Frauenmuseum Hittisau

About the museum

The Women's Museum Hittisau was founded in 2000 and opened on July 7, 2000; founding director was Elisabeth Stöckler, who from the beginning focused on women from the region. Since then the house has shown more than fifty exhibitions and proven that a women's museum also works in rural areas.

The building was designed by architects cukrowicz.nachbaur and built by the municipality of Hittisau. It combines the museum with the local fire department and rehearsal space of the music association: the museum space made of untreated local spruce hovers as a wooden cube over the fire department building and opens with a large glass front to the village center. The building won several architecture awards.

Thematically the museum addresses women's history and women's culture from cultural, social, art and architectural history perspectives, with particular focus on Bregenzerwald and Vorarlberg. There is no permanent exhibition; instead thematic exhibitions are often created in participatory processes. Additionally, a "dispersed collection" documents objects loaned to the museum only temporarily and then returned to their original context.

Particularly distinctive is the mediation: about twenty cultural mediators from the region with very different professions and life paths guide through exhibitions. Since 2018 an association operates the museum, with municipality of Hittisau and state of Vorarlberg represented on the board; director is Stefania Pitscheider Soraperra.

Highlights

• Changing thematic exhibitions on women's history and women's art
• Award-winning timber architecture by cukrowicz.nachbaur over fire department
• Personal mediation by cultural mediators from the region
• Focus on women's history of Bregenzerwald and Vorarlberg

Founded

2000

Operated by

Verein Frauenmuseum Hittisau

Director

Stefania Pitscheider Soraperra

Admission & discounts

Free admission for members of support association and with V-Card, ICOM or Museum Association pass, Culture Pass, for press, cultural mediators and tour guides. Admission and tours also available as gift certificates.

Accessibility

• Wheelchair accessible
• Elevator
• Accessible restroom
• Accessible parking
• Service dogs welcome
• Tactile models & exhibits: no information
• Sign language tours: no information
• Easy-to-read materials: no information
• Audio description: no information

Flat ramp to foyer, staircase lift to exhibition room during opening hours, barrier-free toilets. Designated disabled parking in village center near museum. Folding stools to borrow, seating throughout building, low reception desk; smell and hearing stations in exhibitions.

Kids & families

Great for kids & families

• Family tours & workshops
• Hands-on stations

In current exhibition peace dove Frieda guides children and families to five interactive activity stations. Mediation programs for kindergarten and all school levels.

Getting there & parking

By car via L 200 to Müselbach and continuing via L 205 to Hittisau; from Germany via A14, exit Dornbirn Nord. Bicycle parking directly in front of museum, no e-bike charging.

Amenities & dining

• Museum shop

Museum shop in building.

Events & venue rental

The museum hasn’t published any information on this.

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