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

  • Mon 04 Dec closed
  • Tue 05 Dec closed
  • Wed 06 Dec 14:00 - 18:00
  • Thu 07 Dec 14:00 - 18:00
  • Fri 08 Dec 14:00 - 18:00
  • Sat 09 Dec closed
  • Sun 10 Dec closed

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Autumn closure 2023 (14/10/2023 - 05/12/2023)

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

Late autumn 2023 (06/12/2023 - 25/12/2023)

  • 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

Immaculate Conception 2023 (08/12/2023) 14:00 - 18:00

Christmas' Eve 2023 (24/12/2023) closed

Christmas 2023 (25/12/2023) closed

Christmas period 2023 (26/12/2023 - 07/01/2024)

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

Boxing Day 2023 (26/12/2023) 14:00 - 18:00

New Year's Eve 2023 (31/12/2023) closed

New Year 2024 (01/01/2024) closed

Epiphany 2024 (06/01/2024) 14:00 - 18:00

Winter 2024 (09/01/2024 - 29/03/2024)

  • 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

Spring closure 2024 (30/03/2024 - 17/05/2024)

  • Mon closed
  • Tue closed
  • Wed closed
  • Thu closed
  • Fri closed
  • 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

€ 70.00 guided tour for groups (up to 25 persons)

More information

From November 10 to December 1, 2023, the Val Gardena Museum invites to the special exhibition at the "Circolo artistico e culturale" culture centre in Ortisei: The exhibition stays open from Monday to Friday from 2 pm to 6 pm and on Saturdays from 10 am till noon time, free admission.

For groups, the museum is accessible also outside the opening hours (on request). Programs for children and students (primary and secondary school) on request.

The museum stays open in summer and in winter, winter season start 2023 on December 6.

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