IMMA International Mountain Museums Alliance, c/o Area Documentazione Museomontagna Salita al CAI Torino 12/Monte dei Cappuccini, Turin (2026)

It is an association composed of institutions and organizations that have a permanente collection open to public use.

30/01/2026

IMMA GROWS AGAIN
The Internatonal Mountain Museums Alliance welcomes five new excellences and looks to Asia

The International Mountain Museums Alliance strengthens its network with the addition of five new institutions of primary importance in the mountain cultural landscape. The General Assembly, meeting in an ordinary session, has unanimously approved the applications of:

- Messner Mountain Museums (Italy)
- Slovenian Alpine Museum / Gornjesavski Muzej Jesenice (Kranjska Gora, Slovenia)
- Département de la Haute-Savoie (Annecy, France)
- Alpines Museum (Munich, Germany)
- Forte di Bard (Italy)

With this expansion, the Alliance confirms its appeal and its role as a key platform for cooperation, preservation, and the promotion of mountain cultures.

Pokhara 2026: IMMA in Asia
The next historic appointment for the association is set for March 2026 in Pokhara, Nepal. For the first time in its history, an IMMA meeting will be held outside European borders, hosted by the International Mountain Museum of Pokhara and the Nepal Mountaineering Association.
This step marks a clear intention for openness and dialogue with the museum realities and mountain cultural traditions of Asia.

The Statements
“Welcoming these five new institutions is a further fundamental moment of growth for IMMA, enriching our network with strong identities and unique heritages, strengthening the potential for exchange and joint project development,” stated Beat Haechler, IMMA President and Director of ALPS – Alpine Museum in Bern, and Daniela Berta, IMMA Coordinator and Director of the Museo Nazionale della Montagna in Turin. “We strongly desired and worked with determination for this expansion as a fundamental step towards a broader opening. Holding the next Assembly in Nepal indeed fulfills a strategic goal of ours: to build a bridge towards Asian countries, whose museum tradition and documentation of mountain culture is not well known in the West but is absolutely crucial for a global vision. The hospitality of Nepal offers us a historic opportunity to listen, learn, and lay the groundwork for future collaborations, taking that leap in perspective necessary for an alliance that aspires to be truly global.”

13/10/2025

The IMMA recently held a productive working meeting at the Musée Savoisien in Chambéry, bringing together institutions from across Europe and beyond.

This gathering focused on sharpening our mission towards mountain culture and our impact on mountain communities and environments, while reinforcing our commitment to preserving and promoting mountain heritage.
Together, we explored ways to expand our network, welcome new institutions, and prepare for the next General Assembly.

Thank you to all participating members:
• ALPS – Swiss Alpine Museum (Bern, Switzerland)
• Olympia - Museum of Sports and Mountain Tourism (Brasov, Romania) Muzeul Judetean de Istorie Brasov
• International Mountain Museum (Pokhara, Nepal)
• Museo Nazionale della Montagna (Turin, Italy)
• Musée Savoisien (Chambéry, France)
• Tatra Museums (Zakopane, Poland)
• MVSA – Museo Valtellinese di Arte e Storia / CAST – il Castello delle Storie di Montagna (Sondrio, Italy)

and a warm welcome to our guest institutions:
• Alpines Museum (Munich, Germany)
• Messner Mountain Museums (South Tyrol, Italy)
• Département de la Haute-Savoie (Annecy, France)
• Slovenian Alpine Museum (Mojstrana, Slovenia)

A special thank you to our hosts at for the warm hospitality and productive dialogue!

06/05/2025

Exciting updates from the Catalan Pyrenees!

Our annual assembly took place in Alp, hosted by Sgim Cda and Federació d'Entitats Excursionistes de Catalunya - FEEC, celebrating IMMA's 10th anniversary alongside the Setmana Internacional de la Muntanya.

We are pleased to announce Beat Hächler, Director of the Alpine Museum in Bern, as IMMA's new President, while Daniela Berta, Director of the Museo Nazionale della Montagna in Turin, continues her role as Coordinator for a third term.

"The topic of mountains is highly relevant, encompassing debates on climate change, mass tourism, green energy, and urban water supply. Mountain regions are vital for our future, and mountain museums serve as key platforms to highlight this. IMMA, as a global network, fosters collaboration to advance this mission. To achieve this goal by unlocking its full potential, the association has to work on its own strategy and the professionalization of its organizational form", says the new President.

We’re also thrilled to welcome EMMOA Fundazioa as our newest member - already a valued permanent guest!

Muzeum Tatrzańskie w Zakopanem, Museo Nazionale della Montagna, Musée Alpin (Chamonix), Muzeum Karkonoskie w Jeleniej Górze, Musée Savoisien (Chambéry), Muzeum Karkonoskie w Jeleniej Górze, ALPS - Alpine Museum (Bern), International Mountain Museum (Pokhara), Mountain Partnership, METS - Museo Etnografico San Michele (Trento), MVSA - Museo Valtellinese di Arte e Storia (Sondrio), Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies (Banff).

08/04/2025

Waiting for our General Assembly to be held in Sabadell (Spain) at the end of April, a delegation of IMMA members met in beautiful Transylvania on the occasion of the first anniversary of the Museum of Mountain Sports and Tourism in Brasov.

Thanks to Pepene Nicolae, Director of Olimpia - Muzeul Sportului și Turismului Montan, to Ioana Schiopu and their staff for hosting our coordinator, Daniela Berta, Director of Museo Nazionale della Montagna; Beat Hächler, Director of ALPS - Alpines Museum der Schweiz; Julita Zaprucka, Director of Muzeum Karkonoskie w Jeleniej Górze in Jelenia Góra; Michał Murzyn, Anna Jarząbek and Emilia Pomiankiewicz from Muzeum Tatrzańskie w Zakopanem.

01/11/2024

Mountain issues get more and more relevant in contemporary society: climate change and its impact on mountain and urban regions, demographical developments in mountain areas, mountain tourism, sports and sustainability, etc.

Cultural institutions can play a key role as facilitator for reflection and discussions for connected mountain and urban issues.

Mountain museums are hubs for collecting, researching, documenting and communicating relevant contents about mountain nature and culture.

IMMA is the only global network of mountain museums.
It makes visible what its members do and enables cooperations among them, trying to strengthen common activities.

In the last IMMA meeting - held in Bern at ALPS, the Swiss Alpine Museum - we focused on this topic, in order to figure out how the collaboration could be further expanded.

International Mountain Museum, Pokhara, Muzeum Karkonoskie w Jeleniej Górze, Museo Nazionale della Montagna, Muzeum Tatrzańskie w Zakopanem, Musèe Savoisien, Chambèry
Musèe Alpin, Chamonix, Olimpia - Muzeul Sportului și Turismului Montan, Mountain Partnership, EMMOA Fundazioa, Servei General d'Informacio de Muntanya, Sabadell, METS – Museo etnografico trentino, San Michele, Trento, MVSA – Museo Valtellinese di Storia e Arte, Sondrio

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