The Museum Gherdëina is located in the Cësa di Ladins, the House of Ladin Culture in Ortisei
Image gallery: Val Gardena Heritage Museum
The Museum Gherdëina in Ortisei provides insight into the region's culture and nature, as well as into the art of wood carving, which has been practised here for centuries. Sacred wooden sculptures by great sculptors can be admired, as well as numerous small sculptures from the secular carving tradition: allegorical figures, animal depictions, nativity scenes and chess pieces.
Prehistoric finds lead far back into the Stone Age and offer a glimpse into early settlement. Valuable fossils and minerals document the geological history of the Dolomites. Mounted woodland animals, a butterfly collection and a herbarium show the diversity of the alpine flora and fauna. Even an ichthyosaur, whose fossilised bone fragments were found in 1968 on the Seceda, can now be experienced up close thanks to virtual reality.
The focus of the painting collection is the oil paintings by the important Ladin artist Josef Moroder-Lusenberg. The exhibition also includes a Luis Trenker memorial collection. A special attraction is the unique collection of old wooden toys from the Val Gardena valley, which Hans Senoner Vastlé passionately assembled before 1940.
Important steps are already planned for the museum's future: Renovation and extension work on the building is scheduled, which will be largely financed by the Ladin Education and Culture Directorate, the Office for Museums and Museum Research, and the Trentino-South Tyrol region. In addition, the Geoportal of Cultural Assets of Val Gardena went online in 2025.
Contact info
- Via Rezia / Str. Rezia 83 - 39046 - Ortisei in Val Gardena / St. Ulrich in Gröden
- +39 0471 797554
- info@museumgherdeina.it
Opening times
Despite careful control we cannot guarantee the correctness of the provided data.
Admission
€ 8.00 adults
€ 6.00 seniors 65+
€ 6.00 groups (12 and more persons)
€ 6.00 people with disabilities
€ 2.50 students (up to 26 years)
€ 1.50 school classes
free for children and young people under 18 years
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family ticket:
€ 16.00 parents with children up to 18 years
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guided tour:
€ 80.00 flat rate for groups (up to 25 persons)
More information
For groups, the museum is also accessible outside opening hours upon request. Themed activities and programmes for school classes and kindergartens are available on request.
The museum stays open in summer and winter, rest days depending on the season. In July and August, during rainy weather, it is also open on Saturday afternoons from 2 pm to 6 pm. On August 15, the Feast of the Assumption, it is only open in rainy weather from 10 am to 12.30 pm.
The museum remains closed in spring (early April to mid-May) and in autumn (mid-October to the end of November, in 2025 already from early September due to the change of the exhibition).
Summer season start 2025 on May 15, winter season start 2025/2026 on December 7.
