The ethnographic and art museum in Schwaz represents a meeting place for different cultures
Image gallery: Museum of Peoples Schwaz
The museum was founded as "House of Peoples" in 1995 and contains exhibits from Africa, Asia and Indonesia, which were collected in the course of 50 years by the photographer and journalist Prof. Gert Chesi. In 2016, he donated those exhibits to the town of Schwaz. The extraordinary collection from an art-historic and cultural scientific point of view, invites you to think about cultural diversity, different lifestyles and current and historic society models. It allows to reconsider the own position and to compare other peoples and cultures by the key of respect.
Some years ago, it was changed and rebuilt, offering now new building elements and an integrated studio gallery. There are three subjects on three floors: "Between heaven and earth" (permanent exhibition on the ground floor), as well as a special exhibition on the first and on the second floor. Among them, in 2024 there is "Lois Weinberger: Precise carelessness".
Moreover, the Museum of Peoples (Museum der Völker Schwaz) houses a café and an ethno-shop, which is a real treasure chest of cult objects and artistic works and specialist books. A paradise for those who love travelling and want to make a side-trip to a different world!
Contact info
- St. Martin 16 - 6130 - Schwaz
- +43 5242 66090
- info@museumdervoelker.com
Opening times
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Admission
€ 9.00 adults
€ 6.00 children and young people (6-18 years)
€ 6.00 students and apprentices
€ 6.00 seniors
€ 6.00 groups (10 and more persons)
free for children under 6 years
free with the Freizeitticket Tirol
free with the Silver Region Karwendel Card
discount for families
discount with other guest cards
More information
Above the museum there is the parking space of the municipal cemetery, which may be used by the visitors of the museum. Guided tours on various subjects are offered on request.
Exhibition "Precise carelessness" from September 28, 2024, to March 30, 2025, with works by Lois Weinberger, one of the most important contemporary artists and pioneer of the ecologically oriented art. Curated by Franziska Weinberger and Rens Veltman.
The Museum of Peoples Schwaz stays open from Thursday to Sunday all year round, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday rest days. The museum is barrier-free.
