List of museums in Carinthia (state)

This list of museums in the state of Carinthia, Austria contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Also included are non-profit art galleries and university art galleries.

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The list

Name Image Location Type Summary
Amthofmuseum FeldkirchenFeldkirchenLocalwebsite, local history, culture, natural history
Archaeological Pilgrim MuseumGlobasnitzArchaeologywebsite, archaeological excavations carried out on the Hemmaberg Mountain and the East-Gothic cemetery
Archeological Park MagdalensbergMagdalensbergOpen-airwebsite, excavated Roman buildings and artifacts
Auer von Welsbach MuseumAlthofenSciencewebsite, life and discoveries of scientist and inventor Carl Auer von Welsbach including gas lightings, metal filament light bulbs and pocket lighters, and an originally equipped laboratory
BIOS - Nationalpark Hohe TauernMallnitzNatural historywebsite, natural science of the Alps
Bonsai MuseumSeebodenArtwebsite, art of bonsai and Japanese garden design
Burg FriesachFriesachHistoric housewebsite, modern hand-built construction of an early medieval castle complex
Burg SommereggSeebodenHistoryFeatures a museum of medieval torture
Carinthia Open Air MuseumMaria SaalOpen-airwebsite, Austrian traditional farmhouses and rural craft buildings
Carinthian Craft MuseumBaldramsdorfArtwebsite, rural crafts and working workshops including farming, working in wood, leather, metal, textiles, food making, construction
Carinthian Museum of Modern ArtKlagenfurtArtwebsite
Carniolan Bee MuseumFerlachNatural historyinformation, seasonal, bee keeping and products
Carolingian Museum MoosburgMoosburgHistorywebsite, features archaeological artifacts dating back to the Carolingian dynasty
Celtic World in FrögRoseggOpen-airwebsite, recreated Celtic buildings
Death Dance MuseumMetnitzArtwebsite, large Austrian frescoes showing a 15th-century death dance
EboardmuseumKlagenfurtMusicwebsite, Europe's largest collection of electronic keyboard instruments
Ehrental Castle Agricultural MuseumKlagenfurtAgriculturewebsite, area peasant farm life from manual labor to machine labor
Elberstein CastleGlobasnitzHistoric housewebsite
Elli Riehl MuseumWinklernDollwebsite, local culture and life shown through dolls
Eva Faschaunerin Home MuseumGmündLocalinformation, story of the last person to be sent to the gallows from Gmünd
Emblem Hall at the LandhausKlagenfurtArtwebsite, Baroque coat of arms paintings in the former palace
Freihausgasse GalleryVillachArtwebsite, municipal art gallery of Austrian and international contemporary art
Friesach City MuseumFriesachLocalLocal history, mining, trade, culture
Gailtaler HeimatmuseumMaria SaalLocalwebsite, natural history, archaeology, industry, history, crafts, culture
GranatiumRadentheinMiningwebsite, garnet mining
Heinrich Harrer MuseumHüttenbergBiographicalwebsite, life and travels of explorer and mountaineer Heinrich Harrer, ethnographic artifacts
Helga Riedel Doll MuseumHüttenbergDollwebsite, local culture and life shown through dolls
Hochosterwitz CastleSankt Veit an der GlanHistoric houseMedieval fortress castle
Klagenfurt Mining MuseumKlagenfurtMiningwebsite, mining, minerals, fossils,
Klagenfurt State GalleryKlagenfurtArtwebsite
Knappenberg Mining MuseumKnappenbergMiningwebsite, local mining, minerals, tour of an old mine
Koschatmuseum KlagenfurtKlagenfurtBiographyinformation, memorial to the famous Carinthian musician and columnist Thomas Koschat
Maria Luggau Mill MuseumMaria LuggauMillwebsite, working watermills open for tour
Millstatt AbbeyMillstattHistoryHistory of the former abbey and local history and culture
MissonihausFeldkirchenLocalwebsite
Museum CarantanaMolzbichlHistorywebsite, early Medieval pottery, jewelry, church artifacts
Museum des Nötscher KreisesNötschArtwebsite, modern art, features art by Sebastian Isepp, Anton Kolig, Franz Wiegele and Anton Mahringer
Museum HistoramaFerlachTransportationwebsite, heritage railroad, technology museum, model trains, trams
Museum im LavanthausWolfsbergLocalwebsite, culture, history, nature, people of the Lavant valley region
Museum LiaunigNeuhausArtwebsite, contemporary art
Museum St. VeitSt. VeitTransportationwebsite, railways, postal service, telecommunication, motorization, model trains, town history
Porsche Automuseum Helmut PfeifhoferGmündTransportationwebsite, private museum of Porsche vehicles
Prof. Harry Jeschofnig MuseumKnappenbergArtwebsite, naturalistic and abstract sculpture
Regional Museum of CarinthiaKlagenfurtHistorywebsite, area history and natural history
Robert Musil Literature MuseumKlagenfurtBiographywebsite, life and work of writer Robert Musil
Roman Museum TeurniaSt. Peter-in-HolzArchaeologywebsite, excavated Roman settlement
Schloss PorciaSpittal an der DrauMultipleIncludes the Museum of Popular Culture
Schloss RoseggRoseggMultipleIncludes room displays with life-size wax figures, a wildlife park and a maze
Schloss StraßburgStraßburgMultipleIncludes rural life artifacts, textile, pipes, changing exhibits
Seppenbauer Gasthof-AutomuseumFriesachTransportationwebsite, guesthouse with collection of Porsche vehicles
St. Paul's Abbey in the LavanttalSankt Paul im LavanttalArtBenedictine monastery with large collections of graphics, coins, sacred art and painting
Villach Automotive MuseumVillachTransportationwebsite, cars, motorcycles, scooters, mopeds, motor-assisted bicycles
Villach City MuseumVillachLocalwebsite, local history, art, culture
Völkermarkt History MuseumVölkermarktLocalwebsite
Composing hut of Gustav MahlerMaria WörthGustav Mahlerwebsite
Werner Berg MuseumBleiburgArtwebsite, work by area artist Werner Berg
Wood MuseumGnesauArtwebsite, art and wood carvings, woodworking tools


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