Explore 800 years of mining history at the Ridanna Mining World in the Upper Valle Isarco
Image gallery: Mining Museum - Location Ridanna
The Monteneve mountain in South Tyrol was once home to the highest permanently inhabited settlement in Europe. As early as the 13th century, the "good silver of the Monteneve" was documented. For 800 years, miners toiled at altitudes exceeding 2,300 metres, extracting silver, lead, and zinc from the mountain ridge between the Val Passiria and the Val Ridanna valleys.
Operations finally ceased in 1985. A state-of-the-art ore processing plant operated in Masseria in the Val Ridanna valley until 1979 - a unique monument to the industrial revolution. Both sites, Monteneve and Ridanna, now form a museum complex and belong to the South Tyrol Museum of Mining. Here, you can experience 800 years of mining history first-hand: from extraction and transportation to ore processing. During guided tours, the facilities are even put into operation.
At the show mine in Ridanna, you can visit the exhibition, explore the 200-metre-long show tunnel, and hike the Obere Erzstrasse (Upper Ore Road), the former location of the world's largest above-ground ore conveyor system on rails. How to get to the museum?
It is located in Masseria in the Val Ridanna, 16 kilometres from the town of Vipiteno. Parking is available. The 312 bus route runs between Vipiteno and Ridanna, stopping directly at the mine. On foot, you can reach the Mining Museum - Location Ridanna (Landesmuseum Standort Ridnaun) via the Obere Erzstrasse Path from Mareta in 3.5 hours.
Contact info
- Masseria / Maiern 48 - 39040 - Val Ridanna / Ridnaun
- +39 0472 062920
- ridanna@museominiere.it
Opening times
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Admission
museum grounds and permanent exhibition (not guided):
€ 8.00 adults
€ 6.00 students and apprentices (under 27 years)
€ 6.00 young people (from 16 years)
€ 6.00 people with disabilities
€ 6.00 seniors 65+
€ 6.00 groups (15 and more persons)
€ 4.00 children and young people (7-15 years)
free for children up to 6 years
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family ticket:
€ 16.00 2 adults with children under 16 years
€ 8.00 1 adult with children under 16 years
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"Ridnaun Compact" tour (show mine, outdoor area):
€ 12.00 adults
€ 9.00 students and apprentices (under 27 years)
€ 9.00 young people (from 16 years)
€ 9.00 people with disabilities
€ 9.00 seniors 65+
€ 9.00 groups (15 and more persons)
€ 6.00 children and young people (7-15 years)
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"Ridnaun Compact" - family ticket:
€ 24.00 2 adults with children under 16 years
€ 12.00 1 adult with children under 16 years
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"Mining junior" tour:
€ 16.00 adults
€ 12.00 students and apprentices (under 27 years)
€ 12.00 young people (from 16 years)
€ 12.00 seniors 65+
€ 8.00 children and young people (7-15 years)
More information
The "Ridnaun Compact" guided tour is offered at 10 am, 11.30 am, 1.30 pm, and 3.15 pm. Booking is required. Warm clothing and sturdy footwear are recommended - raincoats and helmets are provided. The temperature inside the mine remains a constant 8 degrees C all year round.
Further tours, "Adventure Shift" and "Mining Experience", are available upon request.
The Mining Museum - Location Ridanna stays open every year from mid-April to early November, Monday rest day (except on public holidays). It remains closed in winter.
Season start 2025 on April 15.
