Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum

The Ferdinandeum houses seven collections that span over 10,000 years of human history and creativity. The collections are:

• The Prehistoric and Provincial Roman Collections: These collections display the archaeological evidence of the earliest human settlements in Tyrol, as well as the cultural and political influences of the Roman Empire and the early medieval kingdoms. Highlights include the Ötzi the Iceman, a 5,300-year-old mummy found in the Alps, the Hallstatt culture artifacts, and the Roman inscriptions and coins.
• The Older Art History Collections: These collections feature the artistic and craft achievements of Tyrolean artists and artisans from the Romanesque period to the 19th century. The collections include paintings, sculptures, altarpieces, furniture, textiles, and ceramics. Some of the notable artists represented are Michael Pacher, Lucas Cranach the Elder, Rembrandt van Rijn, Joseph Anton Koch, Angelika Kauffmann, Franz Defregger, Bernardo Strozzi, and Giambattista Tiepolo. The Dutch collection is particularly valuable, but Italian works are also well represented.
• The Modern Gallery: This collection showcases the art of the 20th and 21st centuries, with a focus on Tyrolean artists and movements. The collection includes works by Albin Egger-Lienz, Max Weiler, Gustav Klimt, Oskar Kokoschka, and contemporary Tyrolean artists, among others. The collection also reflects the social and political changes that shaped Tyrol in the modern era, such as the World Wars, the Anschluss, and the autonomy movement.
• The Graphics Collection: This collection contains drawings and prints from the 15th century to the present day, as well as contemporary photography. The collection covers a wide range of genres and styles, from religious and mythological scenes to landscapes and portraits. The collection also features works by famous artists such as Albrecht Dürer, Leonardo da Vinci, Francisco Goya, Pablo Picasso, and Andy Warhol.
• The Historical Collections: These collections provide an overview of Tyrol from the Middle Ages to the present, with focal points such as Andreas Hofer, the Tyrolean hero who led the rebellion against Napoleon, silver mining in Schwaz, the economic and cultural center of Tyrol in the 15th and 16th centuries, cartography of Tyrol, with maps by Blasius Hueber and Peter Anich, and objects from everyday culture, such as costumes, weapons, tools, and toys.
• The Music Collections: These collections display valuable instruments, such as Jakob Stainer violins and precious historical keyboard and wind instruments, as well as musical manuscripts, scores, and recordings. The collections also highlight the rich Tyrolean musical creativity, from folk songs and dances to classical and contemporary compositions. The museum has a listening room where visitors can enjoy the musical samples.
• The Library: This collection contains a selected Tyrolean collection of books and manuscripts, including the Oswald-von-Wolkenstein manuscript c, a 15th-century codex with poems and songs by the famous Tyrolean minnesinger, or the rich private library of Andreas Alois Baron di Paulis von Treuheim, a 19th-century scholar and collector.