List of museums in Tyrol (federal state)
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This list of museums in the state of Tyrol (state), Austria contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Also included are non-profit art galleries and university art galleries.
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| Name | Location | Type | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aguntum | Lienz | Archaeology | Excavated Ancient Roman city and artifacts |
| Alpbach Museum of Farming | Alpbach | Farming | information, working farm and museum of rural life and agriculture |
| Alpine Club Museum | Innsbruck | Sport | History of alpinism and the natural history of the Alps |
| Alpinarium Galtür | Galtür | Natural history | website, formation of the Alps, climate, erosion, precipitations, avalanches including the Galtür Avalanche |
| Ambras Castle | Innsbruck | Multiple | Historic castle with displays of art and weapons, includes the Chamber of Art and Curiosities |
| Anatomical Museum of Innsbruck | Innsbruck | Medical | website, anatomical specimens including human skeletons and skulls, animal skeletons, models, part of Innsbruck Medical University |
| Archaeology Museum Fliess | Fliess | Archaeology | website, artifacts from the Bronze Age, Ice Age, Roman and Hallstatt cultures |
| Archaeology Museum Innsbruck | Innsbruck | Archaeology | website, casts, copies and original art of ancient Greece and Rome, also from the Stone Age through the Middle Ages, part of University of Innsbruck |
| Art Space Innsbruck | Innsbruck | Art | website, contemporary art exhibition area |
| Augustinian Museum Rattenberg | Rattenberg | Religious | website, former Augustinian monastery with Gothic sculptures, gold and silverware and religious folk art |
| aut architecture und Tirol | Innsbruck | Architecture | website, exhibits about architecture and design |
| Burg Freundsberg | Schwaz | Local | Local history, mining |
| City of Lienz Museum | Lienz | Multiple | Located in Schloss Bruck, includes art, works by painter Albin Egger-Lienz, East Tyrolean folk art, natural history |
| Ehrenberg Castle | Reutte | History | Life in the medieval castle |
| Gallery in Taxispalais | Innsbruck | Art | website, art gallery |
| Golden Roof | Innsbruck | History | Medieval building with a golden roof, museum about the life of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor and his family |
| Grassmayr Bells Museum | Innsbruck | History | website, bell foundry, museum and sound room |
| Hall Mint Museum | Hall | Numismatic | Hasegg Castle and mint that was the birthplace of the taler and the modern day dollar |
| Haus der Fasnacht | Imst | Amusement | website, costumes, culture and history of the pre-Lenten carnival known as Fastnacht |
| Hofkirche, Innsbruck | Innsbruck | Religious | 16th-century Gothic church with tomb of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor |
| Kitzbühel Museum – Alfons Walde Collection | Kitzbühel | Art | website |
| Kufstein Fortress | Kufstein | Historic house | Medieval fortress, includes local history museum |
| Museum der Völker | Schwaz | Ethnography | Culture of rituals in Africa and Asia |
| Museum in den Nagelschmiedhäusern | Rattenberg | Historic house | website, handcrafted furniture and household items in a historic nailsmith house, Tyrolean art and culture |
| Museum in the Ballhaus | Imst | Local | website, local history, culture, art |
| Museum of Local History Fügen | Fügen | Local | information |
| Museum of Tyrolean Farms | Kramsach | Open air | About 30 historic farmsteads and other historic rural buildings |
| Museum of Tyrolean Folk Art | Innsbruck | Decorative art | Includes artisan craftwork, applied arts, domestic industry, popular piety, masks, and traditional costumes |
| Museum St. Anton am Arlberg | St. Anton am Arlberg | Local | website, information, history of area skiing inside a restaurant |
| Museum Wattens | Wattens | Local | website, history of Swarovski, local paper industry, archaeological excavations of Prehistory and Classical antiquity in Volders, Wattens and Fritzens |
| National Park House in Matrei | Matrei in Osttirol | Natural history | One of the visitor centres for Hohe Tauern National Park |
| Ötztal Heritage Museum | Längenfeld | Open air | website, rural life buildings, local history |
| Radio Museum Innsbruck | Innsbruck | Technology | website, radios, telecommunications equipment |
| Schloss Anras | Anras | Local | website, medieval castle with exhibits of local history, art, culture, natural history |
| Schloss Landeck | Landeck | Multiple | website, local history, culture, art gallery |
| Schuh Paradies Shoe Museum | Imst | Fashion | website, shoes and shoe making |
| Schwaz Silver Mine | Schwaz | Mining | website, underground silver mine |
| Stift Wilten | Innsbruck | Religious | website, tours of the baroque monastery, abbey museum with ecclesiastical treasures |
| Swarovski Crystal Worlds | Wattens | Art | Art creations using Swarovski crystals |
| Tower Museum Oetz | Oetz | Art | website, alpine landscape paintings, religious art, period rooms |
| Tratzberg Castle | Jenbach | Historic house | Audio guided tours of the 16th-century castle |
| Tyrolean Bee World | Söll | Natural history | website, bee farm with museum about bees and beekeeping |
| Tyrolean Localbahn Museum | Innsbruck | Railway | |
| Tyrolean Panorama | Innsbruck | Multiple | website, painting of major stages of Tyrolean history, history of the Tyrolean culture, includes the Kaiserjäger Museum about the local infantry, website |
| Tyrolean State Museum | Innsbruck | Multiple | Local history, art, archaeology, natural history, crafts, musical instruments |
| Werner Berg Museum | Bleiburg | Art | website, features work by Werner Berg |
| Zeughaus | Innsbruck | Local | Tyrolean cultural history in the historic armory |
References
[edit]- Museums and exhibitions in Tyrol
- Tyrol museums – tourism information