TKF-ICOC Conference Tour Poland 2023
Programme
                                      Preliminary Programme

Following the success of the ICOC-Conference-Tour „Vienna-Budapest“ in 2014, the Austrian Society for Textile Art Research (TKF) is pleased to announce the forthcoming ICOC-Conference Tour „Carpets and Collections of the Alpine Area“ to be held in September 2019. This exclusive tour will take participants to little known museums, monasteries and sumptuous royal palaces in the mountain regions of Bavaria, Tyrol and Northern Italy.

As a result of the TKF’s longstanding close co-operation with museums, we are able to include collections of:
Museum Fuenf Kontinente, Munich (Ethnological Museum) Hofburg (Royal Palace) and the Museum of Tyrolean Heritage, Innsbruck Museum der Voelker, Schwaz Hofburg (Royal Palace) Brixen South Tyrolean Folklore Museum, Bruneck, and the South Tyrolean Museum of Archaeology, Bozen. 

The fruitful cooperation with the European Textile Academy enables us to include a most stimulating programme in Northern Italy. 

Participants will have the opportunity to examine pre-historic textiles and Oetzi, the ice-man himself, during a private viewing being organised exclusively for participants of this tour. In addition, there will be an array of collections of oriental carpets, Byzantine silks, medieval tapestries and local textile art on display.

One of the highlights will be the exhibition “Woven and Embroidered Stories-Textiles from private collections” in Schwaz, focusing on ethnological textiles from private Austrian collections never seen before on display. Another exhibition worthy of a visit will be to Traunstein to view “2000 Years of Textile Art” which will include outstanding antique oriental rugs. We are particularly pleased to offer our participants privileged access to some important private collections of carpets and textiles of this Alpine Area. 
  • Our small and dedicated team is organising a diverse and inspiring tour which will start in Munich on September 8, 2019 and will take participants to Innsbruck, Schwaz, Brixen, Bruneck, Bozen, Traunstein and back to Munich on September 13th, 2019. Expert lectures will accompany the various exhibitions and sights. 
  • Participants will be able to learn more about the details of the tour as we plan to open the booking period from January 2019 until end April 2019. 
  • Talks and guided tours will be held in English.
  • All venues and facilities are accessible (barrier-free).
  • This is the preliminary programme; any updates will follow.  

Preliminary Programme

Sunday, September 8
A Munich
Registration and welcome
15:00 Dr. Uta Werlich, director of the Museum, will address and welcome the ICOC-participants. 
15:10-15:30 Dr. Bruno Richtsfeld: Introduction to the history and the collections of the Museum 
15:30-15:50 Dr. Michael Buddeberg: The Chinese carpets of the 17th-19th century in the Preetorius-Collection
16:00 private viewing of the Chinese Carpets of the Preetorius-Collection followed by the bus transfer from Munich to Innsbruck


Monday, September 09 
B Innsbruck

10:15 Departure from the Hotel Leipziger Hof in 2 groups
10:30 – 12:30 Group I 
− Welcome to the special exhibition ‘Spanning the Mediterranean and Caspian Seas: Rugs and Textiles of a Diverse Private Collection’ 
− Guided tour in English: Royal Court Innsbruck: begin ca. 11:30 (60 min)

10:30 – 12:30 Group II 
guided tour in English by Karl Berger 
 − Room with historical and traditional textile tools (‘Studiensammlung’) 
− Defregger Carpets: introduction by Peter Bichler 
− Schwarz-Manderkirche (Court Church): including a multimedia presentation  

12:30 – 13:30 Lunchbreak 

There are plenty of possibilities in the centre of Innsbruck within short walking distance, such as:
Paulaner Bräu (next door; with outdoor seating) 
Das Brahms (opposite Volkskunstmuseum) 
Weinhaus Happ (next to the Goldenes Dachl)
Goldener Adler Cafe Sacher
You can also enjoy the Innsbrucker Stadtpark, the central park in Innsbruck.

