South Tyrolean State Museum for Culture and State History

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South Tyrolean State Museum for Culture and State History
Tyrol Castle

Castle Tyrol - seat of the South Tyrolean State Museum for Cultural and State History
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place Tyrol
opening 2003
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The South Tyrolean State Museum for Cultural and Regional History serves to document and research the regional history of Tyrol . It is located at Schloss Tirol near Dorf Tirol in South Tyrol .

exhibition

The museum course focuses on the architectural history of Castle Tyrol and leads through the knight's hall and the lower and upper chapels. In the Imperial Hall, the most important pieces from the collection that is currently under construction are shown and medieval society is illuminated. In the following, the early modern times in Tyrol are presented with a focus on the administration of justice . The 19th century is viewed from the perspective of the contemporary reception of the “national monument” Castle Tyrol. The keep is dedicated to contemporary South Tyrolean history and was redesigned in 2016 as a tower of memories . Finds and findings from archaeological excavations in and around the castle are also presented.

Special exhibitions

Individual evidence

  1. Esther Pirchner, Hans Heiss (ed.): 50 things, 100 years. The tower of memories: South Tyrol and the 20th century in the keep of Tyrol Castle. Tyrol Castle 2016.
  2. Reinhard Wittmann (ed.): "The song of death". Robert Musil and the First World War = Robert Musil e la Grande Guerra. Exhibition in the Literaturhaus Munich, February 27 - July 6, 2014; Exhibition in Schloss Tirol 9.8. – 30.11.2014. ISBN 978-88-95523-07-1 , South Tyrolean State Museum for Cultural and State History Castle Tyrol, Dorf Tirol 2014.
  3. Carl Kraus , Hannes Obermair (ed.): Myths of dictatorships. Art in Fascism and National Socialism - Miti delle dittature. Art nel fascismo e nazionalsocialismo . South Tyrolean State Museum for Cultural and State History Schloss Tirol, Dorf Tirol 2019, ISBN 978-88-95523-16-3 .

literature

  • Tyrol Castle 1971–2011 - new life in old walls . Athesia: Bozen 2011. ISBN 978-88-8266-840-2
  • Esther Pirchner, Hans Heiss (Ed.): 50 things, 100 years. The tower of memories: South Tyrol and the 20th century in the keep of Tyrol Castle. Castle Tyrol 2016. ISBN 978-88-95523-31-6

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Coordinates: 46 ° 41 ′ 41.2 ″  N , 11 ° 8 ′ 41.4 ″  E