Museo delle Macchine da Scrivere - Peter Mitterhofer - Schreibmaschinenmuseum

39020 Parcines/Partschins (BZ), Italy (Trentino-Alto Adige)

Designed by the architects Georg Mitterhofer and Luciano Delugan it was built to honour the most famous citizen of Partschins, the inventor of the typewriter Peter Mitterhofer. The museum is set over four floors that offer various spacial perspectives and views.

Thanks to the donation of Kurt Ryba in 1993 – on the occasion of the centenary of Mitterhofer’s death – first steps were taken to build the museum.

With over 2000 objects the museum holds one of the biggest collections of antique typewriters and gives a good understanding of the history of the typewriter, starting with Mitterhofer’s invention in 1864, leading up to the digital era that has definitely replaced the typewriter with the introduction of the computer at the late 20th century.
 

Peter Mitterhofer

lived in Partschins from 1822 – 1893 where he invented the typewriter. Without any technical help and with simple tools only he developed five models of typewriters.
With two of his mainly wooden prototypes he went to Vienna asking the Austrian emperor Franz I for support. Ahead of his times, all his attempts to have success with his revolutionary invention were fruitless.
In all his lifetime he had no recognition at all, neither in his own village nor at the imperial court in Vienna.
The more tragically he experienced the advent of the american typewriters, which he commented in a poem: »The typewriter comes originally from Meran, in 1864 it was invented there by a carpenter.«
 

Paper Creation – Creative Handicraft Hour

Learn how to make handcrafted paper at the Typewritermuseum. Bring flowers or leaves to decorate your creations in this workshop for children and adults.

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