List of museums in Tyrol (state)

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.

The list

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, artMuseum 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 , 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

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