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What to do and see in Bolzano, Trentino-Alto Adige: The Best Museums
The capital of Italy’s northernmost region of South Tyrol, Bolzano (Bozen in German) has only been Italian since World War I, and its character remains distinctly Germanic. At the center of the town, Piazza Walther is named for a 13th-century German minstrel. The town’s most famous resident, Ötzi the Iceman, dates from about 3300 BC and now rests at the South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology. The striking new building for Museion, the city’s modern and contemporary art museum, opened in 2008.
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1. BAS - Opfer fur die Freiheit
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5.0 based on 10 reviews
This historical exhibition documents the events of the 1960s in South Tyrol. At that time, state policies formulated in Rome and plainly pursuing the objective of infiltrating and denationalizing South Tyrol and thus reducing the ethnic German and Ladin populace - representing the numerical majority - to a disenfranchised minority and expunging their identity. The "Liberation Committee of South Tyrol" (BAS) attempted to carry out demonstrative attacks - especially against high-voltage power lines - in order to draw the world's attention to the unendurable conditions in South Tyrol. Unfortunately, there were deaths on both sides - and none of them should be forgotten. The exhibition should remind everybody of the people who died during this period, their suffering and the whole tragedy.
2. South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology
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4.5 based on 2,494 reviews
Meet here the world’s famous chalcolithic ice mummy called "Ötzi, the Iceman" who was found with all his belongings on the Similaun glacier in 1991. Situated in the city center of Bolzano (pedestrian area), the South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology displays the oldest wet mummy in a sophisticated ice cell and shows Neolithic craftmanship in his equipment: the world’s most antique clothes and the hunting equipment with the world's oldest fully preserved copper axe.
Reviewed By ANGELOV230 - Milan, Italy
The South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology is centered on the iceman "Ötzi" that was discovered in the Alps some decades ago. The mummy itself is visible through a window, in the refrigerated cell where the 5000 year old man is kept. All artifacts found with the mummy are here too (clothings, shoes, hat, ax, pouch, knife, bow, quiver and arrows, baskets...) and very good explanations are provided in Italian, German and English of each item. Every artifact or any discovery about Ötzi are put into contest of the people life at that time, so the entire museum tells a fascinating history of 3400 years BC. You cannot take pictures of the mummy, but everything else can be photographed. At the end of the tour, you find a museum shop, with good books about Ötzi.
3. Messner Mountain Museum MMM Firmian
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4.5 based on 497 reviews
Reviewed By Shallwegothere - Ulceby, United Kingdom
We thought a couple of hours would be needed to visit this museum but we're surprised at the quality of various exhibitions. Interesting mountaineering history information, the history of the building and surrounding area which was fascinating. Art installations and display items all within the beautiful castle. The building has been restored and blended with modern materials which are balanced to each other. The architectural design is fantastic and is very well throughout. So 5 hours later and after visiting the cafe, we can highly recommend this museum.
4. Museum of Nature South Tyrol
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4.5 based on 142 reviews
5. Alte Grieser Pfarrkirche mit dem Altar von Michael Pacher
6. BZ '18-'45: Un monumento, una citta, due dittature
7. Museo Mercantile
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4.0 based on 59 reviews
