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.
The list
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 Beethoven-Haus Baden Baden bei Wien Music website, about Ludwig van Beethoven, who stayed here while working on his Ninth Symphony Museum Gugging Maria Gugging Art website works by Gugginger Artists and international art brut 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 Pleyel Museum Großweikersdorf Music website, birthplace of the composer Ignaz Pleyel, dedicated to his life and work 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
References Lower Austrian Museums Association Austria Tourism: Museums in Lower Austria History of Lower Austria Database