The Women's Museum of Merano was founded twenty years ago single-handed by the passionate collector Evelyn Ortner (1944-1997) and is later on run by an association since many years now. The museum is opened throughout the year and has specialized on cultural history and everyday history from women’s viewpoint in its permanent exhibition: The representation of women's ideals, women's images and women's roles in the 19th and 20th century using the clothes, accessories, everyday objects, books and documents.
The repertoire of gender specific and gender sensitive subjects are expanded in special exhibitions and various annual events.
The Women's Museum of Merano supports a sensitization of women's history and also the discussion of subjects such as “gender, race and class “. It has developed into a lively cultural centre in which also environment-conscious and social subjects are dealt with; and it is involved in a network work on local and international level and is for the time being the centre of the "network of women's museum".
Museum Hours:
January - October:
Monday-Friday: 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Saturday: 10:00 a.m. - 12.30 p.m.
Special Winter Hours:
November - December:
Friday/Saturday/Sunday 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. continuously open
For more information please click here: www.museia.org