Dorfmuseum Aldein

About the museum

The museum displays the so-called “Thalhof treasure”: Baroque and Rococo sacred objects found in the 1980s in the loft of the Thalhof farmstead. They come from the Madonna della Neve chapel in Thal, built in the 18th century by the barons von Ehrenfeld family, and had long been believed lost.

The collection includes sculptures, paintings, liturgical objects and goldsmith’s work; among the most notable pieces are a Baroque chalice made in Augsburg in 1750 and an ancient sundial ring, the so-called “farmer’s ring”, which was used as a portable sundial.

Since 2000 the museum has also shown paintings, coins and medals from private collections, work by Bolzano belt-makers and portraits of local figures, including Cardinal Johann Baptist Franzelin (1816–1886), the only cardinal from South Tyrol. The displays document life in Aldino over the centuries.

Highlights

• Thalhof treasure: Baroque and Rococo sacred art
• Baroque chalice made in Augsburg in 1750
• Sundial ring (the “farmer’s ring”)
• Portrait of Cardinal Johann Baptist Franzelin
• Coins, medals and paintings from private collections

Permanent exhibition

• Il tesoro del Thalhof – Baroque and Rococo sacred art from the Madonna della Neve chapel in Thal, rediscovered in the loft of the Thalhof farmstead.

Visitors per year

approx. 250

Admission & discounts

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Getting there & parking

From Ora or Egna, follow the road towards the Val di Fiemme and take the Aldino–Pietralba junction; the village is about 6 km away. The museum is in the village square. It can be combined with a visit to the Mulini di Aldino and the GEO Museum in Redagno.

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