RS museum zeitreise mensch kurtatsch ansitz am orth
RS museum zeitreise mensch kurtatsch ansitz am orth

Museum “People through Time”

The museum in the historical “Am Orth” Residence in Cortaccia offers a journey through 12,000 years of human history

Once across from the Stone Age to the recent past on an area of some hundred square metres, that's an adventurous journey. The museum "People through Time" makes it possible with a variety of objects which range from a 3,500 years old heavyweight copper smelter found on Mt. Favogna which was excavated with the surrounding terrain and brought to Cortaccia (Kurtatsch), and an old Fiat Topolino from the Forties. The museum was inaugurated back in 1976 - making it one of the oldest ones of South Tyrol - and was extensively renewed in 2012.

Housed by the historical "Am Orth" Residence, it offers today about 6,000 exhibits divided between several collections and various chambers. Vintage cars, wooden agricultural carriages and tools for beekeeper and fishermen can be admired in the outdoor area. In the old wine cellar and the vault there are archaeological finds, the establishment of the professions and a manual washing machine on display as well as tools for silk production and an original "Spinning Jenny", a milestone in the Industrial Revolution. The museum "People through Time" meets all standards for collection, preservation, research, exposure and mediation of information according to the ICOM definition.

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Opening times

reservation needed

  • Sat 12 Oct 08:00 - 19:00
  • Sun 13 Oct 08:00 - 12:00
  • Mon 14 Oct 08:00 - 19:00
  • Tue 15 Oct 08:00 - 19:00
  • Wed 16 Oct 08:00 - 19:00
  • Thu 17 Oct 08:00 - 19:00
  • Fri 18 Oct 08:00 - 19:00

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Guided tours - spring 2024 (01/03/2024 - 02/06/2024)

  • Mon 08:00 - 19:00
  • Tue 08:00 - 19:00
  • Wed 08:00 - 19:00
  • Thu 08:00 - 19:00
  • Fri 08:00 - 19:00
  • Sat 08:00 - 19:00
  • Sun 08:00 - 12:00

Easter 2024 (31/03/2024) 08:00 - 12:00

Easter Monday 2024 (01/04/2024) 08:00 - 19:00

Liberation Day 2024 (25/04/2024) 08:00 - 19:00

Labor Day 2024 (01/05/2024) 08:00 - 19:00

Whit Monday 2024 (20/05/2024) 08:00 - 19:00

Republic Day 2024 (02/06/2024) 08:00 - 12:00

Guided tours - summer 2024 (03/06/2024 - 08/09/2024)

  • Mon 08:00 - 19:00
  • Tue 08:00 - 19:00
  • Wed 08:00 - 19:00
  • Thu 08:00 - 19:00
  • Fri 08:00 - 19:00
  • Sat 08:00 - 19:00
  • Sun 08:00 - 12:00

Feast of the Assumption 2024 (15/08/2024) 08:00 - 19:00

Guided tours - autumn 2024 (09/09/2024 - 30/11/2024)

  • Mon 08:00 - 19:00
  • Tue 08:00 - 19:00
  • Wed 08:00 - 19:00
  • Thu 08:00 - 19:00
  • Fri 08:00 - 19:00
  • Sat 08:00 - 19:00
  • Sun 08:00 - 12:00

All Saints 2024 (01/11/2024) 08:00 - 19:00

Admission

admission with guided tour:
€ 8.00 adults
€ 8.00 young people (15-18 years)
€ 5.00 groups (10 and more persons)
€ 5.00 people with disabilities
€ 4.00 children (7-14 years)

free for children under 7 years

More information

The museum is accessible only during a guided tour: The tours are offered every year from early March to the end of November daily from 8 am to 7 pm, on Sundays from 8 am till noon time.

Furthermore, from Easter to early November every Friday at 10 am a guided tour without reservation takes place (in German language). Season start 2024 on the 1st of March resp. April 5.

New special exhibition "without measure" on measures and units from March 22 to December 23, 2024 (accessible on reservation or every Friday at 10 am without reservation).

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