Museums. In the region

You can gain fascinating insights into the history of salt at the Hall Mining Museum in Tyrol. A replica adit right in the heart of the town gives you the feeling of being “underground” yourself.

The Swarovski Crystal Worlds in Wattens are sure to impress you! Come and visit the Giant and the marvellous garden at this unique attraction in the heart of Tyrol.

Hasegg Castle was built following the town’s incorporation to protect the town, the salt works (salt mining), shipping on the River Inn and to monitor the old Salt Road. Under Duke Siegmund and Emperor Maximilian I, it was expanded into a stately castle. Today’s Hall Mint Museum is housed in Hasegg Castle. The history of coinage in a historic setting. The climb up the Mint Tower is rewarded with a breathtaking view.

The collection at the Haller City Museum houses numerous exhibits relating to the town’s history. Of particular art-historical significance are the showpieces from the Waldauf collection (such as the two altar panels from the altar of the Waldauf Chapel in Hall’s parish church, attributed to Marx Reichlich, a pupil of Pacher) and from Hall’s Baroque past (the Convent of Our Lady and the Jesuit Church). Numerous townscapes bear witness to Hall’s historical significance and the changing times it has experienced.

An exciting exhibition awaits visitors above the Romediwirt restaurant.

Since 2020, the town of Hall has been home to a new museum: the Klocker Museum is housed in the historic rooms of the Galerie Goldener Engl, covering an area of just under 250 square metres.
The museum’s main focus is the private collection of Austrian art from after 1945, amassed by Wolfgang and Emmy Klocker. Alongside the permanent exhibition, there is a space for temporary exhibitions. The Black Box is a separate area within the museum, which is available to young emerging artists.

Part of this museum is dedicated to the famous violin maker Jakob Stainer. A particular highlight of the exhibition is a violin crafted by the master himself. Alongside Jakob Stainer’s violin and interesting facts about violin-making, you’ll find historic bicycles and an extraordinary model of the 19th-century salt mine in Absam.

The development of the typewriter, writing culture, handwriting and text design can be explored in detail in Wattens, at the Typewriter Museum – the only one of its kind in Austria.

A gallery for contemporary art housed in a 700-year-old medieval building in the old town of Hall in Tyrol.

The museum is temporarily closed!