List of museums in Salzburg (state)

This list of museums in the state of Salzburg (state), 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
1 Blick HalleinHalleinArtwebsite, art gallery
Bramberg Heritage & Mineral MuseumBramberg am WildkogelLocalinformation, local history, culture, minerals
Burg KlammsteinDorfgasteinHistoric housewebsite, castle tours with exhibits on history, hunting, minerals, and the Gastein Valley trade route
Burg MauterndorfMauterndorfHistoric houseMedieval castle tours with life-size figures displaying castle life
Cathedral Excavations MuseumSalzburgArchaeologywebsite, excavated artifacts
Celtic Museum HalleinHalleinHistorywebsite, history and culture of the Celts in the area
Die BachschmiedeWals-SiezenheimLocalLocal history, art, culture, performing arts and cultural centre
Edelweiss-Alm Farm MuseumWagrainAgriculturewebsite, working traditional hill farm
Felberturm Museum MittersillMittersillLocalwebsite, country arts and crafts, folk culture and heritage, minerals, sacred art, history of Alpine skiing
FotohofSalzburgPhotographyCenter for Photography: gallery, publishing house, library, archive, workshops
Furnace MuseumThomatalMiningwebsite, restored blast furnace used for smelting
Georg Trakl Memorial CenterSalzburgBiographicalwebsite, birthplace and life of poet Georg Trakl
Hallein Salt MineHalleinMiningTours of the underground salt mine
Haus der NaturSalzburgNatural historywebsite, dinosaurs, geology, animals, human body, space, Christian Doppler, an aquarium and a reptile zoo
Heimatmuseum Schloss RitzenSaalfeldenMultiplewebsite, minerals and fossils, carved nativity scenes, votive tablets, period room displays, agriculture, art exhibits
Hellbrunn PalaceSalzburgHistoryPalace with trick gardens, museum of Salzburg folk culture including customs, folk piety, home living and folk medicine
Hohensalzburg FortressSalzburgHistoric houseMedieval fortress with military exhibits, also houses the Marionette Museum
Hohenwerfen CastleWerfenHistoric houseMedieval fortress with historical falconry centre
Hüttschlag Valley MuseumHüttschlagLocalwebsite, rural life, mining
Joseph Mohr HouseHinterseeToywebsite, collection of dolls, teddy bears, dollhouses and toys
Karl Heinrich Waggerl MuseumWagrainLiterarywebsite, home of author Karl Heinrich Waggerl, features exhibit about composer Joseph Mohr
King of the Skies HouseRaurisNatural historywebsite, birds of prey, located in Nationalpark Hohe Tauern
Krimml Wonder World of WaterKrimmlNatural historywebsite, watershed of the Krimml Waterfalls
Landesskimuseum WerfenwengWerfenwengSportwebsite, equipment, history and memorabilia of Alpine skiing
Marionette MuseumSalzburgPuppetwebsite, located in Hohensalzburg Fortress, features historic puppets of the Salzburg Marionette Theatre
Michael-Haydn-MuseumSalzburgBiographicalwebsite, life of musician Michael Haydn
Michaelbeuern AbbeyDorfbeuernReligiousAbbey tours and religious art and artifacts
Mining and Gothic Museum LeogangLeogangMultiplewebsite, medieval period miner's house, minerals, late medieval religious art, tours of a show mine
Montanmuseum AltböcksteinBad GasteinMultiplewebsite, gold mining, salt, agriculture
Mozart's BirthplaceSalzburgBiographicalwebsite, life of composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and his family
Mozart's ResidenceSalzburgBiographicalwebsite, reconstructed 18th-century home of the family of composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Mozarthaus St. GilgenSt. GilgenHistorywebsite, society and culture during the lifetime of the Mozart family
Museum am KastenturmBischofshofenMultiplewebsite, archaeology, sacred art, sculptures, paintings, liturgical instruments
Museum in Prince StoecklEbenauLocalwebsite, local history, forging tools and equipment, agriculture, hunting, forestry, defense
Museum in the WidumspfisteEbenauLocalwebsite, rural life, mining, crafts
Museum of Modern Art SalzburgSalzburgArtwebsite, two locations in Salzburg
National Park WorldsMittersillNatural historywebsite, one of the visitor centres for Hohe Tauern National Park
Pilgrimage and Parish Museum MariapfarrMariapfarrReligiouswebsite, ecclesiastical art and treasures of the parish church
ResidenzgalerieSalzburgArtPainting from the 16th to the 19th centuries
Roman Museum Wallsee-SindelburgWallsee-SindelburgHistorywebsite, Ancient Roman artifacts and life in the area
Salzburg Baroque MuseumSalzburgArtwebsite, progressive sketches and designs of monumental structures in the 17th and 18th centuries
Salzburg CathedralSalzburgHistoric house17th-century baroque cathedral with collection of goldsmith works, textiles, sculptures and paintings of the Middle Ages and the Baroque
Salzburg MuseumSalzburgLocalCity history, furniture, archaeology, contemporary art exhibits, panorama of the city
Salzburg Open Air MuseumGroßgmainOpen-airwebsite, over 100 reconstructed original buildings from agriculture, handicrafts, rural business and industry
Salzburg ResidenzSalzburgHistoric houseCity palace of the Archbishops of Salzburg
Sigl House MuseumSt. GeorgenLocalwebsite
Silent Night and Heritage Museum OberndorfOberndorf bei SalzburgHistorywebsite, location of the first performance of Silent Night, history of its origin
Silent Night Museum ArnsdorfLamprechtshausenBiographicalwebsite, life of schoolteacher Franz Xaver Gruber, composer of Silent Night
Silent Night Museum HalleinHalleinHistorywebsite, early 19th-century period home of Franz Xaver Gruber, composer of Silent Night
Silent Night Museum MariapfarrMariapfarrBiographicalwebsite, life of composer Joseph Mohr
Spielzug MuseumSalzburgChildren'swebsite, toys
Stefan Zweig CentreSalzburgArtwebsite, life and work of author Stefan Zweig
Stiegl-BrauweltSalzburgBeveragewebsite, history of beer brewing
Taurach RailwayMauterndorfRailwayHeritage railway
Untersberg MuseumGrödigMiningwebsite, marble quarrying and its effects on area economic, social and art history
Vehicle Museum Helmut VötterKaprunAutomobilewebsite, classic cars from the 1950s to 1970s
Water MuseumSalzburgHistorywebsite, elevated water tank and history of the city's water supply

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