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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Name Image 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 Schönberg
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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