Museum in and around Merano

Museum in Merano. And surroundings. History and culture. Curiosities. Modern art. Next to your Hotel. Or even a bit farer away. To know Merano and South Tyrol a little bit better. Just to understand. Your very owns time travelling. Have fun.

A preview of the best museum

Museum Palais Mamming

Palais Mamming. A newly renovated Baroque palace on Piazza Duomo. Directly at the end of the Meran arcades.

The City Museum Meran. Inaugurated in 1900 as the oldest museum in South Tyrol. After several relocations arrived in the Palais Mamming.

Wiht an exhibition about Meranos historical development. From pre–history and early history to modern art. With some exotic exhibits. Like an Egyptian mummy, a collection of Sudanese weapons owned by the adventurer Slatin Pasha, a typewriter invented by Peter Mitterhofer and Napoleon’s death masks. A modern museum of local history.

Opening times:
Easter until 6th January:
Tuesday to Saturday: 10.30 am – 5.00 pm
Sundays and holidays: 10.30 am – 1.00 pm

Palais Mamming Museum, Piazza Duomo 6, Merano
www.palaismamming.it

Prince’s Castle

In 15th century built by archduke Sigmund von Österreich. Exhibited in two floors with furniture from renaissance and gothic period. The perfect place to study life during the late medieval period.

Opening times:
Easter until 6th January:
Tuesday to Saturday: 10.30 am – 5.00 pm
Sundays and holidays: 10.30 am – 1.00 pm

Prince’s Castle, Via Galilei, Merano
www.comune.merano.bz.it

Touriseum

The South Tyrolean Museum of the development from the tourism. It is situated in the botanical garden “Schloss Trauttmannsdorff”, where Sissi spent here holiday. Today interesting Museum, about the history of the tourism in Tirol. A trip through 200 years history of tourism!

Opening times:
From 1st April to Mid-October:
Daily: 9.00 am – 7.00 pm

From mid to 31th October:
Daily: 9.00 am – 6.00 pm

From 1st to 15th November:
Daily: 9.00 am – 5.00 pm

Touriseum, Via St. Valentino 51 a, Merano
www.touriseum.it

Arte Merano

A house for contemporary art in the old part of Merano. Merano arte present changing exhibitions in the fields of fine art, architecture, literature, music, photography and new media on 500 m² with exhibition space over three floors. Local artists with international context, modern and dynamic.

Opening times:
Tuesday to Saturday: 10.00 am – 6.00 pm
Sundays and holidays: 11.00 am – 6.00 pm

Arte Merano, Via Portici 163, Merano
www.kunstmeranoarte.org

Women Museum

Woman with special exhibition which depeen the subject of women’s ideals, women’s pictures and women’s rules.

Opening times:
Monday to Friday: 10.00 am – 5.00 pm
Saturday: 10.00 am – 12.30 pm

Women’s Museum, Via Mainardo 2, Merano
www.museia.it

Jewish museum and synagogue

Situated in exclusive residential area from Merano with jewish tradition.

Opening times:
Monday to Friday: 9.00 am – 12.00 pm

Jewish Museum, Via Schiller 14, Merano
www.meranoebraica.it

Russian – orthodoxy memorial
Nadezda Borodina

A grate selection of icons, documents and books, closed to the Nikolaus church about the Russian – orthodoxy community in Merano. Sponsored by Nadezda Iwanowna Borodina.

Opening times:
Guided tours by appointment (except Christmas and Easter holidays) – phone: +39 335 6158588 – e-mail: rus.bz@tiscali.it

St. Nikolaus Church, Via Schaffer 21. Merano
www.rus-bz.it

South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology

Ötzi – the Iceman. Ötzi is one of the worlds best – known and most important mummies. Discover his secrets.

Opening times:
Tuesday to Sunday: 10.00 am – 6.00 pm

South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology, Via Museo 43, Bolzano
www.iceman.it

The Castle of Tyrol

Castle Tyrol was the ancestral seat of the Counts of Tyrol. The curtain wall of the castle was built in 1100 and belongs today to the oldest preserved castle walls. Romanic style on doors and windows, gothic decorations.

Opening times:
Easter to Mid-November:
Thuesday to Sunday: 10.00 am – 5 pm

Castel Tirolo at Tirolo near Merano
www.schlosstirol.it

Train world

On of the greatest, private collection of model railway in Europe. 20.000 pieces. Südtirol Miniatur with special exhibition “Einsteigen bitte!” with kids corner, very funny for kids and adults.

Opening times:
April to October:
Tuesday to Sunday: 10.00 am – 5 pm

November to December:
Sundays: 10.00 am – 5 pm

Train world, Piazza Gerold 3, Rablá / Parcines
www.eisenbahnwelt.eu

Typewriter Museum “Peter Mitterhofer”

Situated in Partschins, the museum shows the history of the typewriter. The inventor, Peter Mitterhofer, was from this little town Partschins. You can visit more than 100 modells, some of there are very rare and curious.

Opening times:
April to October:
Monday: 2.00 pm – 6.00 pm
Tuesday to Friday: 10.00 am – noon and 2.00 pm – 6.00 pm
Saturday: 10.00 am – noon

November to March:
Every Tuesday: 10.00 am – noon

Typewriter Museum, Piazza della chiesa 10, Parcines
www.typewritermuseum.com