Grassmayr Bell Museum

Bells made of different metals in the "sound room" of the Grassmayr Bell Museum.

Bell cemetery in the Wilten district of Innsbruck during World War I , around 1917. Exhibit in the Grassmayr Bell Museum.

The Grassmayr Bell Museum is a private museum at the location of the Grassmayr bell foundry in Innsbruck , Leopoldstraße 53.

Museum offer

The bell museum, which has been in the Grassmayr bell foundry since 1993, presents numerous facets of the history and production of bells. Among other things, historical bells from Austria and other countries as well as historical photos are on display. In the “sound space”, museum visitors can carry out their own sound experiments.

Because the museum is directly connected to the operations of the Grassmayr bell foundry in Innsbruck, visitors can gain a direct insight into the craftsmanship beyond historical references. The museum is run by the former owner of the Grassmayr bell foundry, Christof Grassmayr, whose sons Johannes and Peter Grassmayr run the company today.

The Grassmayr Bell Museum regularly takes part in the Long Night of the Museums .

Awards

• 1994: Maecenas Prize ( ORF )
• 1996: Austrian Museum Prize

See also

• List of bell museums

literature

• Johann Werfring: Innsbrucker Töne vom Zauberturm Article in the “Wiener Zeitung” from December 7th, 2011, supplement “ProgrammPunkte”, p. 7.
• Johann Werfring: The dreary time of the bell cemeteries Article in the “Wiener Zeitung” from June 6, 2012, supplement “ProgrammPunkte”, p. 7.
• Johann Werfring: Air bombs as peace bells . In: Raiffeisenzeitung , September 13, 2018, p. 24.
• Claudia Bell: Innsbruck and its bell museum . In. Traunsteiner Tagblatt , year 2010, number 10, online version from March 6, 2010.
• Michael Domanig: From the sound of bells in life . In: Tiroler Tageszeitung , print edition from May 17, 2017.

Web links

• Grassmayr Bell Museum.Retrieved July 5, 2012
• Bell Museum Article on austria-forum. Retrieved March 12, 2018

Individual evidence

1. ^ Johann Werfring: The dreary time of the bell cemeteries Article in the "Wiener Zeitung" of June 6, 2012, supplement "ProgrammPunkte", p. 7.
2. ↑ ^{a b} Grassmayr Museum: From ore to the bell In: Innsbruck informs, service supplement, February 1997 edition, p. 6.
3. ↑ Johann Werfring: Innsbrucker Töne vom Zauberturm Article in the “Wiener Zeitung” of December 7, 2011, supplement “ProgrammPunkte”, p. 7.
4. ↑ Fascinated by the bell ( memento of the original from March 12, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. KirchenZeitung online, online version from April 11, 2017 
5. ^ Culture database - a service of the state of Tyrol: Museum portal Glockenmuseum Grassmayr on portal.tirol.gv.at

Coordinates: 47 ° 15 '22.4 "  N , 11 ° 23' 53.7"  E