South Tyrolean Folklore Museum

On an open area of four-hectares in Teodone near Brunico the history of rural life is told

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The exterior view of the South Tyrolean Folklore Museum.
Foto: Hermann Maria Gasser, © Südtiroler Landesmuseum für Volkskunde
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A typical stube at the “Mair am Hof” residence.
Foto: Hermann Maria Gasser, © Südtiroler Landesmuseum für Volkskunde
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The Folklore Museum is very popular with families and school classes.
Foto: Hermann Maria Gasser, © Südtiroler Landesmuseum für Volkskunde
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Kitchen devices of bygone centuries exhibited in the museum.
Foto: BS, © Peer
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Complete pharmacy of the farmers’ physician Sebastian Ranigger from Luson.
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The knowledge of physicians often was based on ancient documents, observations in nature and traditions.
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Part of the museum is also a collection of zithers coming from Alpine areas.
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The “Mair am Hof” building, offers information regarding the life of the rural nobility.
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The museum is one of the South Tyrolean State Museums, such as the Archaeological Museum and the Nature Museum at Bolzano.
Foto: BS, © Peer
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Detail of the South Tyrolean Folklore Museum.
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A glance inside…
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The open-air site shows how peasant families worked and lived from the 15th to the 19th century.
Foto: Hermann Maria Gasser, © Südtiroler Landesmuseum für Volkskunde
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Insight into the kitchen of earlier generations.
Foto: AD, © Peer
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The antique oven is situated in the open-air site of the museum.
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There are several remarkable gardens in the South Tyrolean Folklore Museum, in the picture a farm garden.
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video : Brunico - history and culture

The South Tyrolean Folklore Museum is one of the most beautiful open air museums in Europe. Visitors can explore two dozen farms representative of various South Tyrolean valleys and learn a lot about the original tools and equipment farmers used in the past. This ethnographic museum is one of the museums founded by the Province of South Tyrol. At the "Mair am Hof" farm, the core of the museum, visitors can learn a lot about the life of the rural nobility, craft-work and religious traditions.

Moreover, it exhibits a collection of pipes, belts and zithers. The exhibition rooms on the ground floor are also accessible by people with disabilities. In the open area of the South Tyrolean Folklore Museum visitors can explore the inside of several farm houses and factories, getting an very interesting insight into the farmers' everyday life and learning a lot about the different types of farms and farm houses in South Tyrol.

Very often children tend to be bored when visiting a museum. This is definitely not going to be the case in Teodone, where they can spend a very exciting day outside, having fun at the different play points located in the museum, meeting farm animals and watching farmers' activities such as bread baking, hoeing and sheep shearing.

Contact info

Via Herzog Diet / Herzog-Diet-Strasse 24 - 39031 - Brunico / Bruneck
+39 0474 552087
info@volkskundemuseum.it

Opening times

Fri 29 Sep 10:00 - 17:00
Sat 30 Sep 10:00 - 17:00
Sun 01 Oct 10:00 - 17:00
Mon 02 Oct closed
Tue 03 Oct 10:00 - 17:00
Wed 04 Oct 10:00 - 17:00
Thu 05 Oct 10:00 - 17:00

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Summer 2023 (01/07/2023 - 10/09/2023)

Mon closed
Tue 10:00 - 17:00
Wed 10:00 - 17:00
Thu 10:00 - 17:00
Fri 10:00 - 17:00
Sat 10:00 - 17:00
Sun 10:00 - 17:00

Feast of the Assumption 2023 (15/08/2023) 10:00 - 17:00

Autumn 2023 (12/09/2023 - 31/10/2023)

Mon closed
Tue 10:00 - 17:00
Wed 10:00 - 17:00
Thu 10:00 - 17:00
Fri 10:00 - 17:00
Sat 10:00 - 17:00
Sun 10:00 - 17:00

Admission

€ 9.00 adults
€ 6.70 young people (16-18 years)
€ 6.70 students (up to 27 years)
€ 6.70 groups (15 and more persons)
€ 6.70 seniors 65+
€ 6.70 people with disabilities
€ 1.50 students (school classes)

€ 18.00 family ticket (2 adults with children under 16 years)
€ 9.00 family ticket (1 adult with children under 16 years)

free for children under 6 years
free with the Museumcard and museumobil Card

€ 45.00 guided tour for groups
€ 20.00 guided tour for school classes

More information

Guided tours for groups on request.

The South Tyrolean Folklore Museum stays open from April 15 to October 31, 2023, season closure in winter (early November to mid-April), season start 2024 on April 15.

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