13:30 – 15:30 Group I
guided tour in English: Karl Berger 
 − Room with historical and traditional textile tools (‘Studiensammlung’) 
− Defregger Carpets: introduction by Peter Bichler 
− Schwarz-Manderkirche (Court Church): including a multimedia presentation 
 
13:30 – 15:30 Group II  
− Welcome to the special exhibition ‘Spanning the Mediterranean and Caspian Seas: Rugs and Textiles of a Diverse Private Collection’ 
− Guided tour in English: Royal Court Innsbruck: begin ca. 14:30 (60 min)

15:30 – 16:30 Break  

16:30 – 18:30 Lecture programme in the Royal Court Innsbruck, Gotischer Keller 
• Words of Welcome
• Dr. Barbara Karl: Museum St. Gallen 
• Regina Knaller: Imperial Textiles

Transfer back to hotel Leipziger Hof

Tuesday, September 10
C Schwaz (near Innsbruck)

09:00 Departure from Innsbruck (30 min bus drive)

09:35 Welcome to the Museum der Voelker
10:00 –11:00 Guided tour of the special exhibition ‘Woven and Embroidered Stories:          Textiles from Private Collections.’ 
11:00 – 12:30 Lecture Programme

Transfer back to Innsbruck

14:45 Cable car to the top of the mountain (depending on weather)
Seegrube Restaurant, Nordkette: barrier-free access!

17:00 return to hotel Leipziger Hof

Wednesday, September 11 
D Brixen and E Bruneck/Dietenheim

09:30 Departure from Innsbruck hotel 
Group I (red)
10.30 Diözeseanmuseum (The Diocesan Museum), Hofburg Brixen: guided tour (ca. 60 min): Permanent exhibition of liturgical vestments and textiles special display of the so called “Bargello textiles” 
Group II (blue)
11.00 The Folklore Museum, Dietenheim: guided tour (ca. 60 min) 

12:00 transfer to Kloster Neustift

12.30 – 14:00 Lunchbreak at Kloster Neustift

14:00 transfer
Group I 
14.30 The Folklore Museum, Dietenheim: guided tour (ca. 60 min) 
Group II
14:30 Diözeseanmuseum (The Diocesan Museum), Brixen: guided tour (ca. 60 min) : Permanent exhibition of liturgical vestments and textiles special display of the so called “Bargello textiles” 

15:30 transfer to the hotel Gruener Baum, Brixen ****
16.00/16.30 Check-in  

17.30 – 18.00 Frescos in the cloisters (guided tour)
18:00 – 19:30 Break (plenty of restaurants in the nearby area)
20:00 - 21:30 Lecture programme at our Hotel Gruener Baum


Thursday, September 12
F Bozen

Early departure from Brixen  

South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology
Guided tour (50 min) and private viewing of Oetzi the Iceman and his artefacts 
as well as the Bronze Age textile finds of the “Rieserferner” Natural Park

Monastery Muri-Gries: viewing of medieval tapestries 

12.00-15:30 Lunchbreak 

15.30 Transfer to the town centre of Bozen
Break until 16.30
A special opening of the exhibition ‘Azerbaijan Flatweaves: Unveiling Textile Treasures from a South Tyrolean private collection’
followed by a reception and words of welcome by the guests of honour

Transfer back to hotel Gruener Baum, Brixen

Friday, September 13
G Traunstein, Bavaria

10:00 Departure from Brixen

Klosterkirche, Kulturzentrum
“The Oriental Ambassadors Collection — 2000 Years of Textile Art” (“Botschafter aus dem Orient — 2000 Jahre Textilkunst”)

Evening: transfer to Munich, hotel Harry's home ***

Saturday, September 14
Return travel day

**** Hotel in Innsbruck:  www.leipzigerhof.at 
****Hotel in Brixen: www.gruenerbaum.it

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