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.

The list

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Name	Image	Location	Type	Summary
Arnulf Rainer Museum	File:Baden rainermuseum.jpg	Baden	Art	website, works by contemporary artist Arnulf Rainer
Austrian Motorcycle Museum		Sigmundsherberg	Transportation	website, motorcycles
BAXA Mining Museum	File:Mannersdorf Leithagebirge Steinbruch 2010 02.jpg	Mannersdorf am Leithagebirge	Mining	information, restored lime kiln and former quarry
Beethoven-Haus Baden	File:Beethovenhaus, Haus der Neunten, Baden bei Wien (1).jpg	Baden bei Wien	Music	website, about Ludwig van Beethoven, who stayed here while working on his Ninth Symphony
Museum Gugging	File:Muzeo gugging.JPG	Maria Gugging	Art	website works by Gugginger Artists and international art brut
Artstetten Castle	File:Artstetten - Schloss.JPG	Artstetten-Pöbring	Biography	Life and times of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria
Bicycle Museum of Retz		Retz	Transportation	website, bicycles
Burg Kreuzenstein	File:Leobendorf - Burg Kreuzenstein (5).JPG	Leobendorf	Historic house	Restored medieval castle
Burg Rappottenstein	File:Rappottenstein - Burg (2).JPG	Rappottenstein	Historic house	Tours of the medieval fortress castle
Burg Seebenstein	File:Seebenstein - Burg (1).JPG	Seebenstein	Historic house	Tours of the medieval fortress castle
Burgruine Aggstein	File:Burgruine-Aggstein.jpg	Schönbühel-Aggsbach	Historic house	Tours of the medieval castle ruins
City Museum Wienertor	File:Hainburg - Wiener Tor.JPG	Hainburg an der Donau	Local	website, local history, prehistory, natural history
City Museum Traiskirchen		Traiskirchen	Local	website, local history, home life, culture
Das Heizhaus	File:Strasshof - Eisenbahnmuseum, Dampflokomotiven.JPG	Strasshof an der Nordbahn	Railway	website
District Folklore Museum Lilienfeld	File:Bezirksheimatmuseum Lilienfeld mit Zdarsky--Schi-Museum.jpg	Lilienfeld	Local	website
Dorfmuseum Kritzendorf	File:Ofica Domo Kritzendorf.JPG	Klosterneuburg	Local	website, village history, agriculture, domestic life
Edmund Adler Gallery		Mannersdorf am Leithagebirge	Art	website, municipal art gallery, works by local painter Edmund Adler
Egon Schiele Museum	File:Egon-Schiele-Museum 1644-46.JPG	Tulln an der Donau	Art	Works by painter Egon Schiele, contemporary art exhibits
Eisenbahnmuseum Schwechat	File:Eisenbahnmuseum Schwechat 1.jpg	Schwechat	Railway	website
Essl Museum	File:ESSL-muzeo.JPG	Klosterneuburg	Art	website, contemporary art
Field and Industrial Railway Museum		Hohenberg	Railway	website
Fire Museum Perchtoldsdorf	File:Landfahrspritze Pdorf.jpg	Perchtoldsdorf	Firefighting	website, firefighting equipment, helmets, hoses
First Austrian Museum of Everyday History		Pölla	History	information, rural life and social changes of Lower Austria
Fischamend Museum	File:Fischamend - Stadtturm (3).JPG	Fischamend	Local	website, local history, prehistory, industry, culture
Forest Farm Museum		Gutenstein	History	website, woodworking, carpentry, tools, uses
Gallery of Lower Austria for Contemporary Art Krems		Krems	Art	website
Gallery of Lower Austria for Contemporary Art St. Pölten		St. Pölten	Art	website
Galerie Stadtpark		Krems	Art	website
