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The Mountains of Tyrol
Tiroler Postkarten aus der Sammlung des MEK
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Cowbells, the Berliner Hütte in the Zillertal, glacier garbage and a statue of St. Nicholas - they all connect the Tyrolean mountain landscape. The mountains shape the lives of the people in Tyrol - and vice versa: the people shape the mountains themselves. Be it the everyday threat of avalanches, the annual alpine pasture drive, glacier ski areas or cable car rides, the relationship between people and mountains is multifaceted.
The exhibition uses historical objects and contemporary perspectives, voices and media to tell the story of these diverse relationships. Songs, film clips and interviews invite visitors to delve deeper. The exhibition breaks with the cliché of the isolated, "ideal" mountain world: Tyrol and its mountains are a cultural hub between northern and southern Europe, between local knowledge and global challenges such as climate change, overtourism and resource scarcity. Together with partner institutions from Tyrol and Berlin, a differentiated and contradictory picture of the region is being developed.
More than just to look at
The exhibition invites you to experience mountains in a new way - with your head, heart and hands. Educational stations encourage visitors to join in: Visitors can feel resources such as salt, Swiss stone pine or flax, play games, take a selfie as a "Salontiroler*in" or make their own mountain collages. An audio guide leads visitors through the exhibition and provides background information on many stories and objects. In addition to the classic exhibits and texts, interviews tell how people in Tyrol view these topics.
European Culture Days 2026
The opening of the exhibition also marks the start of the MEK's European Cultural Days, which are dedicated to Tyrol that year and will take place from July 26 to August 23, 2026. The dense four-week program with concerts, readings, culinary events and talks offers the opportunity to engage with the themes of the exhibition in a different way and to talk to Tyrolean experts.
A cooperation of the Museum of European Cultures with the Tyrolean Folk Art Museum, the Ötztal Museums, the Institute of History and Empirical Cultural Studies at the University of Innsbruck, the Austrian Alpine Club and the Berlin section of the German Alpine Club as well as the Austrian Cultural Forum Berlin.
A special exhibition of the Museum of European Cultures of the National Museums in BerlinTranslated with DeepL
The exhibition uses historical objects and contemporary perspectives, voices and media to tell the story of these diverse relationships. Songs, film clips and interviews invite visitors to delve deeper. The exhibition breaks with the cliché of the isolated, "ideal" mountain world: Tyrol and its mountains are a cultural hub between northern and southern Europe, between local knowledge and global challenges such as climate change, overtourism and resource scarcity. Together with partner institutions from Tyrol and Berlin, a differentiated and contradictory picture of the region is being developed.
More than just to look at
The exhibition invites you to experience mountains in a new way - with your head, heart and hands. Educational stations encourage visitors to join in: Visitors can feel resources such as salt, Swiss stone pine or flax, play games, take a selfie as a "Salontiroler*in" or make their own mountain collages. An audio guide leads visitors through the exhibition and provides background information on many stories and objects. In addition to the classic exhibits and texts, interviews tell how people in Tyrol view these topics.
European Culture Days 2026
The opening of the exhibition also marks the start of the MEK's European Cultural Days, which are dedicated to Tyrol that year and will take place from July 26 to August 23, 2026. The dense four-week program with concerts, readings, culinary events and talks offers the opportunity to engage with the themes of the exhibition in a different way and to talk to Tyrolean experts.
A cooperation of the Museum of European Cultures with the Tyrolean Folk Art Museum, the Ötztal Museums, the Institute of History and Empirical Cultural Studies at the University of Innsbruck, the Austrian Alpine Club and the Berlin section of the German Alpine Club as well as the Austrian Cultural Forum Berlin.
A special exhibition of the Museum of European Cultures of the National Museums in BerlinTranslated with DeepL
Runtime: Wed, 29/07/2026 to Sun, 25/04/2027
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