This list of museums in the state of Carinthia, 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
Name Image Location Type Summary Amthofmuseum Feldkirchen Feldkirchen Local website, local history, culture, natural history Archaeological Pilgrim Museum Globasnitz Archaeology website, archaeological excavations carried out on the Hemmaberg Mountain and the East-Gothic cemetery Archeological Park Magdalensberg Magdalensberg Open-air website, excavated Roman buildings and artifacts Auer von Welsbach Museum Althofen Science website, life and discoveries of scientist and inventor Carl Auer von Welsbach including gas lightings, metal filament light bulbs and pocket lighters, and an originally equipped laboratory BIOS - Nationalpark Hohe Tauern Mallnitz Natural history website, natural science of the Alps Bonsai Museum Seeboden Art website, art of bonsai and Japanese garden design Burg Friesach Friesach Historic house website, modern hand-built construction of an early medieval castle complex Burg Sommeregg Seeboden History Features a museum of medieval torture Carinthia Open Air Museum Maria Saal Open-air website, Austrian traditional farmhouses and rural craft buildings Carinthian Craft Museum Baldramsdorf Art website, rural crafts and working workshops including farming, working in wood, leather, metal, textiles, food making, construction Carinthian Museum of Modern Art Klagenfurt Art website Carniolan Bee Museum Ferlach Natural history information, seasonal, bee keeping and products Carolingian Museum Moosburg Moosburg History website, features archaeological artifacts dating back to the Carolingian dynasty Celtic World in Frög Rosegg Open-air website, recreated Celtic buildings Death Dance Museum Metnitz Art website, large Austrian frescoes showing a 15th-century death dance Eboardmuseum Klagenfurt Music website, Europe's largest collection of electronic keyboard instruments Ehrental Castle Agricultural Museum Klagenfurt Agriculture website, area peasant farm life from manual labor to machine labor Elberstein Castle Globasnitz Historic house website Elli Riehl Museum Winklern Doll website, local culture and life shown through dolls Eva Faschaunerin Home Museum Gmünd Local information, story of the last person to be sent to the gallows from Gmünd Emblem Hall at the Landhaus Klagenfurt Art website, Baroque coat of arms paintings in the former palace Freihausgasse Gallery Villach Art website, municipal art gallery of Austrian and international contemporary art Friesach City Museum Friesach Local Local history, mining, trade, culture Gailtaler Heimatmuseum Maria Saal Local website, natural history, archaeology, industry, history, crafts, culture Granatium Radenthein Mining website, garnet mining Heinrich Harrer Museum Hüttenberg Biographical website, life and travels of explorer and mountaineer Heinrich Harrer, ethnographic artifacts Helga Riedel Doll Museum Hüttenberg Doll website, local culture and life shown through dolls Hochosterwitz Castle Sankt Veit an der Glan Historic house Medieval fortress castle Klagenfurt Mining Museum Klagenfurt Mining website, mining, minerals, fossils, Klagenfurt State Gallery Klagenfurt Art website Knappenberg Mining Museum Knappenberg Mining website, local mining, minerals, tour of an old mine Koschatmuseum Klagenfurt Klagenfurt Biography information, memorial to the famous Carinthian musician and columnist Thomas Koschat Maria Luggau Mill Museum Maria Luggau Mill website, working watermills open for tour Millstatt Abbey Millstatt History History of the former abbey and local history and culture Missonihaus Feldkirchen Local website Museum Carantana Molzbichl History website, early medieval pottery, jewelry, church artifacts Museum des Nötscher Kreises Nötsch Art website, modern art, features art by Sebastian Isepp, Anton Kolig, Franz Wiegele and Anton Mahringer Museum Historama Ferlach Transportation website, heritage railroad, technology museum, model trains, trams Museum im Lavanthaus Wolfsberg Local website, culture, history, nature, people of the Lavant valley region Museum Liaunig Neuhaus Art website, contemporary art Museum St. Veit St. Veit Transportation website, railways, postal service, telecommunication, motorization, model trains, town history Porsche Automuseum Helmut Pfeifhofer Gmünd Transportation website, private museum of Porsche vehicles Prof. Harry Jeschofnig Museum Knappenberg Art website, naturalistic and abstract sculpture Regional Museum of Carinthia Klagenfurt History website, area history and natural history Robert Musil Literature Museum Klagenfurt Biography website, life and work of writer Robert Musil Roman Museum Teurnia St. Peter-in-Holz Archaeology website, excavated Roman settlement Schloss Porcia Spittal an der Drau Multiple Includes the Museum of Popular Culture Schloss Rosegg Rosegg Multiple Includes room displays with life-size wax figures, a wildlife park and a maze Schloss Straßburg Straßburg Multiple Includes rural life artifacts, textile, pipes, changing exhibits Seppenbauer Gasthof-Automuseum Friesach Transportation website, guesthouse with collection of Porsche vehicles St. Paul's Abbey in the Lavanttal Sankt Paul im Lavanttal Art Benedictine monastery with large collections of graphics, coins, sacred art and painting Villach Automotive Museum Villach Transportation website, cars, motorcycles, scooters, mopeds, motor-assisted bicycles Villach City Museum Villach Local website, local history, art, culture Völkermarkt History Museum Völkermarkt Local website Composing hut of Gustav Mahler Maria Wörth Gustav Mahler website Werner Berg Museum Bleiburg Art website, work by area artist Werner Berg Wood Museum Gnesau Art website, art and wood carvings, woodworking tools
References Carinthia Sights