MMM Dolomites - Messner Mountain Museum

The Museum in the Clouds, located on Monte Rite (2181 m) between Pieve di Cadore and Cortina d’Ampezzo in the heart of the Dolomites, is sensational for the views alone. The plateau at the summit offers a 360° panorama of the most spectacular mountains in the Dolomites: Monte Schiara, Monte Agnèr, Monte Civetta, Marmolata, Monte Pelmo, Tofana di Rozes, Sorapis, Antelao, Marmarole. The theme of the museum in the old fort is “rock”. The museum illustrates the process of the conquest of the Dolomites – with reference to those natural scientists and mountaineers who wrote alpine history with their discoveries, new routes and first ascents. At the heart of the museum there is a big gallery housing a collection of unique paintings of the Dolomites, from the Romantic period up to today. Annual exhibitions are also held.

Monte Rite in Cadore is a special mountain. For the military strategists at the beginning of the 20th century, Monte Rite was an ideal position for the Italian line of defence against the Austro-Hungarian Emperor Franz Josef, and a fort was constructed at the summit in 1912-14. Then came the 1st World War. The fort was well built and withstood a number of attempts to blow it up by both armies. It later offered shelter to partisans and, after the 2nd World War, served as a village storehouse. In 1998 Reinhold Messner discovered Monte Rite. The fort was given a new role with new content, and in 2002 – in the United Nations’ International Year of Mountains – MMM Dolomites opened its doors.

MMM Dolomites is open daily from June to 30 September.
From 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. in June and from the middle of September;
from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. in July, August and up to the middle of September.

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