Discover the Ferdinandeum, Tyrol's regional museum

The tour begins on the ground floor, with the prehistoric and protohistoric collections, as well as the collections from the Roman province, covering the Stone Age to the High Middle Ages.

The first floor of the old building houses the art history collections, including superb religious objects from the Gothic to the Renaissance periods.

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The 2nd and 3rd floors display works from the Baroque period, the stringed instrument collection and works from the 19th century.

This is also where you'll find the Gallery of Modern Art and the Studiogalerie, which showcase contemporary aspects of Austrian and Tyrolean art. In particular, you will find a very fine collection, including paintings by Egon Schiele and Albin Egger-Lienz's depictions of rural life in the post-war Tyrol (the bent-backed, exhausted-looking figures give an idea of the difficulty of working in the fields).

In a more poetic vein, you can see the winter landscapes of Alfons Walde, who had a real passion for skiers training at the Kitzbühel ski resort in the Tyrol.

Art lovers will also be delighted to learn that the museum's collections include a host of paintings by classic Tyrolean painters such as Michael Pacher, Lucas Cranach der Ältere, Rembrandt van Rijn, Joseph Anton Koch and Angelica Kauffman.

As well as Tyrolean art, the museum also boasts an excellent café and restaurant: theKunstpause, modelled on a French brasserie, where you'll be surprised to hear the likes of Edith Piaf and Jacques Brel! You can eat here at any time of the day: in the morning, freshly baked croissants with coffee, cakes and lemonade for a snack, or hearty dishes between midday and 10pm: the choice is yours!