Gaming Charterhouse	File:Kartause Gaming Kirchenfassade und Arkadenhof.jpg	Gaming	Religious	Features museum in the former monastery's history and medieval life
Göttweig Abbey	File:Stift Goettweig Stiftskirche01.jpg	Göttweig	Religious	Includes tours of the Baroque monastery complex and imperial museum
Gozzoburg	File:Gozzoburg Krems.jpg	Krems	Art	website, tours of the Medieval hall with frescoes
Grocery Museum		Herrnbaumgarten	History	website, late 19th-century period general store
Haydn's birthplace in Rohrau	File:Haydngeburtshaus.jpg	Rohrau	Biography	Late 18th-century period birthplace of composer Joseph Haydn
Höbarthmuseum	File:GuentherZ 2011-05-14 0042 Horn Hoebarthmuseum.jpg	Horn	Multiple	website, local history, weapons, watches and clocks
Hungarian Tower City Museum	File:CIMG5538 ungarturm.jpg	Bruck an der Leitha	Local	website
Karikaturmuseum Krems	File:Karikaturmuseum Krems 01.JPG	Krems	Art	website, caricature, cartoon, comic and satirical art
Kitchen Museum	File:Küchenmuseum 4916.jpg	Herrnbaumgarten	History	website, period kitchen displays, cookware and serving pieces
Klosterneuburg Monastery	File:Klosterneuburg - Stift.JPG	Klosterneuburg	Art	Tours of the monastery and museum of religious art
Klosterneuburg City Museum		Klosterneuburg	Local	website, local history
Krahuletz Museum	File:GuentherZ 2011-09-10 0314 Eggenburg Krahuletzmuseum.jpg	Eggenburg	Multiple	website, minerals and fossils, archaeological and ethnographic artifacts
Kunsthalle Krems	File:Krems an der Donau - Kunsthalle.JPG	Krems	Art	website, exhibits of art, photography, culture
Landesgalerie Niederösterreich	File:Krems - Landesgalerie Niederösterreich (3).JPG	Krems	Art	website, exhibits of art
Little Train Museum		Altenmarkt an der Triesting	Railway	Model railroads, open by appointment
Loisium	File:Loisium Langenlois.jpg	Langenlois	Wine	website, area winemaking
Lower Austria Museum	File:Landesmuseum Niederösterreich Foto Hertha Hurnaus (8).jpg	St. Pölten	Multiple	Local history, art, natural history
Mannersdorf City Museum	File:Museum Mannersdorf-Blauer Bruch.JPG	Mannersdorf am Leithagebirge	Local	website, local history, archaeology, geology
Michelstetten School Museum	File:Michelstetten Schulmuseum3.JPG	Michelstetten	Education	website, 19th-century period school
Moravian Silesian Heritage Museum	File:Rostockvilla Klosterneuburg.JPG	Klosterneuburg	Ethnic	website, decorative art and culture of the Sudeten Germans
Museum Carnuntinum	File:Carnuntum Museum Carnuntinum.jpg	Bad Deutsch-Altenburg	Open-air	Exhibits important archeological finds from the ancient city Carnuntum
Museum Kierling		Kierling	Local	website, local history, collection of silhouettes, kitchen items and cookbooks, horse-drawn vehicles and farm implements
Museum Krems		Krems	Multiple	website, city's history, culture. art collection
Museum of Flight Aviaticum	File:Scheibe Specht.JPG	Wiener Neustadt	Aviation	website, Austrian history of aviation
Museum of Historical Beer Mugs	File:Hainfeld-Bierkrugmuseum 3603.jpg	Hainfeld	Decorative arts	website, collection of beer mugs
Museum Retz		Retz	Local	website, local history, musical instruments,
Museumsdorf Niedersulz	File:AMTSSTUBE-BUERGERMEISTERHAUS.JPG	Sulz im Weinviertel	Open-air	Features over 80 historic buildings, includes the Anabaptist Museum
Museumszentrum Mistelbach	File:MZM.MistelbachAnDerZaya.Hauptfront.Ab.JPG	Mistelbach	Multiple	website, includes the Hermann Nitsch Museum, art, wine
