Eggerhaus – Museum für historische Bau- und Wohnkultur

About the museum

The "Egger obs Moos" farmstead in Altmünster is first documented in 1504 as an estate of the Ebenzweyer lordship and is probably much older. Around 1700 the house took on its present form when a masonry ground floor was built beneath the older log-built upper storey; in the 19th century a tiled stove and a vaulted ceiling in the entrance hall were added. The striking façade displays pseudo-sgraffito painting from three eras.

In 1995 the house was due to make way for an outbuilding. To save it, an association for the preservation of historic building culture was founded in December 1995, known since 2002 as the "Kulturverein Eggerhaus". The building was surveyed, documented, dismantled and, from 1998, rebuilt at a new site. On 16 August 2003 it opened as a museum of building and living culture.

Today the Eggerhaus presents rural building and living culture of the 17th to 19th centuries, with an entrance hall, parlour, black kitchen and the Hohe Stube (high parlour), which contains furniture from the first half of the 18th century, including early Viechtau farmhouse cupboards from 1729. The ensemble also includes the Eggerstadl, a barn that was dismantled and rebuilt here, and the Troadkasten, a granary rebuilt in 2016. An associated archive documents the rural building culture of Upper Austria, and the barn serves as an event venue.

Highlights

• Log-built house with a pseudo-sgraffito façade from three eras
• Parlour with panelled ceiling and black kitchen
• High parlour with furniture from the early 18th century
• Eggerstadl barn and Troadkasten granary as additions
• Farm garden and cultural events

Permanent exhibitions

• Haupthaus: ländliche Bau- und Wohnkultur – Entrance hall, parlour, black kitchen and high parlour with furnishings from the early 18th to the late 19th century.
• Eggerstadl und Troadkasten – Rebuilt barn and granary as testimony to rural farm buildings.

Founded

2003

Operated by

Kulturverein Eggerhaus Altmünster

Admission & discounts

Charges are based on group size: 1–2 people €10, 3–5 people €20, each additional person €3. Children and young people up to 14 years are free.

Accessibility

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Kids & families

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Getting there & parking

About 15 minutes on foot from the centre of Altmünster, and around 20 minutes to Lake Traunsee; easily combined with the Naturerlebnisweg Gmundnerberg nature trail.

Amenities & dining

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Events & venue rental

• Spaces for rent
• Private parties

The multipurpose room in the main building (space for 50 to 90 people) and the Eggerstadl can be used for events.

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