The Museum Gherdëina in the “Cësa di Ladins” provides an insight into aspects of arts and nature
Image gallery: Val Gardena Heritage Museum
Located in Ortisei, the Val Gardena Heritage Museum, Museum Gherdëina in Ladin, provides an insight into the culture and nature of this beautiful valley. Wood-carving in the Val Gardena for instance boasts a centuries-old tradition; four centuries to say it more clearly. Have a look at sacred wood carvings by important South Tyrolean carvers or secular work of arts such as wooden animals, cribs or chess figures.
Archaeological findings date back to long passed times such as the Stone Age and introduce you to the original settlements of the Val Gardena. Valuable fossils, stones and minerals are evidence of the geological history of the Dolomites. Have a look at local animals and birds, a butterfly collection as well as a collection of plants and get to know the Alpine flora and fauna. Even an ichthyosaurus - half fish, half saurian - whose fossilised bone remains were found on Secëda in 1968, can now be experienced up close thanks to virtual reality.
Worth seeing is also the collection of paintings, featuring e.g. oil paintings by the important Ladin painter Josef Moroder-Lusenberg. The valley museum boasts, moreover, a memorial collection dedicated to the South Tyrolean composer and director Luis Trenker. One of the museum's main attractions is the unique collection of old Gardena wooden toys, most of which was compiled, with much dedication, by Hans Senoner Vastlé prior to the outbreak of World War II.
Contact info
- Via Rezia / Str. Rezia 83 - 39046 - Ortisei in Val Gardena / St. Ulrich in Gröden
- +39 0471 797554
- info@museumgherdeina.it
Opening times
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Admission
€ 8.00 adults
€ 6.00 seniors 65+
€ 6.00 groups (12 and more persons)
€ 6.00 people with disabilities
€ 2.50 students (up to 26 years)
€ 1.50 school classes
free for children and young people under 18 years
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family ticket:
€ 16.00 parents with children up to 18 years
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guided tour:
€ 80.00 flat rate for groups (up to 25 persons)
More information
For groups, the museum is also accessible outside opening hours upon request. Themed activities and programmes for school classes and kindergartens are available on request.
The museum stays open in summer and winter, rest days depending on the season. In July and August, during rainy weather, it is also open on Saturday afternoons from 2 pm to 6 pm. On August 15, the Feast of the Assumption, it is only open in rainy weather from 10 am to 12.30 pm.
The museum remains closed in spring (end of March to mid-May) and in autumn (mid-October to the end of November, in 2025 already from early September due to the change of the exhibition).
Summer season start 2025 on May 15, winter season start 2025/2026 on December 7.
