Bergbaumuseum
Bergbaumuseum

Tyrolean Mining and Metallurgy Museum Brixlegg

The Brixlegg Mining Museum tells the long history of the Tyrolean mining and exhibits thousands-of-years old original finds

The Tyrolean Mining and Metallurgy Museum is located in the building of the old elementary school of Brixlegg. Here original finds, mining tools, information about the geological conditions in Tyrol, historic and modern mining technologies, and the large Bitterlich Collection of minerals are exhibited. Moreover, the building houses the exhibition of the extreme climber Hias Rebitsch.

Since the Bronze Age, copper was manufactured in Tyrol, and since the Middle Ages silver was recovered from ore. In the 15th and 16th century, Tyrol experienced a golden age of mining, especially the regions of Brixlegg, Hall in Tirol (Hall Mint) and Schwaz. Images of the Mining Book of Schwaz from 1556 - the original can be seen at the Museum at the Armoury Innsbruck - show the hard work of the miners and the well-organised mining structure in Tyrol. Particularly interesting is the "Hunt vom Gratlspitz", a tram which was found in the Eighties and then restored.

But the journey back in time at the 400 sqm large museum (Tiroler Bergbau- und Hüttenmuseum) extends much farther back: The finds made at the "Mariahilfbergl" hill tell about the first activities in mining already 4,000 years ago. The settlement in this area even started 6,000 years ago.

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Opening times

  • Wed 14 May closed
  • Thu 15 May closed
  • Fri 16 May closed
  • Sat 17 May closed
  • Sun 18 May closed
  • Mon 19 May closed
  • Tue 20 May closed

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Summer 2025 (02/06/2025 - 29/09/2025)

  • Mon 10:00 - 16:00
  • Tue closed
  • Wed 10:00 - 16:00
  • Thu closed
  • Fri 10:00 - 16:00
  • Sat 10:00 - 16:00
  • Sun closed

Admission

€ 6.00 adults
€ 6.00 young people (16-18 years)
€ 5.00 groups (oltre 10 persone)
€ 3.00 children and young people (10-15 years)
€ 1.00 school classes (from 10 years up)

free for children under 10 years

discount with the Alpbachtal Card

More information

The Tyrolean Mining and Metallurgy Museum stays open from early June to the end of September every Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday. Season start 2025 on the 2nd of June.

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