This list of museums in the state of Upper 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 Location Type Summary Alpineum Hinterstoder Local website, mountain life including mountain farming, skiing and sports, rescues, natural history, forestry Anton Bruckner Center Ansfelden Biographical website, music venue adjacent to the Anton Bruckner Museum, birthplace of composer Anton Bruckner Ars Electronica Center Linz Science Science, modern digital technology and art Austrian Rock Art Museum Spital am Pyhrn Archaeology website, petroglyphs and rock art Austrian Paper Making Museum Laakirchen Industry website, paper making, printing, bookmaking Ampflwang Railway Museum Ampflwang im Hausruckwald Railway Steam locomotives Bauer Furniture Museum Hirschbach Hirschbach im Mühlkreis Decorative arts website, handcrafted rustic furniture Biology Centre Linz Linz Natural history website, animal and plant world, rocks and minerals City Museum Gmunden Gmunden Local website, local history, ceramics and salt industries City Museum Ulrichsberg Ulrichsberg Art information, features glass pieces from area manufacturers Composing hut of Gustav Mahler Steinbach am Attersee Gustav Mahler Crime Museum Scharnstein Grünau im Almtal Law enforcement website, history of the Austrian judicial and security system from the late Middle Ages to the present day Dye Museum Gutau Textile information, dyeing process Ebensee Memorial Ebensee History Guided tours of World War II concentration camp, museum of area history between 1918 and 1955 Gleink Abbey Steyr Religious Former Benedictine abbey with museum of ecclesiastical embroidery and objects Hafner House Leopoldschlag Decorative arts website, earthenware making Hallstatt Salt Mine Hallstatt Mining website, tours of the working salt mine, linked to the Hallein Salt Mine Haenel Pancera Museum Bad Ischl Art website, collection of decorative arts, many from Asia Heritage Museum Achental Sixenhof Rural website, rural life, trades and crafts Kaiservilla Bad Ischl Historic house Summer palace of Kaiser Franz Joseph I and Empress Elisabeth of Austria (Sisi) Keltendorf Mitterkirchen Mitterkirchen im Machland Living website, reconstructed Hallstatt village complex Kremsmünster Abbey Kremsmünster Multiple Guided tours of the Benedictine monastery, collections of art, natural history Landesgalerie Linz Linz Art website, modern and contemporary art Lentos Art Museum Linz Art Modern art and sculpture Lignorama Wood and Tool Museum Riedau Art website, integrated life of wood, woodworking, use in building and art Mauthausen Memorial Mauthausen History Located at the former Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp Mechanical Museum Museum Riedau Music website, mechanical music instruments Museum Car, Technology, Aviation Bad Ischl Technology website, technical development in transportation and the civil, military and agricultural sectors Museum Lauriacum Enns Archaeology website, artifacts from the Roman Legion camp Lauriacum including military equipment, grave monuments, ceiling fresco Museum Hallstatt Hallstatt Archaeology website, Hallstatt culture artifacts, salt mining Museum of Bad Ischl Bad Ischl Local website, local history, culture, art, art and artifacts from Asia and around the world Museum of Labor Steyr History website, mechanisms of international integration of production and their impact on work, life and society Natural History Museum Salzkammergut Ebensee Natural history website, area plants and animals Nordico Linz Local website, city history, archaeology, art, culture Ochzethaus Altheim Archaeology website, museum of life in Ancient Rome, open air excavations of ancient Roman villa OK Centrum Linz Art website, contemporary art Protestant Museum of Upper Austria Rutzenmoos Religious website Schloss Hartheim Alkoven History Renaissance castle used by the Nazis as the Hartheim Euthanasia Centre Schloss Museum Linz Linz Multiple website, art, decorative arts and crafts, musical instruments, numismatics, ethnography, archaeology SKGLB Museum Mondsee Railway Skulpturenpark Artpark Linz Art Sculpture garden Tower 9 – Leonding City Museum Leonding Local website, local history, culture Villa Franz Lehár Bad Ischl Historic house website, home of composer Franz Lehár Villa Ingenious Rohrbach in Oberösterreich Art website, perception through the five senses Weaving Museum Haslach Haslach an der Mühl Textile website, preparation of flax, manual and mechanical weaving
References Upper Austrian Museums Association Museums in Austria