List of museums in Lower Austria

This list of museums in the state of Lower Austria, 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
Arnulf Rainer MuseumBadenArtwebsite, works by contemporary artist Arnulf Rainer
Austrian Motorcycle MuseumSigmundsherbergTransportationwebsite, motorcycles
BAXA Mining MuseumMannersdorf am LeithagebirgeMininginformation, restored lime kiln and former quarry
Art/Brut Center GuggingBadenArt
Artstetten CastleArtstetten-PöbringBiographyLife and times of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria
Bicycle Museum of RetzRetzTransportationwebsite, bicycles
Burg KreuzensteinLeobendorfHistoric houseRestored medieval castle
Burg RappottensteinRappottensteinHistoric houseTours of the medieval fortress castle
Burg SeebensteinSeebensteinHistoric houseTours of the medieval fortress castle
Burgruine AggsteinSchönbühel-AggsbachHistoric houseTours of the medieval castle ruins
City Museum WienertorHainburg an der DonauLocalwebsite, local history, prehistory, natural history
City Museum TraiskirchenTraiskirchenLocalwebsite, local history, home life, culture
Das HeizhausStrasshof an der NordbahnRailwaywebsite
District Folklore Museum LilienfeldLilienfeldLocalwebsite
Dorfmuseum KritzendorfKlosterneuburgLocalwebsite, village history, agriculture, domestic life
Edmund Adler GalleryMannersdorf am LeithagebirgeArtwebsite, municipal art gallery, works by local painter Edmund Adler
Egon Schiele MuseumTulln an der DonauArtWorks by painter Egon Schiele, contemporary art exhibits
Eisenbahnmuseum SchwechatSchwechatRailwaywebsite
Essl MuseumKlosterneuburgArtwebsite, contemporary art
Field and Industrial Railway MuseumHohenbergRailwaywebsite
Fire Museum PerchtoldsdorfPerchtoldsdorfFirefightingwebsite, firefighting equipment, helmets, hoses
First Austrian Museum of Everyday HistoryPöllaHistoryinformation, rural life and social changes of Lower Austria
Fischamend MuseumFischamendLocalwebsite, local history, prehistory, industry, culture
Forest Farm MuseumGutensteinHistorywebsite, woodworking, carpentry, tools, uses
Gallery of Lower Austria for Contemporary Art KremsKremsArtwebsite
Gallery of Lower Austria for Contemporary Art St. PöltenSt. PöltenArtwebsite
Galerie StadtparkKremsArtwebsite
Gaming CharterhouseGamingReligiousFeatures museum in the former monastery's history and medieval life
Göttweig AbbeyGöttweigReligiousIncludes tours of the Baroque monastery complex and imperial museum
GozzoburgKremsArtwebsite, tours of the Medieval hall with frescoes
Grocery MuseumHerrnbaumgartenHistorywebsite, late 19th-century period general store
Haydn's birthplace in RohrauRohrauBiographyLate 18th-century period birthplace of composer Joseph Haydn
HöbarthmuseumHornMultiplewebsite, local history, weapons, watches and clocks
Hungarian Tower City MuseumBruck an der LeithaLocalwebsite
Karikaturmuseum KremsKremsArtwebsite, caricature, cartoon, comic and satirical art
Kitchen MuseumHerrnbaumgartenHistorywebsite, period kitchen displays, cookware and serving pieces
Klosterneuburg MonasteryKlosterneuburgArtTours of the monastery and museum of religious art
Klosterneuburg City MuseumKlosterneuburgLocalwebsite, local history
Krahuletz MuseumEggenburgMultiplewebsite, minerals and fossils, archaeological and ethnographic artifacts
Kunsthalle KremsKremsArtwebsite, exhibits of art, photography, culture
Landesgalerie NiederösterreichKremsArtwebsite, exhibits of art
Little Train MuseumAltenmarkt an der TriestingRailwayModel railroads, open by appointment
LoisiumLangenloisWinewebsite, area winemaking
Lower Austria MuseumSt. PöltenMultipleLocal history, art, natural history
Mannersdorf City MuseumMannersdorf am LeithagebirgeLocalwebsite, local history, archaeology, geology
Michelstetten School MuseumMichelstettenEducationwebsite, 19th-century period school
Moravian Silesian Heritage MuseumKlosterneuburgEthnicwebsite, decorative art and culture of the Sudeten Germans
Museum CarnuntinumBad Deutsch-AltenburgOpen-airExhibits important archeological finds from the ancient city Carnuntum
Museum KierlingKierlingLocalwebsite, local history, collection of silhouettes, kitchen items and cookbooks, horse-drawn vehicles and farm implements
Museum KremsKremsMultiplewebsite, city's history, culture. art collection
Museum of Flight AviaticumWiener NeustadtAviationwebsite, Austrian history of aviation
Museum of Historical Beer MugsHainfeldDecorative artswebsite, collection of beer mugs
Museum RetzRetzLocalwebsite, local history, musical instruments,
Museumsdorf NiedersulzSulz im WeinviertelOpen-airFeatures over 80 historic buildings, includes the Anabaptist Museum
Museumszentrum MistelbachMistelbachMultiplewebsite, includes the Hermann Nitsch Museum, art, wine
NonseumHerrnbaumgartenwebsite, audited classics of nonsense
Open Air Museum PetronellPetronell-CarnuntumOpen-airwebsite, reconstructions of Ancient Roman houses from Carnuntum
Railway Museum SigmundsbergSigmundsherbergRailwaywebsite
ReckturmWiener NeustadtMilitaryinformation, private collection of weapons
Rohrau CastleRohrauArtHistoric castle with fine painting collection
RollettmuseumBadenMultiplewebsite, science, natural history, archaeology
RosenburgRosenburg-MoldHistoric house
Schallaburg Renaissance CastleSchallaburgHistoric house
Schloss EckartsauEckartsauHistoric housewebsite, Baroque period castle
Schloss HofHistoric houseImperial palace and gardens
Schloss WeitraWeitraMultiplewebsite, includes exhibits about the castle's history, art, regional economic history, brewery museum, area political history from 1945 to the end of the Cold War
Schloss LaxenburgLaxenburgHistoric houseIncludes Franzensburg, several imperial palaces and gardens
Schönberg House in MödlingMödlingBiographyHome of composer Arnold Schönberg
Schwechat MuseumSchwechatLocalwebsite, local history, culture
SeegrotteHinterbrühlMiningFormer gypsum mine and cave system with large underground lake
Tower Museum in the CathedralWiener Neustadtinformation
Vino Versum PoysdorfPoysdorfWinewww.vinoversum.at, exhibition about wine and history
Waldviertel Art MuseumSchremsArtwebsite, exhibits of paintings, sculptures, architecture and design by artists from Austria and abroad, sculpture park
Wiener Neustadt City MuseumWiener NeustadtMultiplewebsite, history, culture, science
Wiener Neustadt Hospital MuseumWiener NeustadtMedicalinformation
Wiener Neustadt Industrial District MuseumWiener NeustadtHistorywebsite, depiction of everyday work using tools, machines and photos
Wiener Neustadt Mineral MuseumWiener NeustadtGeologyinformation
WienerwaldmuseumEichgrabenMultiplewebsite, minerals and fossils, archaeological and ethnographic artifacts, artisan tools, farming equipment, art gallery
Windmill of RetzRetzMillwebsite, working windmill and restaurant
Zdarsky Ski MuseumLilienfeldSportwebsite, history of alpine skiing and work of ski pioneer Mathias Zdarsky

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