South Tyrol Museum of Mining
The South Tyrol Museum of Mining with 4 locations - Schneeberg, Ridnaun, Steinhaus and Prettau
The South Tyrol Museum of Mining is an adventure museum. The four locations include disused mines and extensive mining areas. They are located where miners once drove their galleries into the rock with never-ending effort. Where mine owners hoarded their wealth. Where industrialisation, with its insatiable hunger for raw materials, gave rise to unique industrial plants. In the middle of the High Alps. Where the mountains harbour their greatest treasures.
Museums X Pride
During Pride Month, celebrated worldwide in June, the South Tyrolean Provincial Museums stand up for the rights, visibility and acceptance of LGBTQIA+ people. In doing so, they also fulfil the guidelines of the International Council of Museums, which defines one of the core tasks of museums as providing spaces for engaging with our diverse society.
From 7 June, the South Tyrol Mining Museum presents the exhibition “Through the Dark” online and, from late June to the end of August, first in Prettau, then in Steinhaus and finally in Ridnaun. The exhibition connects mining history with questions of identity, visibility and belonging. Historical images and personal stories show how ideas of gender and relationships have always been subject to change.
Find out more about this year's Pride Month in the museums.
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Temporary exhibition: Through the Dark.
What does Pride have to do with mining history? At first glance, perhaps not much. On closer inspection, a gre ...
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