Exhibitions
at the Ibex House
Explore the fascinating world of the Hohe Tauern from a new perspective!
Permanent Exhibition
The King
and his Throne – Life in the National Park
Our adventure exhibition lets you track the Alpine ibex through seven exhibition rooms over three levels. Walk across the sheer ‘rock face’ and find out more about the high-mountain habitat and all its facets. The seasonal and daytime migrations of the mighty Alpine ibex are recreated just as authentically as the continual struggle for survival in high-mountain habitats, all of which usually remains hidden from us as human beings. Besides numerous models and interactive games, the exhibition also offers cinematic flights of fancy. Indeed, state-of-the-art technology invites you to get to know famous mountain formations from the eagle’s perspective and to experience large-scale, small-scale and micro-habitats up close.
Special exhibition
Gold and Wild Mountains
Alla Knappe dedicates her artistic work to the high-alpine environment. Her paintings depict wildlife, dramatic mountain peaks and the rugged beauty of alpine landscapes, interwoven with a subtle sense of romance and poetic atmosphere.
The cultural history of her home region, the Hohe Tauern National Park, plays a central role in her work. In particular, the fascination and seductive power of Tauern gold—whose extraction has shaped both people and mountains around the Grossglockner for centuries—find vivid expression in her art.
Her style combines elements of Impressionism and Expressionism. Through an emotionally charged, symbolic visual language, Alla Knappe captures moods and impressions of the alpine world. The use of gold-coloured metal leaf and a richly textured, impasto technique lends her paintings a distinctive depth and intensity.