Trentino-Alto Adige/South Tyrol

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Trentino – South Tyrol is one of the most peculiar regions of Italy. Composed of two autonomous provinces, the Italian-speaking Trentino, with its capital Trento, and the mostly-German speaking South Tyrol (Alto Adige in Italian, Südtirol in German) whose capital is Bozen (Bolzano), the region extends from lake Garda to the Austrian border and is renowned for being home of some of the most terrific mountain landscapes in the world.
Part of the Austrian Empire until 1918, the whole region shows all its multicultural background, which combines Mediterranean and Nordic culture into a unique ensemble. A diversity fully expressed in the region’s museums, many of which are widely considered among the best in Italy in their genre.

museums in Trentino-Alto Adige/South Tyrol

Arte Sella

Borgo Valsugana - Malga Costa
closed on: none

Arte Sella is an open-air art museum near Trento, among the best in Italy and probably in the whole Europe, which combines nature and contemporary art

Casa d’Arte Futurista Depero, Rovereto – Depero Futurist House

Rovereto - Via dei Portici, 38
closed on: Mondays

The Casa d’Arte Futurista Depero in Rovereto, near Trento, is a museum of art and design dedicated to famous Italian Futurism artist Fortunato Depero

Gampen Gallery, Gampenpass

U. lb. Frau i. Walde-St. Felix - Gampenpass - Passo Palade
closed on: open Sat-Sun-Mon from June to October

The Gampen Gallery is a permanent exhibition gallery housed in a former defensive bunker built by Mussolini at the Gampen high mountain pass in South Tyrol

MART – Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of Trento & Rovereto

Rovereto - corso Angelo Bettini, 43
closed on: Mondays

Designed by Mario Botta, MART is an important museum of modern and contemporary art in Rovereto, northern Italy, with a collection of over 30,000 artworks

Messner Mountain Museum Firmian

Bolzano/Bozen - Sigmundskroner strasse / Via Castel Firmiano, 53
closed on: Open from March to November. Closed on Thursday

The Messner Mountain Museum Firmian, near Bozen, is the central museum of the Reinhold Messner network, dedicated to the mountains, their history and people

MuSe Science Museum, Trento

Trento - Corso del Lavoro e della Scienza, 3
closed on: Mondays, and December 25

MuSe is a science museum in Trento, housed in an iconic building designed by Italian architect Renzo Piano; it is the most visited science museum in Italy

MUSEION museum of modern & contemporary art, Bozen / Bolzano

Bolzano/Bozen - Piazza Piero Siena,1
closed on: Mondays

Located in the multicultural alpine city of Bolzano-Bozen, Museion is a very popular museum of contemporary art in Alto Adige-South Tyrol, northern Italy

Museo Retico | Sanzeno

Sanzeno - via Nazionale, 50
closed on: open Saturday and Sunday afternoon from March through October

The Museo Retico in Sanzeno, Trento, is a small archaeological museum focused on the history of the Val di Non and of the Rhaeti tribes once inhabiting it

Timmelsjoch Experience

Timmelsjoch - Timmelsjoch
closed on: usually open from late-Spring to early-Autumn

Located along a mountain road straddling the Austrian-Italian border, the Timmelsjoch Experience is an open-air museum of architectural sculptures

in-depth articles: museums in Trentino-Alto Adige/South Tyrol

Pass Museum Timmelsjoch – Werner Tscholl Architects

High mountain museums always have a peculiar charm, and the tube-shaped Pass Museum designed by Werner Tscholl at Timmelsjoch, Austria, is no exception

Architecture

Zaha Hadid’s Messner Mountain Museum Corones

July 23, 2015: the new Messner Mountain Museum Corones, designed by Zaha Hadid Architects on the top of the Kronplatz peak in the Alps, opens its doors

Architecture

Bozen | The secret fortress of Mussolini

The Gampen Gallery is a truly unconventional museum in South Tyrol, housed in one of the most secret fortresses built by Mussolini against a German invasion

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