Plessi Museum esterni
Plessi Museum esterni

Plessi Museum at the Brennero Pass

The first museum along the Italian motorway shows works by the contemporary Italian artist Fabrizio Plessi

Plessi is the name of the artist, Plessi is also the name of the rest area where the small museum is located at the Brennero, the important Alpine pass between Italy and Austria. Fabrizio Plessi, born in 1940 in Reggio Emilia in Italy, is a contemporary installation, media and video artist who became internationally famous in the mid-Seventies with a new form of art, the video sculpture. In 1998 he opened his large solo exhibition at the Guggenheim Museum in New York. Today Fabrizio Plessi lives and works in Venice, Cologne in Germany and Mallorca, the largest of the Balearic Islands.

The heart of the museum is his large installation "Die Seele der Natur" (The Soul of Nature), which he created in 2000 for the Expo Hannover, for the celebration of the Euregio. Actually, it consists of three individual compositions, namely a representation of the Province of Bolzano, the Province of Trento and the state of Tyrol. The central element here is water: The screens simulating immersion in water represent the South Tyrolean rivers, Tyrolean glaciers and Trentino lakes. Video installations, sculptures and graphic-painting works by the artist are also exhibited.

Outside, the Plessi Museum is a stately building with large glass surfaces, which also houses a rest area and a South Tyrolean delicatessen shop. The tables, chairs, workbenches and shelves made of corten steel, which can be found in the rest area, were also made by the artist. Opened in 2013 by Autostrada del Brennero SpA , the 13,000 sq m museum is intended to be a new way of combining travelling, rest and culture. And how to reach the museum? It is located along the Brennero Motorway heading north, just before the pass crossing.

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Opening times

  • Fri 31 Mar 06:00 - 22:00
  • Sat 01 Apr 06:00 - 22:00
  • Sun 02 Apr 06:00 - 22:00
  • Mon 03 Apr 06:00 - 22:00
  • Tue 04 Apr 06:00 - 22:00
  • Wed 05 Apr 06:00 - 22:00
  • Thu 06 Apr 06:00 - 22:00

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Winter 2023 (01/09/2023 - 04/02/2023)

  • Mon 06:00 - 22:00
  • Tue 06:00 - 22:00
  • Wed 06:00 - 22:00
  • Thu 06:00 - 22:00
  • Fri 06:00 - 22:00
  • Sat 06:00 - 22:00
  • Sun 06:00 - 22:00

Spring 2023 (04/03/2023 - 06/11/2023)

  • Mon 06:00 - 22:00
  • Tue 06:00 - 22:00
  • Wed 06:00 - 22:00
  • Thu 06:00 - 22:00
  • Fri 06:00 - 22:00
  • Sat 06:00 - 22:00
  • Sun 06:00 - 22:00

Easter 2023 (04/09/2023) 06:00 - 22:00

Easter Monday 2023 (04/10/2023) 06:00 - 22:00

Liberation Day 2023 (04/25/2023) 06:00 - 22:00

Labor Day 2023 (05/01/2023) 06:00 - 22:00

Whit Monday 2023 (05/29/2023) 06:00 - 22:00

Republic Day 2023 (06/02/2023) 06:00 - 22:00

Summer 2023 (06/12/2023 - 09/10/2023)

  • Mon 06:00 - 22:00
  • Tue 06:00 - 22:00
  • Wed 06:00 - 22:00
  • Thu 06:00 - 22:00
  • Fri 06:00 - 22:00
  • Sat 06:00 - 22:00
  • Sun 06:00 - 22:00

Feast of the Assumption 2023 (08/15/2023) 06:00 - 22:00

Autumn 2023 (09/11/2023 - 11/05/2023)

  • Mon 06:00 - 22:00
  • Tue 06:00 - 22:00
  • Wed 06:00 - 22:00
  • Thu 06:00 - 22:00
  • Fri 06:00 - 22:00
  • Sat 06:00 - 22:00
  • Sun 06:00 - 22:00

All Saints 2023 (11/01/2023) 06:00 - 22:00

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The Plessi Museum stays open all year round.

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