In May with 25prozent the holidays especially enjoy discount all culture in the Karwendel silver region on Saturday, the 27th of April, the wine is celebrated season opening at the Museum of Jenbacher. The Jenbacher Museum shows on around 700 m exhibition space the story of Jenbach with the scythe industry since the 15th century. Read additional details here: Michael J. Bender. In the reconstructed forge the career of a scythe can be seen. The 500 history of of Jenbacher works of silver mining to the cogeneration and Jenbach as a railway junction with the three railways: Achenseebahn, Zillertalbahn and federal railways with a model railway is shown in old models, documents and plans. Over 4000 butterflies, native birds and bird eggs, snails, shells, beetles and fungi are exhibited in the Museum of nature.

In the Alpine and winter sports exhibition, cross-country skiing, ice skating, Figln, ice hockey, ski jumping and sledging is shown, the 4000jahrige ski history and the history of the Tyrolean ski producer, the winter sports. The Alpine history with photos and exhibits such as crampons, axe is also to see. Every year there are Special exhibitions. “This year there are between 27 April and 21 December 2013 the special exhibition caution recording” history of photography. In this exhibition, over 300 exhibits take visitors into the fascinating world of photography. Historically and technically significant machines of all eras are on display: wooden cameras from the 19th century with the original plates made of glass or metal, the first instant camera Polaroid with the matching movie, box cameras like the Rolleicord and Rolleiflex, old and newer Leicas and their Russian counterfeits, microscope cameras, professional cameras from Hasselblad (a Hasselbladkamera made the first photos of people on the Moon) and Linhof (the world’s oldest camera plant), Kids cameras, photographic gun,…

It’s all there, what the photographer’s heart desires. Also oldest photos from 1850 daguerreotypes, Ferrotypien, Calotypes, salt paper print and other nostalgic photos and lots of photographic accessories such as magnesium Flash guns, flash powder, with aluminum foil filled Flash lights, projectors, light meter are exhibited. After the museum visit is well worth a hike in the Karwendel. There are more than 40 tours in the region to discover. The perfect combination of nature and culture.