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 28 Mar closed
  • Wed 29 Mar 12:00 - 18:00
  • Thu 30 Mar 12:00 - 18:00
  • Fri 31 Mar 12:00 - 18:00
  • Sat 01 Apr 12:00 - 18:00
  • Sun 02 Apr 12:00 - 18:00
  • Mon 03 Apr 12:00 - 18:00

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Winter 2023 (01/09/2023 - 04/25/2023)

  • 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 2023 (04/09/2023) 12:00 - 18:00

Easter Monday 2023 (04/10/2023) 12:00 - 18:00

Liberation Day 2023 (04/25/2023) 12:00 - 18:00

Spring closure 2023 (04/26/2023 - 05/13/2023)

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

Spring 2023 (05/14/2023 - 06/12/2023)

  • 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 2023 (05/29/2023) 10:00 - 18:00

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

Summer 2023 (06/14/2023 - 09/11/2023)

  • 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 2023 (08/15/2023) closed

Autumn 2023 (09/13/2023 - 11/05/2023)

  • 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 2023 (11/01/2023) 10:00 - 18:00

Admission

MMM Ripa:
€ 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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Season closure in spring (end of April to mid-May 2023) and in autumn (November to early December 2023).

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