Messner Mountain Museum, Bolzano

Name: Messner Mountain Museum
Address: Via Castel Firmiano, 53, Bolzano, 39100, Italy
Telephone: +39 0471 631264

#3 among attractions in Bolzano

Museum, Top attraction, Specialty museum, History museum

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Facts and practical information

The Messner Mountain Museum is a museum project created in 2006 by Italian mountaineer and extreme climber Reinhold Messner in South Tyrol in northern Italy. Messner's museum project is designed to educate visitors on "man's encounter with mountains" and deals with the science of mountains and glaciers, the history of mountaineering and rock climbing, the history of mythical mountains, and the history of mountain-dwelling people. ()

Alternative names: Established: 11 June 2006 (18 years ago)Coordinates: 46°28'51"N, 11°18'18"E

Address

Via Castel Firmiano, 53Bolzano 39100 Italy

Contact

+39 0471 631264

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Day trips

Messner Mountain Museum – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: PalaOnda, Sigmundskron Castle, Salewa Cube, Piazza Don Bosco.

1.3 miSE
Arenas and stadiums, Hockey, Sport venue
PalaOnda, Bolzano
34 min walk • PalaOnda or Eiswelle is an indoor sports arena in Bolzano, Italy. It was built to host the 1994 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships along with Forum di Assago and has a capacity of 7,200.
~160 ftSE
Museum, Forts and castles
Sigmundskron Castle, Bolzano
1 min walk • Sigmundskron Castle is an extensive castle and set of fortifications near Bolzano in South Tyrol. Today its ruins house the fourth mountain museum established by the South Tyrolean mountaineer, Reinhold Messner. On 9 June 2006 the MMM was opened in this fortified castle dating to the Late Middle Ages.
0.9 miSE
46°28'13"N • 11°18'53"E
Salewa Cube, Bolzano
22 min walk • Outdoor activities, Climbing
1.1 miNE
46°29'18"N • 11°19'32"E
Piazza Don Bosco, Bolzano
29 min walk • Square