Museum Wattens

edit with form

Museum
Alternative names:	Heimatkunde- und Museumsverein Wattens-Volders
Type:	local history, prehistory
Address:	Höraltstraße 4 6112 Wattens Tirol, Austria
Website:	http://www.museum-wattens.at
Objects hosted:	IT-1 potsherd (W.619), IT-2 potsherd (W.620), IT-4 unidentifiable (none)

Map

Loading map...

{"minzoom":false,"maxzoom":false,"mappingservice":"leaflet","width":"800px","height":"500px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"zoom":13,"defzoom":14,"layers":["OpenStreetMap"],"image layers":[],"overlays":[],"resizable":false,"fullscreen":false,"scrollwheelzoom":true,"cluster":false,"clustermaxzoom":20,"clusterzoomonclick":true,"clustermaxradius":80,"clusterspiderfy":true,"geojson":"","clicktarget":"","imageLayers":[],"locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":"","lat":47.29051,"lon":11.58786,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Commentary

The Heimatkunde- und Museumsverein Wattens-Volders is responsible for the Museum Wattens which is divided in two sections: the first section contains the prehistory of the region around Wattens and Volders in particular the discoveries from the raetic settlement in Himmelreich and the urnfield of Volders. The second section is dedicated to the history of the regional industry mainly to the development of the Swarovski-Company and the paper mill of Wattens.
At the moment the museum is situated in Höraltstraße 4, 6112 Wattens, in a buidling which was part of the school near to the museum. A relocation of the museum it is planed for 2015. Then the museum resides in the Neidharthaus (Innsbrucker Straße 2, 6112 Wattens).
For further information about the Museum Wattens and the outdoor museum Himmelreich see http://www.museum-wattens.at.