Museum of Tyrolean Folk Art Innsbruck

The Museum of Tyrolean Folk Art Innsbruck is one of the most popular museums in Innsbruck and one of the best folklore exhibitions in Europe. It is located in a large building of the former Franciscan monastery next to the Hofburg Imperial Palace and the Hofkirche Church, a visit to which is included in the price of a museum ticket. The museum first opened in 1888, and in 2009 it was reconstructed.

In 22 halls of this center of folk crafts collected household items and products of artisans, national costumes and jewelry, ovens and musical instruments, paintings and weapons, ancient boats and masks for rituals. There are even rooms with fully preserved interior of the XVIII-XIX centuries - painted wooden furniture, dishes and toys.

A significant part of the collections was acquired on the eve of the First World War in the territory of the historic county of Tyrol. The collected objects belonged to the peasant, bourgeois and noble strata of the population. The most beautiful rooms are located on the upper floors. It exhibits products of the Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque times, as well as a collection of models of typical Tyrolean houses.