When it was that humans began making noises with their bodies, we do not know. Musical instruments such as whistles, flutes, rattles, and drums go back approximately forty thousand years. Under the instruction of our museum educators, you can use flint and sandstone to make a whistle out of a hazelnut shell, as was done back as early as the Stone Age.

no registration required | begins several times a day | included in the admission fee | duration: approx. 40-60 min

When it was that humans began making noises with their bodies, we do not know. Musical instruments such as whistles, flutes, rattles, and drums go back approximately forty thousand years. Under the instruction of our museum educators, you can use flint and sandstone to make a whistle out of a hazelnut shell, as was done back as early as the Stone Age.

no registration required | begins several times a day | included in the admission fee | duration: approx. 40-60 min

Thematic tour in the Museum’s outdoor area with Ernst Gamper, museum educator.

No registration required | Costs: +2€ | Course 1 | Meeting point: main entrance | Duration: approx. 60 min

During the Stone Age, antlers were a favorite material for creating jewelry and tools. For instance, Ötzi carried the tips of deer antlers with him. We invite you to get familiar with this material that is rather seldom used today and to make a pendant the Stone Age way with rocks, water, and quartz sand.

no registration required | starts every hour from 11:30 on, last start: 15:30 | included in the admission fee | duration: approx. 60 min

The extremely varied one day round tour crosses the main chain oft the Alps. The undisputed highlight of this glacier tour is the discovery site of Ötzi the Iceman (3,210m).
Further information

During the Stone Age, antlers were a favorite material for creating jewelry and tools. For instance, Ötzi carried the tips of deer antlers with him. We invite you to get familiar with this material that is rather seldom used today and to make a pendant the Stone Age way with rocks, water, and quartz sand.

no registration required | starts every hour from 11:30 on, last start: 15:30 | included in the admission fee | duration: approx. 60 min

Fish was an important food source for humans in the Stone Age. At the very beginning, they fished with their bare hands and primitive spears, but soon they learned how to construct and use fish traps and nets, saving precious time and energy. Ernst Gamper, museum educator and fisherman, will show you how was made a Neolithic fishing net.

No registration required | Included in the admission fee | Course 3 | Canoe stop | Duration: approx. 45 min

During the Stone Age, antlers were a favorite material for creating jewelry and tools. For instance, Ötzi carried the tips of deer antlers with him. We invite you to get familiar with this material that is rather seldom used today and to make a pendant the Stone Age way with rocks, water, and quartz sand.

no registration required | starts every hour from 11:30 on, last start: 15:30 | included in the admission fee | duration: approx. 60 min

Children ages four to seven will become Stone Age building engineers along with their parents. Simone Bacher, museum educator, will demonstrate step by step how a Stone Age miniature house can be built out of trunks.

No registration required | Included in the admission fee | Course 2 | Houses Alleshausen-Grundwiesen | Duration: approx. 60 min

Woodworking with the assistance of embers is an ancient technique. Even today, some indigenous peoples make use of the heat from embers, for example, to hollow out a tree trunk into a canoe. Discover yourself how wood, embers, a chert scraper, your breath, and your own hands can create a bowl that Ötzi could have used.

No registration required | Starts every hour from 11:30 on, last start one hour before the evening closing of the open-air area | Included in the admission fee | Course 2 | Workshop area | Duration: approx. 60 min

Woodworking with the assistance of embers is an ancient technique. Even today, some indigenous peoples make use of the heat from embers, for example, to hollow out a tree trunk into a canoe. Discover yourself how wood, embers, a chert scraper, your breath, and your own hands can create a bowl that Ötzi could have used.

No registration required | Starts every hour from 11:30 on, last start one hour before the evening closing of the open-air area | Included in the admission fee | Course 2 | Workshop area | Duration: approx. 60 min

Woodworking with the assistance of embers is an ancient technique. Even today, some indigenous peoples make use of the heat from embers, for example, to hollow out a tree trunk into a canoe. Discover yourself how wood, embers, a chert scraper, your breath, and your own hands can create a bowl that Ötzi could have used.

No registration required | Starts every hour from 11:30 on, last start one hour before the evening closing of the open-air area | Included in the admission fee | Course 2 | Workshop area | Duration: approx. 60 min

Thematic tour in the permanent exhibition “Primitive? Skilled!” concerning the question of what social status Ötzi had in his society. With Eric Wellenzohn, museum educator.

No registration required | Costs: +2€ | Course 1 | Meeting point: main entrance | Duration: approx. 60 min

Woodworking with the assistance of embers is an ancient technique. Even today, some indigenous peoples make use of the heat from embers, for example, to hollow out a tree trunk into a canoe. Discover yourself how wood, embers, a chert scraper, your breath, and your own hands can create a bowl that Ötzi could have used.

No registration required | Starts every hour from 11:30 on, last start one hour before the evening closing of the open-air area | Included in the admission fee | Course 2 | Workshop area | Duration: approx. 60 min

Ötzi’s mat and the scabbard for his knife were made with the help of a technique that we call Zwirnbinden [fiber weaving]. Do your own wickerwork with rushes and fibers in what may well be the oldest technique for textile weaving.

no registration required | starts every hour from 11:30 on, last start: 15:30| included in the admission fee | duration: approx. 40 min

The extremely varied one day round tour crosses the main chain oft the Alps. The undisputed highlight of this accompanied glacier hiking  tour is the discovery site of Ötzi the Iceman (3,210m).
Further information

Join the tour!
http://www.archeoparc.it/en/oetzi-glacier-tour/
http://www.archeoparc.it/en/oetzi-glacier-tour/#booking

Ötzi’s mat and the scabbard for his knife were made with the help of a technique that we call Zwirnbinden [fiber weaving]. Do your own wickerwork with rushes and fibers in what may well be the oldest technique for textile weaving.

no registration required | starts every hour from 11:30 on, last start: 15:30| included in the admission fee | duration: approx. 40 min

Ötzi’s mat and the scabbard for his knife were made with the help of a technique that we call Zwirnbinden [fiber weaving]. Do your own wickerwork with rushes and fibers in what may well be the oldest technique for textile weaving.

no registration required | starts every hour from 11:30 on, last start: 15:30| included in the admission fee | duration: approx. 40 min