Press releases
19 May, 2020
After 10 weeks of closure Ötzi the Iceman is happy to welcome again his visitors.
27 March, 2020
Exploring Ötzi the Iceman and his equipment from home: The Iceman Knowledge Database is online!
24 January, 2020
The Iceman's artfully twisted cord and his hunting equipment are the world’s oldest preserved examples from the Neolithic.
17 December, 2019
Starting immediately children at the South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology can use their very own audio guide.
27 September, 2019
Two classes from Bolzano learned how to establish degrees of kinship between themselves and population groups from around the world and Ötzi or the Neanderthals.
1 April, 2019
New special exhibition of the South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology from April 2nd to November 17th, 2019.
27 September, 2018
New publication about care and treatment in the Tyrolean Iceman.
20 June, 2018
Lack of fresh supplies of this all-round chert material compelled the Iceman to exploit the substance and functionality of his lithic tools to their absolute limits.
28 May, 2018
Ötzi the Iceman, who was probably 46 years old when he died, had three areas of calcification in his coronary vessels.
28 March, 2018
The five-member Richter family, from Lindau on Lake Constance, are the 5 millionth visitors to have purchased tickets for the South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology since its opening on 28 March 1998.
