In the Typewriter museum “Peter Mitterhofer” in Parcines you can see various interesting prototypes of type writers
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The municipality of Parcines gave his most famous citizen a proper memorial by establishing a small museum to his honour on the occasion of Peter Mitterhofer's 100th anniversary of his day of death. In 1997, four years after its opening, the museum changed residence and moved into the new building "Teisenhaus" in the centre of Parcines. Come and make a virtual tour with us!
On the ground floor of the "Peter Mitterhofer" museum you can discover the world of writing form its very beginnings. Cuneiform scripts, hieroglyphics as well as a Gutenberg Bible can be admired. Moreover there is a diorama illustrating Peter Mitterhofer and his first typewriter prototype. On the 1st floor there is the "military vitrine" with type writers from WWII, as well as the "foreign language vitrine" showing Chinese, Japanese, Cyrillic, Korean, Senegalese and Thai graphic characters. On the same floor there is also the famous prototype "Malling Hansen", which is considered to be the most precious typewriter ever as well as the highlight of the museum.
We proceed our virtual tour onto the 2nd floor, where a golden Princess 300 and a Royal Gold are exhibited. Moreover there are accounting machines, electric typewriters and a phonograph, which has been constructed by the genius Thomas Alva Edison. Also the IBM72, the previous model of the computer, can be admired in the museum. However, the gallery presents a selection of rare typewriters for blind people as well as a rich variety of typewriters for children from the period of time between 1901 and 1998, such as "La mia prima Olivetti", "Barbie" and "Mickey Mouse".
Contact info
- Piazza della Chiesa / Kirchplatz 10 - 39020 - Parcines / Partschins
- +39 0473 967581
- info@typewritermuseum.com
Opening times
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Admission
€ 7.00 adults
€ 7.00 young people (17-18 years)
€ 6.30 seniors 65+
€ 6.30 groups (10 and more persons)
€ 2.00 students and young people (6-16 years)
free for children under 6 years
free for everyone on the 1st Sunday of the month
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family ticket:
€ 15.00 per family
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guided tour (10 and more persons, admission included):
€ 8.00 adults
€ 2.00 students
€ 1.00 audio guide (free of charge using QR code)
More information
Guided tours in German language are offered every Monday at 8.30 pm from June to October, in Italian language every Monday at 6 pm in July and August. Reservation is needed. Visits outside the opening hours and guided tours for groups are available upon request by phone.
* May 18, 2025: International Museum Day with free admission from 10 am to 5 pm, and book presentation by and with Matthias Schönwerger at 10 am
* November 30, 2025: Open Day at the Museum during the Parcines Christmas Market from 10 am to 6 pm - a mulled wine stand can be found at the Church Square
The Peter Mitterhofer Typewriter Museum stays open all year round, in summer (April to October) from Monday to Saturday with free admission every first Sunday of the month, and in winter (November to March) every Tuesday morning. It remains closed on public holidays.
Summer season start 2025 on the 1st of April, winter season start 2025/2026 on November 4.
Free admission to the museum
from 06/04/2025 to 05/10/2025, 7 occurrences
Night at the Museum
from 16/06/2025 to 27/10/2025, 20 occurrences
