City Museum

What is there to see at the Stadtmuseum?

The Stadtmuseum Innsbruck regularly presents exhibitions dealing with numerous facets of the city's history. Thanks to the affiliation of the City Archives and the City Museum, which form a joint department in Innsbruck, the exhibitions can draw on a large amount of sources and present the history of the city in an authentic way.

What exhibition is there in the city museum?

Please smile! Photo Margit and Much Heiss

Over 25,000 negatives from the company archive of Foto Margit, whose portrait studio in Leopoldstraße existed until the 1970s, have been preserved in the Innsbruck City Archive/Municipal Museum. A colorful array of images, mostly in black and white, shows the work of Margarethe "Margit" Oberhaidinger, née Heiss, as a chronicler of life in Innsbruck in the post-war period. More than a thousand studio pictures of city dwellers were selected for the exhibition.

Margit's father, the landscape photographer Much Heiss, traveled and wandered through Tyrol in the interwar period and built up his Alpine Art Publishing House. His photos were sent out thousands of times as postcards and were mostly taken in the fresh air. The mountains, towns, villages and valleys he documented in large-format glass plates have also changed considerably over the last hundred years, and his photographs are valuable documents of the times.

Among the photos from Studio Margit, you will probably recognize one or two familiar faces ... Smiling back is allowed!

Exhibition period

5. December 2024 to April 18, 2025

Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m

Accompanying program

Saturday openings from 10.00 to 14.00 on:

• 15. March 2025
• 12. April 2025

Active tours by the mediation team are available at 11 a.m. on the Saturday openings.

Curator guided tour at 6.30 pm on:

• Tuesday, March 25, 2025

Educational program

Educational programs are available for school classes, senior citizens and the young at heart. Educational programs and guided tours are available on request from Service Unit City Archive/City Museum - City Museum

Stadtarchiv findet Stadt - city walks

The popular series of events Stadtarchiv findet Stadt will once again take you on a journey into Innsbruck's exciting past.

• Leokadia Justman - Breaking out with escape helpers
  With Niko Hofinger
  8. March 2025 - 10 am
  City Archive/City Museum Innsbruck, Badgasse 2
  Sold out
• The Jesuit College - an educational institution with a history
  With Rector Christian Marte
  5. April 2025 - 10 a.m
  Karl-Rahner-Platz, in front of the Jesuit Church
  Sold out
• The Western Cemetery - final resting place with surprises
  With Alexander Legniti
  10. May 2025 - 10 a.m
  Main entrance Westfriedhof, Fritz-Pregl-Straße 2
  Sold out
• Right to the city - places of appropriation
  With Albi Dornauer and Maurice Kumar
  7. June 2025 - 10 am
  Youth Center Z6, Dreiheiligenstraße 9c
  Tickets available
• Fatti di Innsbruck - Clashes with consequences
  With Christof Aichner
  13. September 2025 - 10 am
  Karl-Rahner-Platz, Old University
  Tickets available
• Innsbruck West/Innsbruck Kranebitten Airport - soaring with a crash
  With Tanja Chraust
  11. October 2025 - 10 am
  Kranebitter Allee 105 (at the large parking lot near the old hangars)
  Sold out
• The Hungerburg - a district with secrets
  With Matthias Egger
  8. November 2025 - 10 a.m
  Hermann-Buhl-Platz (forecourt in front of the Hungerburgbahn mountain station)
  Sold out

How much does a visit to the Stadtmuseum cost?

• Standard admission: 4.50 euros
• Reduced admission: 3.00 euros
  • Senior citizens
  • Students
  • JUFF/Ö1 members
• Families: 9,00 Euro
• Groups of 10 or more: 3.00 euros per person
• Free admission:
  • School classes
  • Children under 6 years
  • Visitors with disabilities
  • Austriaguides & journalists with a press card
  • Holders of an IVB annual ticket, leisure tickets, an Innsbruck Card, a Culture Pass or an ICOM card.
  • Austrian Museums Association, Austrian Art Historians Association, Kolping Society.
• Further offers
  • Annual ticket: 14.50 euros; reduced 10.00 euros
  • Combined tickets:
    • Golden Roof and City Museum: 7.00 euros - Family ticket: 14.00 euros
    • Golden Roof, City Museum and City Tower: 10.00 euros - Family ticket: 20.00 euros

Is the City Museum barrier-free?

Yes, at the entrance via Herzog-Friedrich-Straße 3 (at the end of the inner courtyard) there is ground-level access to the elevator, which provides barrier-free access to the Stadtmuseum and Stadtarchiv.