Bolzano School Museum

In the quarter of Rencio, the School Museum reflects the history of the three cultures of South Tyrol on the basis of education

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The Lampl House, the former Windegg Residence, is located in Rencio on the outskirts of Bolzano.
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The exhibition on the first floor of the building was designed as an open museum.
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It shows old books and notebooks, original school reports and interesting educational material.
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Pinocchio, the protagonist of the children’s novel by Italian writer Carlo Collodi of Florence (1881).
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Stuffed animals and gym equipment are shown during a children’s guided tour.
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An old classroom: paintings and photos in the School Museum tell personal stories.
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The Bolzano School Museum, inaugurated in 1995, was the first one of its kind in Italy.
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Microscope, video camera and other teaching material of the 20th century.
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Stencils for linen embroidery, colours, children’s drawings - a nostalgic journey into the past.
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A special feature here is the presentation of German and Italian school tradition.
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On the second floor, however, there’s the workshop, interesting above all for kids.
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A new museum completely dedicated to education and school was inaugurated in 1995 in the Via Cassa di Risparmio road: the Bolzano School Museum, the first one of its kind in Italy. In 2015 the exhibition was revised and transferred to the restored Lampl House, a Renaissance building in the Oltradige construction style. The entrance is a bit hidden on the left side of the listed building and leads to the first floor with its exhibition rooms. The second floor houses the workshop.

The School Museum of Bolzano (Bozen) shows the pedagogical approaches of the last decades with stuffed animals, teaching materials, gym equipment, paintings, old furniture and books and original school reports, as well as the innovations of methodology and didactics. Individual experiences are included in exhibits donated by individuals and a photo archive with 500 historical pictures from the late 19th and the early 20th century. They tell about the German and Italian school tradition between the Trentino and Carinthia. Also the secret catacomb schools in South Tyrol as well as the Alpine Schulheim on Mt. San Vigilio for Jewish pupils are documented.

Contact info

Via Rencio / Rentschnerstrasse 51B - 39100 - Bolzano / Bozen
+39 0471 095474
museo.scuola@comune.bolzano.it

Opening times

Fri 02 Jun closed
Sat 03 Jun 15:00 - 18:00
Sun 04 Jun 15:00 - 18:00
Mon 05 Jun closed
Tue 06 Jun closed
Wed 07 Jun closed
Thu 08 Jun closed

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Winter 2023 (01/09/2023 - 04/02/2023)

Mon closed
Tue closed
Wed closed
Thu closed
Fri closed
Sat 15:00 - 18:00
Sun 15:00 - 18:00

Spring 2023 (04/08/2023 - 06/30/2023)

Mon closed
Tue closed
Wed closed
Thu closed
Fri closed
Sat 15:00 - 18:00
Sun 15:00 - 18:00

Easter 2023 (04/09/2023) closed

Easter Monday 2023 (04/10/2023) closed

Liberation Day 2023 (04/25/2023) closed

Labor Day 2023 (05/01/2023) closed

Whit Monday 2023 (05/29/2023) closed

Republic Day 2023 (06/02/2023) closed

Autumn 2023 (09/02/2023 - 11/05/2023)

Mon closed
Tue closed
Wed closed
Thu closed
Fri closed
Sat 15:00 - 18:00
Sun 15:00 - 18:00

All Saints 2023 (11/01/2023) closed

Admission

free admission

More information

The museum stays open all year round on Saturdays and Sundays, in July and August only on reservation. For groups of 6 and more persons open also outside the opening hours.

Reservations by calling or writing at prenotazionimusei@comune.bolzano.it.

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