Hittisau Women's Museum

Hittisau Women's Museum () is a museum in Hittisau, Austria, devoted to women. It was founded in 2000Concerning a Women's Museum in a rural region Elisabeth Stöckler, founder. and is the only museum of its kind in the country.Diskussion um Hittisauer Frauenmuseum ORF, 8 January 2009. Retrieved 15 September 2010.

The museum displays the cultural achievements of women – particularly from the local Bregenzerwald region – through exhibitions, cultural events, teaching activities for children, presentations and workshops.Frauenmuseum Hittisau: Österreichs erstes Frauenmuseum State of Vorarlberg. Aktivitäten des frauenmuseums 2000/2001/2002 Museum program. Frauenmuseum Municipality of Hittisau.

It is part of the International Association of Women's Museums (IAWM).

The museum won the 2017 Austrian Museum Award.

Architecture

The museum occupies the upper floor of the Feuerwehrhaus und Kulturhaus ("Fire Brigade House and Culture House"), which was built from 1998 to 2000 by the local authorities. The local fire brigade occupies the large basement, there is a seminar room on the ground floor, and a local brass band is also based here. The upper section is made of wood (local silver fir), and the building has a large glass frontage.Frauenmuseum Description of the building.

The building received several architectural prizes, including the national architecture award "Österreichischer Bauherrenpreis" (2000),Bauherrenpreise 1967 bis 2007 Award winners 1967–2007. the "Vorarlberger Hypo-Bauherrenpreis" (2001) in the category Municipal buildings, the "Vorarlberger Holzbaupreis" (2001) as well as the first prize in the category Public cultural and recreational facilities in the national competition "Human-friendly constructing" (2002).

Hittisau Women's Museum

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