Description
(Local Name: Tiroler Volkskunstmuseum) Adjoining the Innsbruck Hofkirche (Court Church) on the east, in the Neues Stift (New Abbey) or Theresianum (16th and 18th C.) can be found the Tirolese Museum of Folk Art. The museum's extensive collections, excellently displayed on three floors, include more than 20 Tirolese rooms, including brick-built houses with oriel windows from the Upper Inn valley and half-timbered houses from the Ziller valley, and a rich store of costumes, peasant furniture and tools from the various regions of Tirol, glass and pottery, cane chairs and textiles and metalwork, There is also a collection of Nativity groups from the 18th C. to the present day. In the cloister on the west side of the building lies the tomb of the Innsbruck sculptor Alexander Colin (d. 1612), by Colin himself.

The museum also plays host to numerous temporary exhibitions.
Address
Tiroler Volkskunstmuseum
Universitästrasse 2
A-6020 Innsbruck
Austria
Hours
September 1 to June 30
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
Open9:009:009:009:009:009:0010:00
Closed17:0017:0017:0017:0017:0017:0017:00
July 1 to August 31
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
Open9:009:009:009:009:009:0010:00
Closed17:3017:3017:3017:3017:3017:3017:30
Always closed on:
New Year's Day (January 1)
Easter - Christian
May Day / Labor Day (May 1)
Corpus Christi - Christian
Christmas - Christian (December 25)
Cost
Adult5.00 Euros
Senior4.50 Euros
Students3.50 Euros
Child 14 & under1.50 Euros
Tips
Tours in German only and by prior arrangement. Combined ticket available for Folkloric Museum and Court Church.
Guides
Guided tour included with admission.
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