Anton-Bruckner-Museum Ansfelden
Birthplace of Anton Bruckner in the old schoolhouse of Ansfelden with memorabilia, the organ console from St. Florian and a listening room with thousands of recordings.
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About the museum
Anton Bruckner was born in 1824 in the schoolhouse of Ansfelden, where his father worked as a schoolteacher and the family lived. The simple building in the village centre still evokes the rural surroundings in which the future organist and symphonist grew up before he went to the nearby St. Florian Abbey as a choirboy.
In 1971 a memorial was set up in the former schoolhouse, with a tour following Bruckner's musical career. After renovation and redesign, the house reopened in 2014 as the Anton Bruckner Museum. On view are the living room, the room where he was born and a classroom, as well as the composer's personal belongings, instruments and manuscripts. A particular highlight is the original Baroque console of the organ of St. Florian, on which Bruckner played for many years.
For his 200th birthday in 2024, the permanent exhibition was revised as part of the Upper Austrian KulturEXPO and supplemented with further objects. Since then there has been a listening room where visitors can interactively navigate through some 5,000 digitised sound recordings from the 1940s to the present – according to the operator, the largest Bruckner sound archive in the world. A multimedia audio biography links the stages of his life with music, images and sound. The museum is run by OÖ Landes-Kultur GmbH.
Highlights
- Birth room and living room in the old schoolhouse
- Baroque console of the St. Florian organ
- Listening room with around 5,000 Bruckner recordings
- Multimedia audio biography
- Manuscripts, instruments and personal belongings of Bruckner
Permanent exhibition
- Anton Bruckner – Geburtshaus und Hörraum – Tour through the rooms of the birthplace with documents on Bruckner's life and work, complemented by an audio biography and the interactive Bruckner sound archive.
- Founded
- 2014
- Operated by
- OÖ Landes-Kultur GmbH
Admission & discounts
| Adults | €4 |
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| Reduced | €3Groups of 8 or more adults, seniors aged 60 and over, children and young people (6–19), school pupils, people in vocational training up to 26, students, civilian and military service members, 4youCard and numerous membership cards |
| Children & teens | €3Children and young people aged 6 to 19 |
| Seniors | €3From age 60 |
| Visitors with disabilities | freecompanion free · Free admission for people with disabilities; companion free if noted in the ID. |
| Students & apprentices | €3 |
| Groups (8+ people) | €3 per personPer person |
| Families | €9Two adults with children; €8 with the OÖ Familienkarte. |
| Family (1 adult + children) | €6€5 with the OÖ Familienkarte |
| Cultural education programme (1 hour) | €31.5 hours €4, 2 hours or workshop €5 |
| Private tour (group of up to 20 people) | €60Plus admission |
Free admission for school, after-school care and kindergarten groups, with KULTURCARD 365, the “Hunger auf Kunst & Kultur” culture pass, ICOM and Museumsbund ID. Discounts, among others, with the Linz Card, Ö1 Club, AK benefit card and OÖN plus.
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Kids & families
| Family ticket | €9 · Two adults with children; €8 with the OÖ Familienkarte. |
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- Hands-on stations
Interactive listening room where you navigate through Bruckner recordings yourself; family tickets with the OÖ Familienkarte.
Getting there & parking
By public transit
Ansfelden Schule
Regional bus lines 611 and 615 to Ansfelden Schule.
The museum is located on the Römerradweg cycle route.
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Plan your visit
| Guided tours | yes · approx. 60 min |
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| School programs | yes |
| Good to know | Tours for adults and school classes on request with two weeks' notice: kulturvermittlung@ooelkg.at, +43 732 7720 52222. Educational programme for school classes. |
