Touriseum or Museum of Tourism | Permanent exhibition

• 1750
• 1800
• 1800
• 1830
• 1830
• 1850
• 1870
• 1870
• 1890
• 1890
• 1914
• 1920
• 1925
• 1939
• 1946
• 1955
• 1960
• 1972
• 1985

• When the mountains were feared
• Tyrol is “discovered”
• The yearning for the countryside
• One travels to take the cure
• The lure of the guidebook
• A “Bon Voyage” with the train
• “Foreigners” arrive
• The conquest of the mountains
• A first high point
• Belle Epoque
• War in the land of holidays
• Visitate l'Alto Adige
• The mountain calls
• The Shadows of dictatorship and war
• Over the hills and far away!
• «Heimat» to let
• The Bandwagon rolls
• Total Tourism
• A «Product» called South Tyrol

One travels to take the cure 1830-1850

The European upper classes spend the summer in one of the famous spa resorts. But where should they go in the winter? Meran has no spa water to offer, but it does have an agreeable climate, much milder than north of the Alps.