KAUNERTAL VALLEY MUSEUM THE HOTEL’S PRIVATE MUSEUM

Part of Hotel Weisseespitze, the valley museum offers captivating insights into the way of life and economies of days gone by. The museum showcases exhibits from various eras and different areas of society in the alpine habitat. The private museum is situated on the hotel premises, on the ground floor of the campground building.

THE VALLEY MUSEUM IN THE KAUNERTAL

Stroll through time

The Kaunertal valley museum is situated on the hotel premises, in the building that houses the campground reception. Exhibits from various eras and areas of society offer deep insights into past ways of life and economies in the high-alpine valley.

In 8 exhibition rooms, visitors can follow the economic rise of the valley communities since the mining era in the 16th century. The exhibition leads visitors from the early days of tourism and the great mountaineering era of the 19th century back to the world of today, conveying much interesting and often local information on the way.

EXHIBITS

Silver, copper and sulphur mining in the Kaunertal
Life and living
Agriculture
Hunting
The Kaunertal power plant’s first turbine

KAUNERTAL’S ARTISTS

Melchior Hefele (1716 – 1794),
Johann Gfall (1725 – ca. 1800)
Franz Anton Zauner (1746 – 1822)

OPENING TIMES

Daily on request at the hotel. For more information, please visit reception