Museum der Stadt Villach

Om museet

The foundation of the museum was laid in 1873 by the building contractor Carl Andreas Picco, who made his collection available to the city. This makes it one of the oldest city museums in Austria. After several temporary premises, it moved in 1935 into a building on Kaiser-Joseph-Platz, which was destroyed in bombing raids in 1945; the holdings, however, had been relocated in time and survived.

Since 1960 the museum has been housed in a townhouse on Widmanngasse. It was created around 1600 by merging two older houses and belonged for generations to families of the urban upper class, most recently the Crusiz family from 1817. The arcaded courtyard and several interior rooms have retained their Renaissance character; the street façade received its present appearance in 1893.

On roughly 800 m², the permanent exhibition shows archaeological finds from six millennia, the development of Villach as a bridge, market and trading town, and art from the Middle Ages to the present. In the courtyard and the lapidarium stand Roman stone monuments made of local marble, alongside medieval testimonies such as a 15th-century pillory. A major special exhibition is added every year.

The museum has three branches: the Relief of Carinthia in Schillerpark, the Stadtpfarrturm (parish church tower) as a viewing point, and the showroom in the former Bamberger Burg. The museum holds the Austrian Museum Seal of Quality and also looks after the city archive.

Højdepunkter

• Collection of Roman stones in the arcaded courtyard and lapidarium
• Funeral shield of the provincial governor Christoph Khevenhüller
• Archaeological finds from six millennia, including a Roman gold coin hoard
• Medieval panel paintings, including predella panels of the Maria Gail winged altarpiece
• City model with a virtual tour of medieval Villach
• Hands-on stations and puzzle booklet for children

Permanente udstillinger

• Archäologie – Newly designed section with archaeological finds from six millennia – from Stone Age finds from the Kanzianiberg and Celtic and Roman coins to early medieval grave jewellery.
• Stadtgeschichte – Crafts and trade, bourgeoisie and nobility, and the development of Villach from a bridge settlement to a town, complemented by a city model and stone monuments in the courtyard.
• Kunstsammlung – Panel paintings and sculptures by medieval masters as well as landscapes and portraits by regional painters such as Jakob Canciani and the Willroider brothers, up to the present day.

Grundlagt

1873

Ejer

Stadt Villach

Ledelse

Andreas Kuchler

Entrépriser & rabatter

Free admission with Kärnten Card, ICOM card and Erlebnis CARD/summer programme. Tickets are also available online.

Tilgængelighed

• Kørestolsvenlig: ingen oplysninger
• Elevator: ingen oplysninger
• Handicaptoilet: ingen oplysninger
• Handicapparkering: ingen oplysninger
• Servicehunde tilladt: ingen oplysninger
• Taktile tilbud: ingen oplysninger
• Rundvisninger på tegnsprog: ingen oplysninger
• Letlæste tilbud: ingen oplysninger
• Synstolkning: ingen oplysninger

Special tours for people with dementia or cognitive impairments.

Børn og familie

Velegnet til børn og familier

• Familieomvisninger & workshops
• Opgavehæfte, skattejagt eller audioguide for børn
• Interaktive stationer

At the ticket desk there is a puzzle booklet featuring the museum mascot Wunderwauzi. In the exhibition, texts for children and hands-on stations help: a stone axe and a copper axe to touch, a tunic and toga to try on, a magnetic map of the raw materials of the Roman Empire, and a role-play about Anna Neumann. Children and young people under 19 have free admission.

Transport & parkering

In the city centre, about a 2-minute walk west of the Stadtpfarrkirche.

Service & spisesteder

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Arrangementer & udlejning

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