Nonseum		Herrnbaumgarten		website, audited classics of nonsense
Open Air Museum Petronell	File:Carnuntum thermae 01.JPG	Petronell-Carnuntum	Open-air	website, reconstructions of Ancient Roman houses from Carnuntum
Pleyel Museum	File:Ruppersthal Pleyel Schule.jpg	Großweikersdorf	Music	website, birthplace of the composer Ignaz Pleyel, dedicated to his life and work
Railway Museum Sigmundsberg	File:ÖBB X 150.05.JPG	Sigmundsherberg	Railway	website
Reckturm		Wiener Neustadt	Military	information, private collection of weapons
Rohrau Castle	File:Rohrau - Schloss Harrach (1).JPG	Rohrau	Art	Historic castle with fine painting collection
Rollettmuseum	File:Rollettmuseum (Karl Gruber, 2009).jpg	Baden	Multiple	website, science, natural history, archaeology
Rosenburg	File:Rosenburg - Schloss (4).JPG	Rosenburg-Mold	Historic house
Schallaburg Renaissance Castle	File:Schallaburg - Schloss, nordseitig.JPG	Schallaburg	Historic house
Schloss Eckartsau	File:Eckartsau - Schloss (3).JPG	Eckartsau	Historic house	website, Baroque period castle
Schloss Hof	File:Engelhartstetten - Schloss Hof (1).JPG		Historic house	Imperial palace and gardens
Schloss Weitra	File:Schloss weitra 01.jpg	Weitra	Multiple	website, 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 Laxenburg	File:Laxenburg - Franzensburg (2).JPG	Laxenburg	Historic house	Includes Franzensburg, several imperial palaces and gardens
Schönberg House in Mödling	File:Mödling 8327.jpg	Mödling	Biography	Home of composer Arnold Schoenberg
Schwechat Museum	File:Schwechat Gutshof Meierhof Felmayergarten 2011.jpg	Schwechat	Local	website, local history, culture
Seegrotte	File:Filmkulisse Boot Seegrotte.JPG	Hinterbrühl	Mining	Former gypsum mine and cave system with large underground lake
Tower Museum in the Cathedral	File:Wiener Neustadt - Dom (3).JPG	Wiener Neustadt		information
Vino Versum Poysdorf	File:Interaktives Wappen.JPG	Poysdorf	Wine	www.vinoversum.at, exhibition about wine and history
Waldviertel Art Museum	File:FrontMontage1 Ausschnitt.jpg	Schrems	Art	website, exhibits of paintings, sculptures, architecture and design by artists from Austria and abroad, sculpture park
Wiener Neustadt City Museum	File:WrNeustadt Stadtmuseum 01.JPG	Wiener Neustadt	Multiple	website, history, culture, science
Wiener Neustadt Hospital Museum		Wiener Neustadt	Medical	information
Wiener Neustadt Industrial District Museum	File:IndustrieviertelMuseumWienerNeustadt.10A.jpg	Wiener Neustadt	History	website, depiction of everyday work using tools, machines and photos
Wiener Neustadt Mineral Museum	File:Karmeliterkirche.WienerNeustadt.09A.JPG	Wiener Neustadt	Geology	information
Wienerwaldmuseum	File:Wienerwaldmuseum Eichgraben.jpg	Eichgraben	Multiple	website, minerals and fossils, archaeological and ethnographic artifacts, artisan tools, farming equipment, art gallery
Windmill of Retz	File:Windmill in Retz.jpg	Retz	Mill	website, working windmill and restaurant
Zdarsky Ski Museum	File:Bezirksheimatmuseum Lilienfeld mit Zdarsky--Schi-Museum.jpg	Lilienfeld	Sport	website, history of alpine skiing and work of ski pioneer Mathias Zdarsky

References

• Lower Austrian Museums Association (in German)
• Austria Tourism: Museums in Lower Austria
• History of Lower Austria Database