MMM Ripa
MMM Ripa

MMM Ripa

The MMM Ripa at Brunico Castle is the fifth of the museums by Reinhold Messner and is dedicated to the mountain tribes

After a long period of restoration, in July 2011 the Messner Mountain Museum Ripa, the 5th in the circle of the museum project by Reinhold Messner, was inaugurated. Brunico Castle, once the summer residence of the prince-bishops, is today dedicated to the hill tribes from Asia, Africa, South America and Europe. From the Touareg to the Massai, Mongolians, Sherpas, Turkmens, Beduines and the Walser, the exhibition focuses on about 25 mountain people. Messner spent a total of 10 years of his life with hill tribes. In this experience he learned that the basis, that is to say the respect for nature and religion, are the same with all people, even if there are also great differences.

The tour in the museum starts with an exhibition of different tents and habitations of mountain people. Odours, music and video projections enhance the sensation of being in another world and being on a world cruise. Europe and America as well as religion and partial aspects of life are at the centre stage on the upper floors. Moreover there is a room that is dedicated to the architecture of hill tribes.

Also worth visiting are the prince-bishops' rooms that have been unchanged also in the course of the restoration works. To conclude your tour, we recommend you to walk up the more than 100 steps to the panoramic viewpoint on the donjon. This is where you cannot only enjoy a great view on Brunico, but also the entire valley basin, to the three-thousanders of the Valle Aurina. Messner above all appreciates the site of the museum, because from here you can see a multitude of mountain farmsteads in the surroundings. A coffee in the open air café in the inner courtyard of the castle makes your visit complete.

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Opening times

  • Tue 19 Mar closed
  • Wed 20 Mar 12:00 - 18:00
  • Thu 21 Mar 12:00 - 18:00
  • Fri 22 Mar 12:00 - 18:00
  • Sat 23 Mar 12:00 - 18:00
  • Sun 24 Mar 12:00 - 18:00
  • Mon 25 Mar 12:00 - 18:00

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Winter 2024 (08/01/2024 - 25/04/2024)

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

Easter 2024 (31/03/2024) 12:00 - 18:00

Easter Monday 2024 (01/04/2024) 12:00 - 18:00

Liberation Day 2024 (25/04/2024) 12:00 - 18:00

Spring closure 2024 (26/04/2024 - 11/05/2024)

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

Spring 2024 (12/05/2024 - 02/06/2024)

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

Whit Monday 2024 (20/05/2024) 10:00 - 18:00

Republic Day 2024 (02/06/2024) 10:00 - 18:00

Summer 2024 (03/06/2024 - 08/09/2024)

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

Feast of the Assumption 2024 (15/08/2024) 10:00 - 18:00

Autumn 2024 (09/09/2024 - 03/11/2024)

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

All Saints 2024 (01/11/2024) 10:00 - 18:00

Admission

€ 14.00 adults
€ 12.00 students
€ 12.00 seniors 65+
€ 12.00 groups (more than 15 persons)
€ 12.00 people with disabilities
€ 6.00 children and young people (6-18 years)

€ 32.00 family ticket (2 adults with children under 14 years)
€ 18.00 family ticket (1 adult with children under 14 years)

free for children under 6 years
free with the museumobil Card

MMM Tour-Ticket - one visit each to the 6 MMM:
€ 55.00 adults
€ 45.00 students
€ 45.00 seniors 65+
€ 45.00 groups (more than 15 persons)
€ 45.00 people with disabilities
€ 25.00 children and young people (6-18 years)

€ 125.00 family ticket (2 adults with children under 14 years)
€ 65.00 family ticket (1 adult with children under 14 years)

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The MMM Ripa stays open in summer and in winter, closed on Tuesdays.

Summer season start 2024 on May 12.

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