Tyrolean State Museum

Innsbruck / Áustria

The Tyrolean State Museum , also known as the Ferdinandeum after Archduke Ferdinand, is located in Innsbruck, Austria. It was founded in 1823 by the Tyrolean State Museum Ferdinandeum Society . Since 2007 it has been a major division of the Tyrolean State Museums Operating Company , which has taken over the running of the business. Also transferred to the operating company at the same time were the Tyrolean Museum of Popular Art, the Kaiserschützen Museum, the Chapel Royal and the Tyrolean Folk Song Archives . The company is run by Wolfgang Meighörner, who is also the curator of the Tyrolean State Museum Ferdinandeum. The Tyrolean State Museum comprises seven collections. In addition, the Museum in the Armoury and the natural history collection also belong to the Ferdinandeum. The main collections of the Tyrolean State Museum cover: History from prehistoric times through the Roman era to the Early Middle Ages, Art and crafts from Romanesque through Gothic to Modern, The Netherlands collection and music room with Jakob Stainer instruments, Works of art including those by Michael Pacher, Lucas Cranach der Ältere, Rembrandt van Rijn, Joseph Anton Koch, Angelica Kauffman, Franz Defregger and Albin Egger-Lienz. The library whose main emphasis is the TyrolThe building complex was renovated in 2003 and some parts were added to. The natural and human science activity of the museum has been documented since 2008 in the Scientific Yearbook of the Tyrolean State Museum . It is a successor to the older publications: Zeitschrift des Ferdinandeums für Tirol und Vorarlberg and Veröffentlichungen des Museum Ferdinandeum . In addition the Ferdinandeum issues the reference work, Tiroler Urkundenbuch, which makes the historical sources from the Tyrolean Middle Ages accessible.

Court Church

Innsbruck / Áustria

The Hofkirche is a Gothic church located in the Altstadt section of Innsbruck, Austria. The church was built in 1553 by Emperor Ferdinand I as a memorial to his grandfather Emperor Maximilian I , whose cenotaph within boasts a remarkable collection of German Renaissance sculpture. The church also contains the tomb of Andreas Hofer, Tyrol's national hero.Although Maximilian's will had directed that he be buried in the castle chapel in Wiener Neustadt, it proved impractical to construct there the large memorial whose plans he had supervised in detail, and Ferdinand I as executor planned construction of a new church and monastery in Innsbruck for a suitable memorial. In the end, however, Maximilian's simple tomb remained in Wiener Neustadt and the Hofkirche serves as a cenotaph.