South Tyrol Museum of Archeology
 South Tyrol Museum of Archeology |
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| place | Museum Street , Bolzano |
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Archeology museum
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| opening | 1998 |
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Angelika Fleckinger
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The South Tyrolean Archaeological Museum is an archaeological museum in Bolzano ( South Tyrol ). The museum is the exhibition site of the "Man from Tisenjoch", better known as " Ötzi ". It attracts large numbers of visitors in all seasons and is one of the leading archaeological museums in Italy .
main emphasis
In addition to the glacier mummy "Ötzi" and its accompanying finds, the museum presents important finds from the South Tyrolean region. The oldest exhibits date from the Paleolithic , the youngest from the Carolingian period . Models, reconstructions, spatial images, videos and interactive multimedia stations give an insight into the early past of the southern Alpine region . The exhibition rooms are arranged diachronically. Ötzi and his time are on the first floor, while the finds from Roman antiquity and the Migration Period are on the third floor.
From 12 August to 15 November 2006, the exhibition was held in the Museum Wolkenmenschen with mummies of the Chachapoyas instead. In 2009 the museum showed mummies in the special exhibition . The dream of eternal life preserved bodies from all over the world, including embalmed Egyptian mummies and bog bodies . On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Ötzi find, the special exhibition Ötzi 20 from March 1, 2011 to January 13, 2013 dealt with scientific research and the cult character of the ice man.
history
The building in Museumstrasse , opposite the Bolzano City Museum , was built as the seat of the Austrian (kk) National Bank shortly before the First World War. From 1919 to the 1990s , it housed the Bolzano branch of the Italian National Bank ( Banca d'Italia ). The museum was opened in 1998 after extensive renovation work. Museumstrasse, in which the archeology museum is located, was named in 1901 after the Bolzano City Museum , which opened in 1905 and which housed some of the exhibits on prehistory before the archaeological museum opened . The remaining exhibits have been brought together from all over South Tyrol.
administration
The museum is an independent institution within the South Tyrolean provincial museums ; previously it was merged with the South Tyrol Museum of Nature . Angelika Fleckinger is the director of the museum.
See also
- List of archaeological museums
- List of museums in Italy
- List of museums of prehistory and early history
Web links
- Official website
- Literature from or about the South Tyrol Museum of Archeology in the catalog of the German National Library
- Entry in the monument browser on the website of the South Tyrolean Monuments Office
Individual evidence
Coordinates: 46 ° 29 ′ 59.6 ″ N , 11 ° 20 ′ 58.4 ″ E