The Tyrol Panorama

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The Tyrol Panorama
Exterior view of the Tirol Panorama
Exterior view of the Tirol Panorama (right)
Data
place 6020 Innsbruck, Bergisel 1-2
architect Stoll Wagner office and HG Merz
architects office
opening March 12, 2011
operator
Tyrolean state museums
management
Christine Gamper
Website

The Tirol Panorama is a museum in Innsbruck , which is particularly important as the location of the Innsbruck giant circular painting . It is one of the five houses of the Tyrolean State Museums .

Location and accessibility

The Tirol Panorama is located on the Bergisel in the south of the city. The museum is publicly accessible with the IVB lines Sightseer TS , lines 1 and 6 , as well as the Stubaitalbahn STB and Stubaitalbus 590 . A further improvement of the accessibility - another feeder line for the residents of Bergisel - is planned.

exhibition

Exhibits in the museum
Interior view with rotunda of the painting outside
The defense shield “Iron Edelweiss” exhibited in the “Tirol Panorama” and created by Adolph Johannes Fischer in 1915

The giant circular painting in Innsbruck, which was moved there in September 2010, is the main exhibit of the museum. It shows the Tyrolean freedom struggle of 1809 on 1000 square meters of canvas .

Another focus of the Tyrol Panorama is the permanent exhibition “Schauplatz Tirol”. There, with the subjects of “religion”, “nature”, “politics” and “people”, the “myth of Tyrol” is explained using the exhibits. In addition, the new building is connected underground with the Kaiserjägermuseum , which means that the concept of a “museum within a museum” is being pursued. The exhibition area is also visually divided into four subject areas. "Nature" is presented in a 40 meter long showcase in which, among other things, a cable car gondola (from the old Muttereralmbahn ), stuffed animals such as a bear , lynx or a beaver are exhibited. The “Politics” is in the middle of the room, where for example the horse head of the so-called “Aluminum Duce ” monument in Bozen or the valuable land dragon of Emperor Maximilian I from 1511 is located. In interactive “tree trunks” the “man” or the “Tyrolean types” are shown, for example the pipe of the former governor Eduard Wallnöfer or a self-portrait of the painter Anna Stainer-Knittel . The exhibits on "religion" are housed in large glass showcases in the rear area, in front of the entrance to the Kaiserjägermuseum. Among other things, a baroque pulpit or fresco designs for the Theresienkirche by Max Weiler are shown here.

Weiler's mural "Archduke Ferdinand II. And Philippine Welser at Ambras Castle" was transported to the Tirol Panorama on February 21, 2011, where it is hung in the restaurant. From 1953 to 2000 the painting hung in the dining room of the former Hotel Tyrol in Innsbruck. The picture weighs a ton, is 28 square meters and was broken down into 24 individual parts.

History and controversy

On the initiative of the former Governor of Tyrol, Herwig van Staa , the museum was originally supposed to open in 2009 for the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Bergisel . The construction costs were estimated at six million euros, but were significantly exceeded at over 25 million euros. The opening took place on March 12, 2011 as part of a big party. 6500 people attended the opening. A flash mob was initiated by alternative circles to draw attention to the alleged lack of cultural funding from the state of Tyrol. The initial balance for the Tirol Panorama was positive: 50,000 visitors came in just 2.5 months. Many of the critics of the relocation of the circular painting also changed their minds and are now convinced of the new location.

The relocation of the giant circular painting had previously been criticized by the Federal Monuments Office and the International Panorama Council as being conservational and unjustifiable from the point of view of ensemble protection. The Federal Ministry for Education, Art and Culture , on the other hand, judged its decision in the second instance to relocate the giant circular painting to the Tirol Panorama as a better solution in terms of conservation. Some critics have described parts of the exhibition as any collection of exhibits and hodgepodge. In addition, the poor transport connections and the processes involved in the leasing of the connected restaurant were points of criticism. On the occasion of a visit on July 3, 2011, Claudia Schmied , Federal Minister for Education, Art and Culture said: “The giant circular painting has now been given an ideal place.” She is pleased that “the large and controversial project has come to such a good conclusion ".

Web links

Commons : Das Tirol Panorama  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Press photo of Adolph Johannes Fischer's defense shield in the exhibition area "Tiroler Kaiserschützen"
  2. ^ Diepresse.com - giant circular painting: Chronology of the move . Article dated March 11, 2011, accessed April 14, 2015.
  3. ↑ Max Weiler: Public and Portfolio Works. 2001 . In: basis-wien.at , accessed on March 22, 2011.
  4. ↑ Simone Gasser: Kurznachrichten (…) Max Weiler's mural back in public space ( Memento of the original from September 18, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . In: tirol.gv.at , accessed on March 22, 2011. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.tirol.gv.at
  5. ↑ a b Horst Christoph: Unround painting . In: profil , Volume 42, No. 10, March 7, 2011, pp. 106-107. - Full text (PDF; 764 kB) . In: listefritz.at , accessed on March 21, 2011.
  6. ↑ Tiroler Tageszeitung: The Fön blew Tirol Panorama the opening march
  7. ↑ orf.at - positive initial balance for the Tirol Panorama . Article dated May 29, 2011, accessed April 14, 2015.
  8. ^ Tiroler Kronen Zeitung , print edition of May 30, 2011
  9. ^ Teresa Andreae (audio contribution), Rainer Elstner (text version): Tirol Panorama opens - controversial project on Bergisel . In: oe1.orf.at , March 11, 2011, accessed on March 12, 2011.
  10. ^ Tiroler Tageszeitung , print edition of July 4th, 2011

literature

  • Isabelle Brandauer, u. a .: Das Tirol Panorama, All about the Myth of Tirol, Ed. Edition Alpina, Innsbruck 2011, ISBN 978-3-900122-05-8

Coordinates: 47 ° 15 ′ 1 ″  N , 11 ° 24 ′ 6 ″  E