Grassmayr Glockenmuseum

Innsbruck


Showcases the Grassmayr family’s 400 years of bell-making tradition. In addition to exhibits including some formidable Romanesque and Gothic bells, you can watch the casting process and have a go at ringing the bells to achieve different notes.


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