List of museums in Tyrol (state)

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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.

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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, art
Museum 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 website, 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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