Museum Kitzbühel

About the museum

Museum Kitzbühel is one of the oldest museums in Tyrol. In the early 1930s the master locksmith Hans Graswander showed his collection of grave crosses, locks and fittings in the town's empty granary. From 1934 these holdings were newly presented as the "Heimatmuseum Kitzbühel" together with private prehistoric collections and the excavation finds of the Viennese prehistorian Richard Pittioni. Over the decades the collection continued to grow organically, until its presentation barely met modern requirements for interpretation and conservation any longer.

When the ski club moved out of the neighbouring Romanesque south-west tower of the town fortifications, an opportunity for renovation and extension arose in the 1990s, largely completed by 1999. The newly conceived museum, with a design by the Viennese architect Elsa Prochazka, opened on 19 December 2002. Between 2018 and 2021, the former forestry office (Hinterstadt 34) was added, with further rooms for special exhibitions, an event room and a lift.

The tour leads from Bronze Age copper mining on the Kelchalpe via the granting of town rights in 1271 and the heyday of mining and the Baroque to the history of winter sports with Kitzbühel's Ski Wonder Team of the 1950s. A gallery of its own is dedicated to the painter and architect Alfons Walde; a digital museum complements the house.

Highlights

• Alfons Walde collection: around 60 paintings and 100 graphic works on 250 m²
• Bronze Age finds from copper mining on the Kelchalpe
• Town charter of 1271 in the Romanesque south-west tower
• Winter sports history with Kitzbühel's Ski Wonder Team of the 1950s
• Digital museum with a virtual world around Alfons Walde
• Free audio guide app Hearonymus

Permanent exhibitions

• Kitzbühel in der Bronzezeit – Finds from the excavations on the Kelchalpe and the Lebenberg show late Bronze Age copper mining and the life of the population at that time.
• Stadtgeschichte – In the Romanesque south-west tower of the town fortifications, the exhibition tells the story of medieval and Baroque Kitzbühel, featuring the town charter of 1271.
• Sammlung Alfons Walde – On 250 m², around 60 paintings and 100 graphic works honour the work of the Kitzbühel painter and architect Alfons Walde.

Founded

1934

Director

Wido Sieberer

Admission & discounts

Accessibility

• Wheelchair accessible
• Elevator
• Accessible restroom: no information
• Accessible parking: no information
• Service dogs welcome: no information
• Tactile models & exhibits: no information
• Sign language tours: no information
• Easy-to-read materials: no information
• Audio description: no information

Since the conversion, the entire museum has been accessible without barriers via a lift.

Kids & families

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Getting there & parking

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Amenities & dining

• Museum shop

Museum shop on the ground floor with souvenirs and replicas of well-known exhibits (also online). Catering for events through Kultur Cafe Kitzbühel.

Events & venue rental

• Spaces for rent
• Weddings / ceremonies

Up to 50 guests.

Event room on the 3rd floor (60 m², 50 seats, projector, Wi-Fi, tea kitchen, lift) for seminars, workshops, smaller concerts and weddings.

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