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 02 Apr closed
  • Mon 03 Apr closed
  • Tue 04 Apr closed
  • Wed 05 Apr closed
  • Thu 06 Apr closed
  • Fri 07 Apr closed
  • Sat 08 Apr closed

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Full timetables
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Summer 2023 (05/29/2023 - 09/10/2023)

  • 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

Whit Monday 2023 (05/29/2023) 08:00 - 18:00

Corpus Christi 2023 (06/08/2023) 08:00 - 18:00

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

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

  • 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 opening hours are indicative: The Timmelsjoch Pass Museum opens in spring between mid-May and early June and closes in autumn between the end of September and mid-October together with the Timmelsjoch High Alpine Road.

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