 17 Dec closed
  • Wed 18 Dec closed
  • Thu 19 Dec closed
  • Fri 20 Dec closed

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Autumn closure 2024 (30/09/2024 - 14/12/2024)

  • Mon closed
  • Tue closed
  • Wed closed
  • Thu closed
  • Fri closed
  • Sat closed
  • Sun closed

Winter 2024/25 (15/12/2024 - 23/03/2025)

  • Mon closed
  • Tue closed
  • Wed closed
  • Thu closed
  • Fri closed
  • Sat closed
  • Sun 14:00 - 18:00

Christmas Eve 2024 (24/12/2024) closed

Christmas 2024 (25/12/2024) closed

Boxing Day 2024 (26/12/2024) closed

New Year's Eve 2024 (31/12/2024) closed

New Year 2025 (01/01/2025) closed

Epiphany 2025 (06/01/2025) closed

Spring start 2025 (30/03/2025 - 13/04/2025)

  • Mon closed
  • Tue closed
  • Wed closed
  • Thu closed
  • Fri closed
  • Sat closed
  • Sun 14:00 - 18:00

Spring closure 2025 (14/04/2025 - 21/06/2025)

  • Mon closed
  • Tue closed
  • Wed closed
  • Thu closed
  • Fri closed
  • Sat closed
  • Sun closed

Admission

single admissio to the Stamserhaus:
€ 4.00 adults
€ 4.00 young people (16-18 years)

free for children and young people under 16 years

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groups (more than 20 persons):
€ 3.00 adults
€ 3.00 young people (16-18 years)
€ 1.50 children (10-15 years)

free for children under 10 years

More information

The Stamserhaus Museum Wenns stays open in summer and in winter every Sunday afternoon, closed in spring (mid-April to June) and in autumn (end of September to mid-December). For groups of 20 and more persons it is accessible on request also outside the opening hours.

Winter season start 2024/25 on December 15, summer season start 2025 at the end of June.

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