Opening at LUMEN. Museum of Mountain Photography: Saturday, 24/05/2025, 11.00 a.m.
Opening at Museum Burg Heinfels: Friday, 23/05/2025, 19.00 p.m.

Duration of the exhibitions: 26/10/2025

If freedom and equal rights of cultural or religious minorities are threatened by political power, fleeing over the mountains to a safer region or into the mountains as a “natural exile” has been a common way out throughout history. This has not changed in the last 500 years until today's digital age.

The historical escape routes of Michael Gaismair and his army in 1525/26 as well as more recent escape routes from the 20th/21st century, which are shown in the exhibition in the form of pictures and photographs, are geographically divided into two presentation locations to the west and east of Bruneck: at LUMEN. Museum of Mountain Photography at Kronplatz focuses on Graubünden/Gadertal/Padua and Karwendel/Pyrenees/Western Alps, while at Museum Burg Heinfels the focus is on Zillertal/Salzburg/East Tyrol and Krimmler Tauern/Strandzha Mountains/Kurdistan.

Curators of the exhibition:
Dr. Richard Piock, President of the association Tiroler Photoarchiv TAP
Dr. Martin Kofler, Director at Tiroler Photoarchiv TAP

Partners:
Tiroler Archiv für photographische Dokumentation und Kunst (TAP)
Museum Burg Heinfels