Museums in Merano & surroundings

About castles, dukes and the world’s oldest spa town

>> Lana: The South Tyrolean Museum of Fruit Growing provides comprehensive documentation of fruit farming in South Tyrol

>> Foiana: Farming Museum displaying traditional farming equipment and furniture

>> Postal: Museum for local deer and other local animals-South Tyrol’s only animal museum hosting more than 500 local different animals

>> Merano: Prince’s Castle in the city centre with an exhibition of historical arms and muscial instruments

>> Merano: Merano Municipal Museum, situated at the former Roter Adler hotel with paintings by Tyrolean artists and Napoleon’s death mask

>> Merano: The Touriseum - South Tyrolean Museum of Tourism, open to the public since 2003, reflects the historical development of Tyrolean tourism over the last 200 years

>> Merano: Evelyn Ortner Woman’s Museum, Europe’s most complete collection of women’s clothes and accessories from 1820 to 1990

>> Merano: The Jewish Museum includes a synagogue, documents and religious objects, recording the development of the Jewish community of Merano

>> Merano: Nadezda Borodina Russian Orthodox Memorial with the St. Nicholas church and a library (more than 1.300 books)

>> Tirolo: Agricultural Museum at the Brunnenburg Castle dedicated to ethnology, folklore and folk art

>> Tirolo: South Tyrolean Museum of Cultural and Provincial History at the mighty Tirol Castle (opened in 2003)

>> Scena: Schenna Castle dedicated to the archduke Johann and to the Tyrolean freedom fighter Andreas Hofer, including a collection of arms

>> Cermes: The Lebenberg Castle, dating back to the 13th century, provides an insight into art and history from medievale times to the rococo era

>> Tel: Museum of Local History, located at the “Südtiroler Kunstkeramik”, with artefacts of the surrounding area

>> Parcines: The Peter Mitterhofer Typewriter Museum provides an insight into how the typewriter has evolved

>> Naturno: Texelgruppe Nature Reserve House with information about the Texelgruppe nature reserve and other nature reserves in South Tyrol