Category: Museums

Gardens of Trauttmansdorff Castle | Merano

How to reach the Gardens of Trauttmansdorff Castle

The Gardens of Trauttmansdorff Castle, located in the town of Merano (Meran) in northern Italy, is a botanical garden nestled into a twelve-hectare amphitheater with an altitude differential of 100 meters. Trauttmansdorff offers spectacular views of exotic gardens and breathtaking vistas of the surrounding mountains and the spa resort town of Merano.

Colorful plants from all around the world thrive and bloom in Trauttmansdorff’s more than eighty garden landscapes. Ideal for both children and adults as well as for botany experts and laymen alike, the Gardens of Trauttmansdorff Castle is a unique blend of botanical gardens and recreational attractions. Multifaceted Experience Stations, spectacular themed gardens, Artist Pavilions, and intriguing animals turn the Gardens of Trauttmansdorff Castle – within easy walking distance from Merano – into a colorful world where visitors enjoy a variety of different experiences.

The Touriseum, South Tyrol’s Province Museum of Tourism, covers 200 years of tourism history in Tyrol and Merano in a very engaging way.

Attraction nearby:
– Touriseum | Merano

Please check this website for detailed information on opening hours and prices.

 

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Contact:
The Gardens of Trauttmansdorff Castle
St.-Valentin-Str. 51a
39012 Merano
+39 0473 255600
 

Touriseum | Merano

How to reach the Touriseum

Highlight:
– Gardens of Trauttmansdorff Castle | Merano

The Touriseum, the South Tyrolean Museum of Tourism, is located at Trauttmansdoff Castle.
Opened in 2003, the South Tyrolean Museum of Tourism was thought as a further attraction to the visitors of the stunning Botanic Gardens of Castel Trauttmansdorff. In a stimulating and entertaining manner, it shows the historical development of tourism in South Tyrol, the most important events in the history of tourism in Tyrol, and information on the 700 years of history of Trauttmansdorff Castle.
Vacationers and travelers can kinda watch themselves in this museum, together with their motives for traveling, their behavior, illusions, and expectations. On the second floor of the castle, however, a small exhibition on the Empress Elisabeth of Austria (Sissi) and her time in Merano can be found.
How to get there? Just take bus no. 1B or no. 4 in the city center. The Touriseum and the Botanic Gardens of Castel Trauttmansdorff are accessible with one common ticket, for families with a family ticket.

Please check this website for detailed information on opening hours and prices.

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Contact:
Touriseum
St. Valentinstr. 51a
39012 Merano
+39 0473 255655

The wine-growing museum | Merano

How to reach Weinbaumuseum Schloss Rametz

This historic seat is listed as far back as 1227, as being a significant witness to the wine culture of this area.
Around 1860, the most noble grapes, such as Rheinriesling, Blauburgunder, Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon had found an excellent breeding ground. The special position of these lovingly attended Gujot vineyards, leads to extremely high-quality grapes which, due to state-of-the-art cellar technology, are fermented to become our prize-winning wines.

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In its four spacious halls the wine-growing museum shows beautiful tools used in viniculture across the ages. Many now forgotten tools have been collected over decades of dedicated work and the collection now ranges from tools for cultivating the land and for grape gathering and carrying to equipment and means for pest control.
There are also tools for the cultivation of cereals and the processing of cereals. This activity can look back at a very long tradition in the Vinschgau area, as is proven by the favorite local bread called “Vinschgerle”, which derives its name from this area.

Opening hours:
8th April to 10th November 2019:
Monday to Friday from 9 am to 4 pm
Saturday from 10 am to 12 pm
Sunday closed

Entry fees:

Adults 6,00€
under 16 years free entry

Wine shop Tiroler Weinhaus:

Opening hours:
27th March to 11th November 2019:
Monday to Saturday from 9 am to 18:30 pm
Sunday closed

Contact:
The wine grow museum
Laberserstr. 4
39012 Merano
+39 0473-211011

Tessa Group Nature Park | Venosta Valley

How to reach the Gruppo di Tessa Nature Park

Texelgruppe / Gruppo di Tessa Nature Park Visitor Center opened in 1984 in the middle school in Naturns / Naturno and assumed its current form in 1992. The facility’s motto, Water and Light, reflects the diversity and interdependence of the park’s habitats. .

