berglandschaft am timmelsjoch und museum
berglandschaft am timmelsjoch und museum

Timmelsjoch Pass Museum

The “Timmelsjoch Experience” offers five stations with interesting information about the Timmelsjoch mountain pass

The Pass Museum (Timmelsjoch Passmuseum) at the 2,509 m high Timmelsjoch shall cross borders. Therefore its location has been specifically chosen: Built on North Tyrolean ground, the impressive construction extends 16 metres into South Tyrolean areal. When planning it, the South Tyrolean architect Werner Tscholl was inspired by the local rock formations. The high alpine road with toll charge proceeds from the Austrian Oetztal valley to the South Tyrolean Val Passiria in Italy - already in former times, both valleys were connected together by an ancient smugglers' path.

At five stations - Smuggler, Telescope, Garnet, Pass Museum, and Walkway - the "Timmelsjoch Experience" gives information about history, nature, culture, economy and the people in this region. Three stations are located in the Val Passiria, the Walkway at the toll station in Hochgurgl, and the highlight - the Pass Museum - at the pass height. All of them are freely accessible.

In the inside of the Pass Museum - the highest museum of Austria on the highest road state border crossing of Austria - there is an ice cave and a pre-Christian fibula which points to the fact that the mountain pass was already climbed around 300 BC. In 2018, however, on South Tyrolean side the museum structure "Timmel Transit" was inaugurated to celebrate 50 years of the Timmelsjoch High Alpine Road. It is completely dedicated to its road building history.

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Opening times

  • Sun 24 Sep 08:00 - 18:00
  • Mon 25 Sep 08:00 - 18:00
  • Tue 26 Sep 08:00 - 18:00
  • Wed 27 Sep 08:00 - 18:00
  • Thu 28 Sep 08:00 - 18:00
  • Fri 29 Sep 08:00 - 18:00
  • Sat 30 Sep 08:00 - 18:00

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Summer 2023 (01/07/2023 - 10/09/2023)

  • Mon 08:00 - 18:00
  • Tue 08:00 - 18:00
  • Wed 08:00 - 18:00
  • Thu 08:00 - 18:00
  • Fri 08:00 - 18:00
  • Sat 08:00 - 18:00
  • Sun 08:00 - 18:00

Feast of the Assumption 2023 (15/08/2023) 08:00 - 18:00

Autumn 2023 (11/09/2023 - 15/10/2023)

  • Mon 08:00 - 18:00
  • Tue 08:00 - 18:00
  • Wed 08:00 - 18:00
  • Thu 08:00 - 18:00
  • Fri 08:00 - 18:00
  • Sat 08:00 - 18:00
  • Sun 08:00 - 18:00

Admission

free admission to the single stations

toll - Timmelsjoch High Alpine Road:
€ 18.00 car (one-way)
€ 24.00 car (there and back)
€ 16.00 motorcycle (one-way)
€ 21.00 motorcycle (there and back)
€ 28.00 other vehicles (one-way)

buses depending on the number of persons

More information

The Timmelsjoch High Alpine Road has been open since May 26, 2023, the autumn opening hours are indicative: The road and the Pass Museum close in autumn - depending on weather conditions - between the end of September and mid-October. Season start 2024 on mid-May/end of May.

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