Making a Museum Out of a Mountain
In picture-perfect South Tyrol on the Austrian border of Italy, the legendary mountaineer Reinhold Messner has created six eccentric museums devoted to his lifelong passion. Naturally, to get to each one is a hike.
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![The picture-perfect Villnöss Valley on the Austrian border of northern Italy, where Reinhold Messner was born and began climbing at the age of 5.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/static01.nyt.com/images/2015/11/15/t-magazine/15tmag-12well_messner-t_CA0/15tmag-12well_messner-t_CA0-videoLarge.jpg?auto=webp)