Water is one of the center’s leitmotifs, which is embodied by a replica of a spring biotope, an exhibit concerning the intriguing Waale irrigation technique, and a pond biotope.

The microscopes at Texelgruppe / Gruppo di Tessa Nature Park Visitor Center houseenable visitors to discover that “lowly” lichen or micro-organisms are veritable works of art of Mother Nature. In the reading area, visitors can classify plants and insects that they have brought with them, to which end the staff is happy to supply magnifying glasses and other instruments.

Large wall projections display the variety of interdependent habitats found in Texelgruppe / Gruppo di Tessa Nature Park, along with its characteristic flora and fauna. A relief and a trail map (scale 1:25,000) help visitors to orient themselves in this, South Tyrol’s largest nature park. On the upper level of the facility, visitors can test their senses with smelling sachets and tactile boxes. On a monitor, 20 registered bird sounds can be assigned to the different birds living in the nature park. The life-like taxidermy animals exhibited in natural imitations of their Alpine habitats, which range from mountain forests to glacier regions, are also an impressive attraction. Multi-screen elements guide the visitor through the diversity of all of South Tyrol’s nature parks and provide information concerning nature and landscape conservation in the region.

Opening hours: 
9th April- 12th October:
Tuesday – Saturday: 9.30am – 12.30pm & 2.30pm – 6pm
Open also on Sundays in July, August and September.

Price:
Free entry

Contact: 
Gruppo di Tessa Nature Park
Feldgasse 3
39025 Naturno
+39 0473 668201

Palais Mamming Museum | Merano

How to reach the Palais Mamming Museum

The Palais Mamming Museum is located in a newly renovated Baroque palace in Piazza Duomo and hosts the collections of the civic museum. The permanent exhibition offers an overview of the historical development oft he city and ist outskirts. The collection includes several exotic items as an Egyptian mummy, a typewriter of Peter Mitterhofer and a funerary mask of Napoleon’s. Open between March 27th 2018 and January 6th 2019. Tue–Sat 10.30 a.m––5 p.m.; Sun/Bank holidays 10.30 a.m1 p.m.; Monday closed.

Opening hours
27th March 2019 bis 06. Jänner 2020:
Dienstag – Samstag 10:30 bis 17:00 Uhr
Sonntag 10:30 bis 13:00 Uhr
Montag Ruhetag

Entry fees:

Adults 6,00 €
Students, senior citizens, local residents, people with disabilities 5,00 €
Groups over 10 persons 5,00€
Teenagers up to 18 years free entry
Familiy card
 10,00€
Combiticket (Palais Mamming Museum & Princely Castle) 8,00€

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Contact:
Palais Mamming Museum
Pfarrplatz 6
39012 Merano
+39 0473 270038

Kunst Meran | Merano

How to reach Kunst Meran

Kunst Meran – Merano Arte (Merano Arts) is an atelier in the centre of Merano that is a meeting place for local artists.

Actually it is more than just a museum: Merano Arts is a combined gallery, a museum, stages different events such as concerts, performances, literary meetings, seminars and workshops, and enthuses lovers of contemporary and vanguard arts. Topics such as architecture, arts, literature, music, photography and new media are treated. The offer is completed by the Café Kunsthaus.

Kunst Merano – Merano Arte can be visited in the Cassa di Risparmio House, a beautifully restored building in the Arcades of Merano. On three floors and on 500 sqm, it provides plenty of space for exhibitions and an event hall for 70 people. Opened in 2001, it is conducted by the association “artForum Gallery”. Since 2004 it is member of the Italian Museums of Contemporary Arts, AMACI.

