Museum Historischer Bierkrüge Hainfeld

About the museum

The foundation was laid by the management consultant Johann Hasenauer with a pewter tankard that he was given as a gift while studying in England. Over about 40 years he gathered historic drinking vessels from the style periods from the Renaissance to Art Deco, mostly originals. In 2004 he decided to show part of them publicly, trained as a museum curator and looked for a location for the first museum of its kind in Austria.

The choice fell on Hainfeld, an old brewing town in the Mostviertel whose brewery has existed since 1757. With the support of the municipality, the NÖ-Stadterneuerung (Lower Austrian urban renewal) and committed private individuals, the museum was opened on 6 October 2006. After the founder's death in 2016, the Kulturverein Hainfeld runs the museum.

The around 350 steins are arranged by manufactories and artists and tell of the use and significance of the vessels, from guild and student steins to ornate show pieces. In the same building, the Hainfeld Museum shows the town's history up to 1900 with figure stations and commemorates the 1888/89 unification congress of the Social Democrats in a dedicated room. A few steps away is the Bräustüberl of the Hainfeld brewery.

Highlights

• Around 350 beer steins from 1500 to 1950
• Guild, student and ornate show vessels
• Arranged by famous manufactories and artists
• Hainfeld Museum on the town's history up to 1900
• Memorial room on the 1888/89 unification congress of the Social Democrats

Permanent exhibitions

• Museum Historischer Bierkrüge – Around 350 beer steins and drinking vessels from 1500 to 1950 from the collection of Johann Hasenauer, arranged by manufactories and artists.
• Hainfeld Museum – Hainfeld's town history up to 1900 in figure stations and a memorial room on the 1888/89 unification congress of the Social Democrats.

Founded

2006

Operated by

Kulturverein Hainfeld (Medieninhaber: Stadtgemeinde Hainfeld)

Admission & discounts

Free admission once with the Niederösterreich-CARD.

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Amenities & dining

Bräustüberl of the Hainfeld brewery a few steps from the museum.

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