MuseumHinterPasseier – Bunker Mooseum

About the museum

The Bunker Mooseum is the main venue of the MuseumHinterPasseier and is located in Moso in Passiria, along the Timmelsjoch road. The bunker dates from the 1940s: at that time the Italian army built, in the Val Passiria alongside other defensive works, the barrier group “Opera 3 – Sbarramento di Moso”, part of the so-called Alpine Wall (Vallo Alpino), which was meant to prevent German troops from entering via the Timmelsjoch.

Today the former storerooms and the main tunnel house the exhibition areas: an archaeology section with an excavation site uncovered during the work for the museum, the history of settlements, natural history, contemporary history and the Schneeberg mine. A spiral staircase and an internal staircase of 132 steps lead to the former fighting positions on the second floor.

The visit continues outdoors, with an ibex enclosure, an aviary with white partridges bred and released into the wild, and a climbing wall on the external facade. The museum also houses an information point of the Parco naturale Gruppo di Tessa; together with the Stieber Mooseum and Timmel Transit it forms the MuseumHinterPasseier, run by an association.

Highlights

• Bunker of the 1940s Alpine Wall defences
• Archaeology area and history of settlements
• Section on the Schneeberg mine
• Ibex enclosure and white partridge aviary
• Information point of the Parco naturale Gruppo di Tessa

Permanent exhibition

• Bunker Mooseum – Permanent route through the bunker with areas on archaeology, contemporary history, natural history and the Schneeberg mine, plus the ibex enclosure.

Operated by

MuseumHinterPasseier (associazione)

Visitors per year

approx. 25,538

Admission & discounts

Free admission with the Passeiertal Premium Card, ICOM membership card and the membership card of the Association of Museums of South Tyrol. Stieber Mooseum and Timmel Transit are free of charge.

Accessibility

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

The entrance, the glass tower and the main tunnel with the exhibition areas are wheelchair accessible; the glass tower has a lift that also serves the accessible toilet in the basement. The second floor with the three fighting positions can only be reached by the internal staircase of 132 steps; the ibex enclosure and the aviary are reached by the internal staircase or the external one, which is easier. There are parking spaces for people with disabilities in the square in Moso. Offers for blind and partially sighted visitors and for people with hearing difficulties are in preparation. Dogs are not admitted, except guide dogs.

Kids & families

Children and young people up to 18 enter free. The ibex enclosure and the aviary can be seen during the museum visit.

Getting there & parking

The museum is on the Timmelsjoch road (SS 44 bis), about 27 km north of Merano. It can also be reached from the Jaufenpass and from the Timmelsjoch (open from June to October).

Amenities & dining

The museum hasn’t published any information on this.

Events & venue rental

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