Tiroler Bergbau- und Hüttenmuseum
Museum in the old elementary school of Brixlegg on Tyrolean mining history, with prehistoric finds, smelting technology and a mineral collection.
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About the museum
For millennia, Brixlegg was a centre of mining and smelting: finds prove a mining settlement long before the birth of Christ, and the Montanwerke, which celebrated its 550th anniversary in 2013, still shapes the region today. To preserve the old mining heritage, the association "Tiroler Bergbau- und Hüttenmuseum in Brixlegg" was founded in the late 1980s.
The museum opened in 1991 in the former elementary school building of 1876 on Römerstraße. Covering around 400 square metres, it is divided into four areas: prehistoric mining, the "golden age" of mining between about 1450 and 1600, the smelting department with smelting technology at the Montanwerk, and the Bitterlich mineral collection with around 600 mineral specimens and over 100 fossils on permanent loan. Along the staircase, an additional exhibition commemorates the Brixlegg mountaineer Hias Rebitsch and his expeditions.
The main focuses include prehistoric finds, among them the unique find complex from the Mariahilfbergl, as well as illustrations from the Schwazer Bergbuch and by Georgius Agricola, miners' lamps and tools, notched ladder logs, ore troughs and parts of a water-lifting machine. The showpiece is a Spurnagelhunt (mine cart) recovered from the Gratlspitz near Brixlegg.
The house is run by the museum association, which is also responsible for the website.
Highlights
- Find complex from the Mariahilfbergl, prehistoric and early historic finds spanning over 6,000 years
- Spurnagelhunt (mine cart) from the Gratlspitz
- Illustrations from the Schwazer Bergbuch and by Agricola
- Smelting department on smelting technology at the Montanwerk
- Bitterlich mineral collection with around 600 mineral specimens
- Additional exhibition on the mountaineer Hias Rebitsch
- Founded
- 1991
- Operated by
- Verein Tiroler Bergbau- und Hüttenmuseum in Brixlegg
Admission & discounts
| Adults | €6 |
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| Reduced | €3Young people up to 16 years |
| Children & teens | €3free up to age 9 · Young people up to 16 years; children under 10 free |
| Groups (10+ people) | €5 per personGroups of 10 or more; school groups of 10 or more pay 1 euro per person. |
With the Alpbachtal Card, admission costs 5 instead of 6 euros.
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| Good to know | Collection areas: prehistoric mining, the heyday of mining, the smelting department and the mineral collection. |
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