Kunstkammer Mariahilf

About the museum

The Mariahilf Church on the left bank of the Inn was built between 1647 and 1649 as thanks from the Tyrolean estates for Tyrol being spared in the Thirty Years' War. The parish remains unusual to this day: the state of Tyrol holds the church and parish buildings and appoints the parish priest.

For the many liturgical objects that had accumulated at the church, space had long been lacking. In 2004, therefore, the Kunstkammer Mariahilf was set up in the former Epp'schen Benefiziatenhaus (benefice house), a late-17th-century building west of the church. The house goes back to a foundation by the brothers Sigismund and Maximilian Epp; Sigismund Epp was a professor of theology and rector of the University of Innsbruck.

The exhibition rooms display parts of the historical parish archive, plans and documents on the construction and furnishing of the church, pilgrimage and confraternity life, as well as paintings and sculptures. Among the most valuable pieces are goldsmith's work, altar objects, vestments, including two Medici chasubles of Venetian silk, and the original founding charter of the Tyrolean estates.

Highlights

• Two Medici vestments made of Venetian silk
• Original founding charter of the Tyrolean estates
• Liturgical objects and goldsmith's work
• Parts of the historical parish archive
• Museum in the former Epp'schen Benefiziatenhaus

Permanent exhibition

• Kunstkammer Mariahilf – Liturgical objects, paintings, sculptures, parish archive and foundation documents on the history of the Landschaftliche Pfarre Mariahilf.

Founded

2004

Operated by

Landschaftliche Pfarre Mariahilf

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Kids & families

• Family tours & workshops

Guided tours designed for children are available on request.

Getting there & parking

The museum is in the former benefice house west of the Mariahilf Church.

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