On the upper floor, there is by the way an atelier apartment, providing space for artists from all over as “artists in residence”. In this way upcoming artists are promoted and introduced into the national arts scene that is also an advantage for local artists. And how to reach Merano Arts? The Arcades are a pedestrian zone, around there are parking spaces (subject to charge). The busses stop at the nearby Piazza Teatro (Theatre Square) or in the Via delle Corse road.

Opening hours:
Jan 1 – Nov 30, 2019:
from Tuesday to Saturday from 10 am to 6 pm
Sundays and bank holidays from 11 am to 6 pm
Dec 1 – Dec 31, 2019:
from Monday to Saturday from 10 am to 6 pm
Sundays and bank holidays from 11 am to 6 pm

on Dec 24 and 31 open till 2 pm
closed on Dec 25 and New Year

Entry fee:

Adults 6,00 €
Reduced (Seniors, Guestcard,..) 5,00 €
Students up to 26 years 2,00€
Children up to 14 years
 free entryf


Contact:
Kunst Meran
Laubengasse 163
39012 Merano
+39 0473 212643

Museum of the “Kastelruther Spatzen” | Castelrotto

How to reach the Museum of the “Kastelruther Spatzen”

In Castelrotto , you can find the Spatzen-Laden, the shop of the local music group “Kastelruther Spatzen”. In this basement are hidden all awards of “Kastelruther Spatzen” in a unique museum.

Opening hours:
Monday-Tuesday: 09:00 – 12:00 and 14:00 – 18:00
Saturday: 09:00 – 12:00

Price:

Ticket 2,00€

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Note: For purchases over 5,00€ the 2 Euro will be refunded.

Contact:
Kastelruther Spatzen Museum
Dolomitenstraße 21
39040 Castelrotto
+39 0471 707439

The Roherhaus | Sarentino

How to reach the Roherhaus 

The Rohrerhaus in Sarnthein is an old farmhouse that has been converted into a museum, with an old smokehouse and bread-baking ovens. The Rohrerhaus is built simply yet spaciously, to serve a purpose, without embellishments, and yet with a plain, quiet style.

Please check this website for detailed information on opening hours and prices.

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Contact:
Verein Roherhaus
Runggenerstraße 10
39058, Sarnthein
+39 0471-622786

The Kränzel labyrinth | Tscherms

How to reach The Kränzel labyrinth

An extraordinary natural piece of art is found in Cermes, a little village near Lana and Merano. A piece of art that is continually growing and changing and from month to month comes in new shapes and forms. This is the labyrinth of the Kränzel winery, a marvellous manor and medieval complex with huge vineyards and fields on an area of 4.5 hectares.

Two hectares of the Kränzel winery are used for the “7 Gardens” – the enchanting Labyrinth Garden, the Garden of Love, the Garden of Ying and Yang, the Garden of Sensuality, the Garden of Confidence, the Theatre and the Fairground. On a regular basis meditation courses are held in this special setting. Furthermore there are a restaurant and a vinotheque.

Opening hours:
From mid-March to early November 2019:
Monday – Sunday from 9.30 – 20:00

Prices:

Adults 8,00 €

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Contact:
Gampenstraße 1
39010 Tscherms
+39 0473-564549

Museum of Farm Life | Foiana

How to reach the Museum of Farm Life

The annex building to the manse has been renovated in 1977 and changed into a farmers’ museum based on the idea of a tourist from Munich, Horst Griesner, Karl Frei, guardian of cultural heritage, and the priest P. Rudolf Lantschner O.T.

Traditional items and methods of working from former times as well as machines are exhibited in this museum. The exhibits date back to the 18th and 19th centuries and come from the area of Foiana or Merano and surroundings. Life of farmers has been illustrated with love and devotion.

Home shrines are equally picked out as themes than instruments and tools that were used to make hard work easier. The exhibits provide an insight into the hard life of farmers, which also included cheerful get-togethers and village festivals.

Please check this website for detailed information on opening hours and prices.

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Contact:
Museum of Farm Life
Via Bagni 2
39011 Foiana
+39 0473 561770