Innsbruck - Tirolese Museum of Folk Art

The Tirolese Museum of Folk Art, or Tiroler Volkskunstmuseum is located next to the Hofkirche. The museum's extensive collections, excellently displayed on three floors, include more than 20 Tirolese rooms. Visitors can see brick-built houses with oriel windows from the Upper Inn valley, half-timbered houses from the Ziller valley, and a rich store of costumes, peasant furniture and tools from the various regions of Tirol, glass and pottery, cane chairs and textiles and metalwork. There is also a collection of Nativity groups from the 18th century to the present day. The museum also hosts numerous temporary exhibitions.