List of museums in Lower Austria

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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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