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Ötzi

The Iceman

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The Iceman and his Finds

PERMANENT EXIBITION

9th – 12th grade

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Ötzi’s digital assistant

Ötzi at XI World Congress on mummy studies

Reconstruction of Ötzi the Iceman at the South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology | © © South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology / Kennis / foto-dpi.com

Alpine DNA in Focus: Confirmation of Early Ötzi Findings

Pride Month 2025 | © © Südtiroler Archäologiemuseum

Pride Month 2025

© photo-dpi.com

Record number of visitors 2024

THE LOFT To feel at home – today and yesterday

Autumn Archeoweek / Cooking in the Neolithic

Last days to see the exhibition “PAST FOOD – 15,000 years of nutrition”

COLD CASE ÖTZI has been published

Back to the stone age: The Menu

The South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology is seeking a scientific curator for the mummy

New Advisory Boards

PAST FOOD is opening

Ötzi’s DNA: Ancestry, Skin, and Hair

May I? The oldest snowshoe in the world!

New reconstruction of the Iceman’s shoes and coat

The South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology in Bolzano is 25 years old!

Ötzi’s packing crates | © © South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology

Packing crates for valuable cargo

Change of Management at the South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology

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Events

(c) South Tyrol Museum of Archeology / flipflop collective

11.01.2025 - 28.12.2025

Ötzi's world - up close! in Italian

Guided tours for families every Saturday and Sunday
Südtiroler Archäologiemuseum

12.01.2025 - 28.12.2025

Ötzi’s World – up close! In German

Guided tours for families every Saturday and Sunday
South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology

25.11.2025 - 08.11.2026

UNDER PROPAGANDA - Archaeology between war and peace

Special Exhibition at the South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology
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25.11.2025 - 08.11.2026

UNDER PROPAGANDA

Archaeology between war and peace

Discover the new special exhibition UNDER PROPAGANDA, which reveals how archaeology in South Tyrol between 1920 and 1972 was exploited to serve political ideologies. The exhibition vividly and variedly demonstrates how archaeology was misused for propaganda – and how enlightening it is to reexamine past finds from a critical point of view today. 

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360° Online Tours for Groups

Are you unable to visit the South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology in Bolzano? That is no problem with the 360° Online Tour! We will guide you through a virtual visit to the exhibition and take you on a journey to discover Ötzi and other fascinating finds.

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Research

The Iceman opens an extraordinary window to the past. Since he was discovered in 1991, Ötzi has provided many research disciplines – both natural sciences and humanities – with new insights into the lives of prehistoric people. The Iceman was and continues to be an impressive example of the success of interdisciplinary research.

La ricerca

RESEARCH PRIORITIES

RESEARCH ACCESS

Experts do periodically humidify the mummy | © © South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology/Marion Lafogler

SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY BOARD

CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS

MILESTONES

ÖTZI DATABASE