Sights in Bolzano - Italy: hints from our Hotel
The museums of Bolzano
Museumcard
The MuseumCard is a voucher booklet and offers a great number of discounts on Bozen's different cultural facilities.
Address:
Via Museo, Tel. +39 0471 320100
www.iceman.it - museum(at)iceman.it
Opering hours:
Tuesday - Sunday: 10 am - 6 pm
Thursday: 10 am - 8 pm;
Closed on 1st January, 1st May, 25th December
Museum of Archaeology
Over 5000 years ago, a man climbed up to the icy heights of the Schnalstal glacier and died. He was found by accident in 1991, with his clothes and equipment, mummified and frozen: an archaeological sensation and a unique snapshot of a Copper Age man. The Iceman "Ötzi" has been on exhibit since March 1998 at the South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology.
The Museum has a chronologically structured collection that documents the entire history of South Tyrol from the Palaeolithic and Mesolithic Age (15,000 BC) to the Carolingian period (around 800 AD). Models, reconstructions, stereoscopic pictures, videos and interactive multimedia stations allow the visitor to gain insight into the ancient past of the southern Alpine region in a way that is, at the same time, highly informative and entertaining.
Set off against the wider historical background, the Iceman along with the associated finds form the exhibit's core.
Address:
Via Bottai 1,
Tel. +39 0471 412964, 0471-412960;
www.naturmuseum.it - info(at)naturmuseum.it
Opering hours:
Tuesday - Sunday: 10 am - 6 pm
Museum of Nature of South Tyrol
South Tyrol's Museum of Natural History is housed in the building that one time held the administrative offices of Archduke Maximilian. It offers the visitor an overview of the various typical landscapes of South Tyrol. Its principal attraction is its salt-water aquarium. The museum is also known for its interesting special exhibitions.
Mercantile Museum
This museum traces the economic history of Bolzano and it is housed in the Mercantile Building, which was formerly the seat of the Mercantile Court, founded in 1635.The lour leads through various council rooms, the chancellery, and the hall of honour, with its original furnishings, historical documents, paintings and objects of art
Address:
Via Sernesi 1, Tel. +39 0471 980001
www.museion.it
Opering hours:
Tuesday - Sunday: 10 am - 6 pm
Museum for Modern and Contemporary Arts
Museion was founded in 1987 and presents modern and contemporary art in temporary exhibitions. The completion of a new museum building, by the Berlin architectural firm of Krüger, Schuberth and Vandreike, is scheduled for 2005.
Address:
Piazza Gries, Tel. +39 0471 921016
Opering hours:
from September to June every first Saturday of the month from 3 to 5 pm
from the first advent Sunday open on every Saturday from 3 to 5 pm
Museum with Christmas display of the nativity at Muri Gries
Located in the Romanesque bell tower of the Abbazia Muri Gries, the museum houses antique... dating back even to 1750 and a collection of figures pf popular art.
Address:
via Cassa di Risparmio 24
Tel. +39 0471 982805/997392 museo.scuola(at)comune.bolzano.it
Opening Hours:
Tuesday - Friday 9.00 am - 12.00 am; 3.00 pm - 6.00 pm Saturday: 9.00 am - 12 am Sundays, mondays and holidays closed
School Museum
Books and exercise books from 1865 to 1963
Opering hours:
open from the first sunday of march to the last sunday of novembre
Mon closed
Opening hours:
10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Messner Mountain Museum
"The enchanted mountain" of Sigmundskron near Bozen
In the immediate southwest of Bozen three hills rise up: The Kaiserberg, the mountain of rubbish and - high on a cliff - the castle of Sigmundskron. This fortress that had been falling into decay for five centuries, was acquired by the province of South Tyrol, redeveloped in a very careful way and made accessible with a competition. Reinhold Messner, the world-famous extreme mountain climber, has made of it the center of his Mountain Museum.
MMM Firmian is located at Castle Sigmundskron (south of Bozen) and has a truly central location in South Tyrol.