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The 6 Best Art Museums in Tirol, Austrian Alps
Once known as The Land of the Mountains, the 10,000-square-mile province of Tirol is a wonderland of gushing rivers, lush meadows and rugged peaks. Fantastic hiking trails wind along paths through the Zillertal Alps. Famed resort towns confetti the mountainsides, including Kitzbühel, St. Anton, Ischgl and Seefeld, site of some events in the 1964 and 1976 Winter Games. Compact capital Innsbruck is a medieval gem. The Tirolean identity is strong: Expect to see lederhosen and feathered hats.
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1. Schloss Ambras Innsbruck
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4.5 based on 1,157 reviews
Due to the current regulation to contain the pandemic, the museums of the KHM Museum Association will remain closed until 23th March 2021! The wonderful world of the Renaissance The provincial sovereign of Tyrol, Archduke Ferdinand II (1529-95), son of Emperor Ferdinand l, ordered that the mediaeval fortress at Ambras be turned into a Renaissance castle for his wife Philippine Welser. He also commissioned the building of a separately designed museum complex to house his world-famous collections. Constructed according to the most advanced ideas of its time, it is an eminent precursor of our modern-day museums and has been preserved at its original site to this day. The armouries comprise rare examples of 15th century jousting armour from the collections of Emperor Maximilian I, suits of armour of famous 16th century commanders, the Archduke’s private armour, the armour of the court of Innsbruck, and weapons from the Thirty Years’ War.
Reviewed By 260flaviob
This castle is one of the most beautiful we have seen on our tour in Austria. From Innsbruck you can get there after about twenty minutes by bus (we took a Hop on / Hop off, very comfortable and included in the Innsbruck Card). The Castle is surrounded by greenery and has a very well kept garden. There are two main buildings to visit, one connected to the entrance (with spectacular weapons and armor) and the actual Castle, to be reached with a short walk. The castle is impressive and was bought by the Archduke Ferdinand II, a true patron of the time. In the current exhibition, the organizers have tried to recreate the different rooms as they had been wanted by the Archduke: the Chamber of Art and Wonders (some even not politically correct by our current standards), the Chamber of Armor and the Antiquarium. In the upper castle there are houses as they were at the time of Ferdinando. The most sumptuous setting in the building is the Sala Spagnola, a 43 meter long banquet hall with frescoed walls and trompe l’oeil. Magnificent. There is also a section dedicated to the Habsburg portraits with over 200 portraits, made by famous artists like Cranach, Tiziano, van Dyck and Diego Velásquez. We went there on a very hot August day and at the end of the tour it was beautiful and very romantic to eat a sandwich sitting on a bench in the shade of the secular trees of the garden.
2. Tyrolean Folk Art Museum
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4.5 based on 386 reviews
Reviewed By Basheer-Alkhatib - Altenberg bei Linz, Austria
Good to be in the museum where takes you to old Tirol and Austria history. It contains very precious pieces and collection from the Tiroler Heritage collection which is so worth the visit. Very much recommended. it is one of the oldest in Europe.
3. Kunstraum Innsbruck
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4.5 based on 3 reviews
Kunstraum Innsbruck has opened its doors in 1996 as a non-profit contemporary art association. The goal of the KUNSTRAUM INNSBRUCK is to enable the encounters with the phenomenon of contemporary art, in the form of exhibitions, lectures, discussions, artist talks, readings and concerts. We exhibited artists like: Louise Bourgoise, Jonathan Meese, Christoph Schlingensief, Gregor Schneider, Rosa Loy, Joyce Pensato, Alex Israel, Betty Tompkins, David Ostrowski, Jorinde Voigt, Christian Marclay, Mohau Modisakeng, Danh Vo, Franz West, Tobias Rehberger and many more.
4. Alpinarium Galtur
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4.0 based on 154 reviews
