South Tyrol Museum of Nature
 South Tyrol Museum of Nature |
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| place | Bolzano |
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| opening | 1997 |
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David Gruber
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The South Tyrol Museum of Nature is a natural history museum in Bindergasse in Bolzano .
history
The roots of the Naturmuseum Südtirol go back to the 19th century, when Georg Gasser , a passionate collector, opened a private museum in his house on Spitalgasse in Bolzano in 1892, which was the first natural history museum in the region. In three rooms filled to the ceiling, he exhibited minerals , animal preparations of all kinds, butterflies, insects, mussels, snails, corals as well as archaeological and ethnographic pieces. The museum not only aroused the interest of Bolzano residents, but was also mentioned as a worthwhile destination in all travel guides of the time. In the year of its opening, Gasser toyed with the idea of building a larger exhibition building that would also accommodate the city collections. But it took eight years before the city under Mayor Julius Perathoner agreed to finance a city museum. In 1905, the Bolzano City Museum , in which Gasser's scientific collection had a special place, was opened. Gasser, who had been appointed curator of the natural history department of the city museum, expanded the mineral collection in particular. At the same time, the museum management allowed him to trade duplicates from his collection. Gasser quickly became a role model for mineral collectors, especially since in 1913 he published a well-known mineral topography of Tyrol, Vorarlberg and the Hohe Tauern out of his own pocket , which is still one of the most detailed works on this area.
After the First World War , there were a number of changes in the city museum, especially after the fascist takeover of power in 1922. A new museum tour was established and a new concept worked out in which there was no longer any space for the natural history department. When Gasser found out about this during a museum meeting in 1931, he was so badly affected by the news that he suffered a stroke during the session, of which he died a few weeks later. Four years later, the Gasser collection was returned to his heirs, who temporarily stored the collection and partially sold it. Part of the mineral collection was transferred to the University of Padua . In 1972 the remainder of the collection was sold to the Autonomous Province of Bozen-South Tyrol , including around 11,000 minerals. In 1992 the state government decided to give the collection a worthy place in its own museum, which was opened in 1997 as the South Tyrol Museum of Nature and in which the Gregor Gasser collection forms the historical collection.
offer
The permanent exhibition shows the development and today's appearance of the South Tyrolean landscapes, this is illustrated using selected examples. A special feature is the 9,000 liter coral reef aquarium and a large Nautilus aquarium, which represent today's South Tyrol region at the time the Alps were formed in the Tethys (like the reef limestone of the Dolomites ).
The special exhibitions focus on geology , flora and fauna as well as photographs by local and international nature photographers.
The museum, which opened in 1997, is one of the South Tyrolean state museums in public ownership. The museum is housed in the Princely Office of Emperor Maximilian I in the old town of Bolzano. As the only state museum for natural history, it is the central documentation and collection point for natural history objects in South Tyrol.
organization
Natural history evidence is collected, researched, documented and stored in the geosciences , botany and zoology departments . The main interest is South Tyrol. In addition, the neighboring areas of the Alpine region are also taken into account.
literature
- Benno Baumgarten, Thomas Wilhalm and Vito Zingerle: The South Tyrol Museum of Nature. Landscapes and habitats. Folio Verlag, Vienna / Bozen 2002, ISBN 978-3-85256-197-4
- Patrick Gasser, Benno Baumgarten: Ex coll. Georg Gasser (1857–1931). Catalog book for the exhibition in the Naturmuseum Südtirol. Naturmuseum Südtirol, Bolzano 2007 ISBN 978-88-87108-01-9 .
- Patrick Gasser: Georg Gasser - initiator of the South Tyrol Museum of Nature. In: Museumsbund Österreich (Ed.): New museum: the Austrian museum magazine 09/4 & 10/1 April 2010 Subject collector's passion. Museum Association Austria, Linz 2010 ISSN 1015-6720. PDF
- Theresia Pichler: “Pictures of nature”, “living paintings” and the “admiring eye”. The pictorial study of the museum collection and the popular writings of Georg Gasser. University of Vienna, diploma thesis, 2007. PDF
- Helmut Stampfer (ed.): The Prince's Office House in Bozen - From the Maximilian Office Building to the Nature Museum . Publication of the Naturmuseum Südtirol No. 5. Folio Verlag, Vienna / Bozen 2008, ISBN 978-3-85256-373-2
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Patrick Gasser: Georg Gasser - initiator of the South Tyrol Museum of Nature. Pp. 15-16
- ↑ Theresia Pichler: "Nature Pictures", "Living Paintings" and the "Admiring Eye". The pictorial study of the museum collection and the popular writings of Georg Gasser. P. 116
- ↑ Patrick Gasser: Georg Gasser - initiator of the South Tyrol Museum of Nature. P. 16
- ↑ Gasser, Georg. In: mineralienatlas.de. Retrieved October 21, 2019 .
- ^ Project "Gasser". In: naturmuseum.it. Retrieved October 18, 2019 .
- ↑ Patrick Gasser: Georg Gasser - initiator of the South Tyrol Museum of Nature. P. 19
- ↑ Theresia Pichler: "Nature Pictures", "Living Paintings" and the "Admiring Eye". The pictorial study of the museum collection and the popular writings of Georg Gasser. P. 1
- ↑ Historical collection: Georg Gasser Collection. In: naturmuseum.it. Retrieved October 18, 2019 .
Coordinates: 46 ° 30 ′ 4.1 ″ N , 11 ° 21 ′ 25.2 ″ E