List of museums in Lower Austria

Last updated September 25, 2024

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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Name	Location	Type	Summary
Arnulf Rainer Museum	Baden	Art	website, works by contemporary artist Arnulf Rainer
Austrian Motorcycle Museum	Sigmundsherberg	Transportation	website, motorcycles
BAXA Mining Museum	Mannersdorf am Leithagebirge	Mining	information, restored lime kiln and former quarry
Art/Brut Center Gugging	Baden	Art
Artstetten Castle	Artstetten-Pöbring	Biography	Life and times of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria
Bicycle Museum of Retz	Retz	Transportation	website, bicycles
Burg Kreuzenstein	Leobendorf	Historic house	Restored medieval castle
Burg Rappottenstein	Rappottenstein	Historic house	Tours of the medieval fortress castle
Burg Seebenstein	Seebenstein	Historic house	Tours of the medieval fortress castle
Burgruine Aggstein	Schönbühel-Aggsbach	Historic house	Tours of the medieval castle ruins
City Museum Wienertor	Hainburg an der Donau	Local	website, local history, prehistory, natural history
City Museum Traiskirchen	Traiskirchen	Local	website, local history, home life, culture
Das Heizhaus	Strasshof an der Nordbahn	Railway	website
District Folklore Museum Lilienfeld	Lilienfeld	Local	website
Dorfmuseum Kritzendorf	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	Tulln an der Donau	Art	Works by painter Egon Schiele, contemporary art exhibits
Eisenbahnmuseum Schwechat	Schwechat	Railway	website
Essl Museum	Klosterneuburg	Art	website, contemporary art
Field and Industrial Railway Museum	Hohenberg	Railway	website
Fire Museum Perchtoldsdorf	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	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	Gaming	Religious	Features museum in the former monastery's history and medieval life
Göttweig Abbey	Göttweig	Religious	Includes tours of the Baroque monastery complex and imperial museum
Gozzoburg	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	Rohrau	Biography	Late 18th-century period birthplace of composer Joseph Haydn
Höbarthmuseum	Horn	Multiple	website, local history, weapons, watches and clocks
Hungarian Tower City Museum	Bruck an der Leitha	Local	website
Karikaturmuseum Krems	Krems	Art	website, caricature, cartoon, comic and satirical art
Kitchen Museum	Herrnbaumgarten	History	website, period kitchen displays, cookware and serving pieces
Klosterneuburg Monastery	Klosterneuburg	Art	Tours of the monastery and museum of religious art
Klosterneuburg City Museum	Klosterneuburg	Local	website, local history
Krahuletz Museum	Eggenburg	Multiple	website, minerals and fossils, archaeological and ethnographic artifacts
Kunsthalle Krems	Krems	Art	website, exhibits of art, photography, culture
Landesgalerie Niederösterreich	Krems	Art	website, exhibits of art
Little Train Museum	Altenmarkt an der Triesting	Railway	Model railroads, open by appointment
Loisium	Langenlois	Wine	website, area winemaking
Lower Austria Museum	St. Pölten	Multiple	Local history, art, natural history
Mannersdorf City Museum	Mannersdorf am Leithagebirge	Local	website, local history, archaeology, geology
Michelstetten School Museum	Michelstetten	Education	website, 19th-century period school
Moravian Silesian Heritage Museum	Klosterneuburg	Ethnic	website, decorative art and culture of the Sudeten Germans
Museum Carnuntinum	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	Wiener Neustadt	Aviation	website, Austrian history of aviation
Museum of Historical Beer Mugs	Hainfeld	Decorative arts	website, collection of beer mugs
Museum Retz	Retz	Local	website, local history, musical instruments,
Museumsdorf Niedersulz	Sulz im Weinviertel	Open-air	Features over 80 historic buildings, includes the Anabaptist Museum
Museumszentrum Mistelbach	Mistelbach	Multiple	website, includes the Hermann Nitsch Museum, art, wine
Nonseum	Herrnbaumgarten		website, audited classics of nonsense
Open Air Museum Petronell	Petronell-Carnuntum	Open-air	website, reconstructions of Ancient Roman houses from Carnuntum
Railway Museum Sigmundsberg	Sigmundsherberg	Railway	website
Reckturm	Wiener Neustadt	Military	information, private collection of weapons
Rohrau Castle	Rohrau	Art	Historic castle with fine painting collection
Rollettmuseum	Baden	Multiple	website, science, natural history, archaeology
Rosenburg	Rosenburg-Mold	Historic house
Schallaburg Renaissance Castle	Schallaburg	Historic house
Schloss Eckartsau	Eckartsau	Historic house	website, Baroque period castle
Schloss Hof		Historic house	Imperial palace and gardens
Schloss Weitra	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	Laxenburg	Historic house	Includes Franzensburg, several imperial palaces and gardens
Schönberg House in Mödling	Mödling	Biography	Home of composer Arnold Schoenberg
Schwechat Museum	Schwechat	Local	website, local history, culture
Seegrotte	Hinterbrühl	Mining	Former gypsum mine and cave system with large underground lake
Tower Museum in the Cathedral	Wiener Neustadt		information
Vino Versum Poysdorf	Poysdorf	Wine	www.vinoversum.at, exhibition about wine and history
Waldviertel Art Museum	Schrems	Art	website, exhibits of paintings, sculptures, architecture and design by artists from Austria and abroad, sculpture park
Wiener Neustadt City Museum	Wiener Neustadt	Multiple	website, history, culture, science
Wiener Neustadt Hospital Museum	Wiener Neustadt	Medical	information
Wiener Neustadt Industrial District Museum	Wiener Neustadt	History	website, depiction of everyday work using tools, machines and photos
Wiener Neustadt Mineral Museum	Wiener Neustadt	Geology	information
Wienerwaldmuseum	Eichgraben	Multiple	website, minerals and fossils, archaeological and ethnographic artifacts, artisan tools, farming equipment, art gallery
Windmill of Retz	Retz	Mill	website, working windmill and restaurant
Zdarsky Ski Museum	Lilienfeld	Sport	website, history of alpine skiing and work of ski pioneer Mathias Zdarsky

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