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Groeden St Ulrich Museum

Museum Gherdëina - Val Gardena Museum

A museum in Ortisei offers an interesting journey across the history of the highly particular Val Gardena valley

The Museum Gherdëina in Ortisei, as the Gherdeina Local Heritage Museum - "Museum Gröden" in German, "Museo della Val Gardena" in Italian - is called in Ladin language, has been focused since 1960 on the history of the Ladin speaking Dolomite area. The exhibition has since been expanded twice, and offers now seven sections: Wooden Toys, Wood Carvings, Paintings, Unique exhibits, Archeology, Dolomites and Luis Trenker. One of the main attractions is a collection of wooden toys of the valley, collected before 1940. Ancient rocking horses and puppets like gold dust take you on a journey back to the childhood of former times.

Three other sections are dedicated to local artistic painters of the 19th and 20th century, to unique exhibits such as the Lenten veil of the St. Jacob Church (1620/30) and the rare sanguines of Bierjun dating back to 1490 AD, as well as to archeologic findings of the Val Gardena valley. Beside you can admire four centuries of woodcarving in the Val Gardena valley. Exhibited are mundane sculptures of the 17th - 19th century, cribs and sacred statuaries. In the long winter period in this region, people used to pursue this tradition, which is world-famous by now. So in the neighbouring Santa Cristina you can also visit the world's largest hand-carved nativity scene.

Your museum visit can be concluded in the two sections dedicated to the Dolomites, and to Luis Trenker (1892 - 1990), famous mountain pioneer, actor and director born in the Val Gardena valley. And how to reach the Museum Gherdëina? It can be found in the Ladin House, the so-called Cësa di Ladins, in the centre of Ortisei. Outside the centre there are parking possibilities - a bus stop is located in the nearby Piazza San Antonio square.

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Opening times

  • Fri 02 Jun 10:00 - 12:30 14:00 - 18:00
  • Sat 03 Jun closed
  • Sun 04 Jun closed
  • Mon 05 Jun 10:00 - 12:30 14:00 - 18:00
  • Tue 06 Jun 10:00 - 12:30 14:00 - 18:00
  • Wed 07 Jun 10:00 - 12:30 14:00 - 18:00
  • Thu 08 Jun 10:00 - 12:30 14:00 - 18:00

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Winter 2023 (01/10/2023 - 03/31/2023)

  • Mon closed
  • Tue 14:00 - 18:00
  • Wed 14:00 - 18:00
  • Thu 14:00 - 18:00
  • Fri 14:00 - 18:00
  • Sat closed
  • Sun closed

Season closure 2023 (04/01/2023 - 05/14/2023)

  • Mon closed
  • Tue closed
  • Wed closed
  • Thu closed
  • Fri closed
  • Sat closed
  • Sun closed

Spring 2023 (05/15/2023 - 06/30/2023)

  • Mon 10:00 - 12:30 14:00 - 18:00
  • Tue 10:00 - 12:30 14:00 - 18:00
  • Wed 10:00 - 12:30 14:00 - 18:00
  • Thu 10:00 - 12:30 14:00 - 18:00
  • Fri 10:00 - 12:30 14:00 - 18:00
  • Sat closed
  • Sun closed

Whit Monday 2023 (05/29/2023) 10:00 - 12:30 14:00 - 18:00

Republic Day 2023 (06/02/2023) 10:00 - 12:30 14:00 - 18:00

Summer 2023 (07/01/2023 - 08/31/2023)

  • Mon 10:00 - 12:30 14:00 - 18:00
  • Tue 10:00 - 12:30 14:00 - 18:00
  • Wed 10:00 - 12:30 14:00 - 18:00
  • Thu 10:00 - 12:30 14:00 - 18:00
  • Fri 10:00 - 12:30 14:00 - 18:00
  • Sat 10:00 - 12:30
  • Sun closed

Feast of the Assumption 2023 (08/15/2023) 10:00 - 12:30 14:00 - 18:00

Autumn 2023 (09/01/2023 - 10/13/2023)

  • Mon 10:00 - 12:30 14:00 - 18:00
  • Tue 10:00 - 12:30 14:00 - 18:00
  • Wed 10:00 - 12:30 14:00 - 18:00
  • Thu 10:00 - 12:30 14:00 - 18:00
  • Fri 10:00 - 12:30 14:00 - 18:00
  • Sat closed
  • Sun closed

Admission

€ 8.00 adults
€ 6.00 seniors 65+
€ 6.00 groups (12 and more persons)
€ 6.00 people with disabilities
€ 2.50 students (up to 26 years)

€ 16.00 family ticket

free for children and young people under 18 years

€ 60.00 guided tour for groups

More information

For groups accessible also outside the opening hours (on request). In July and August short guided tour on Thursdays at 4 pm to the centrepieces of the Museum Gherdëina (included in the ticket).

Season closure in spring (April to mid-May) and in autumn (October to the end of November).

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