Ötzi, the Ice Man

Make a journey back in history in the Archeology Museum.

Since 1998 you can have a glimpse of Ötzi, South Tyrol’s most famous inhabitant, in the archeological museum of Bolzano/Bozen (in the picture: a reconstruction). In 1991 the body, half exposed by the ice, was found on the Similaun glacier, which lies in between the back part of Val di Senales and Austria.
In a specially built chamber Ötzi is preserved at a temperature of -6°C and at an air humidity of 98%. Furthermore there is an exhibition on the same floor of the museum giving an insight into Ötzi’s everyday life, his clothes made of furs and grass and his hunting equipment.

Opening hours:
> Tuesday - Sunday: from 10.00-18.00
> open on holidays, closed on Mondays
> July, August and December open every day (also Mondays)
> Closed: on 1st January, 1st May and 25th December

> By the way: The Archeology Museum features also various other archeological findings from the Stone Age up to the early Middle Ages!