Museum “The Magic of Water”

Water - the source of life... This is the theme of a museum in the Valle Aurina. It illuminates this vital element in fascinating ways. The museum opened about a decade ago in the parish house of Lappago, a small village in the Selva dei Molini. The building's cellar vaults serve as the exhibition space. After a two-year tour, the "Goodbye Glaciers" exhibition returned to the parish house in 2021 and is available for viewing. The location is well-chosen: Water is omnipresent here.

The Valle di Selva dei Molini is home to Lake Neves, and numerous other small lakes characterise the mountain landscape of the Tures and Aurina Valleys on the southern side of the Zillertal Alps. Add to these the streams, rivers, and mills, and you see how water, with its power, can both invigorate and destroy, flow constantly and reshape landscapes.

You can discover this and more, such as the artistic potential of water, through a guided tour of the museum "The Magic of Water" (Magie des Wassers). Several themed trails begin directly at the museum: Trail A - "Power of Water" - leads to Lake Neves, trail B - "Water and Wheel" - delves into the world of mills, trail C - "Lappago Gorge Waterfalls"- takes you through the wildly romantic Lappago Gorge, and trail D - "Neves, the Mega Reservoir" - circumnavigates Lake Neves.

How to get to the museum: It is located in the parish house in the village centre of Lappago. You can reach Lappago by bus number 451 from Campo Tures. The valley hike in the Valle di Selva dei Molini, starting at the Selva dei Molini Reservoir, also leads to Lappago on foot.