Museum Fronfeste

About the museum

The roots of the museum go back to 1984, when a teacher began building a local history museum in the local fire station. Since 1991 there has been a dedicated museum management that systematically expands the museum; in 1995 a museum association joined as a supporter.

In 1999 the collection moved into the former municipal lock-up, the Fronfeste, on the Hauptstraße. The building formerly served as the market town's jail; the cells and the practice of the old jurisdiction remain a theme of the museum to this day.

In terms of content, the museum combines regional history with current social questions. Its focus areas are the Romans in the surroundings of Iuvavum (finds from excavations around Neumarkt), the market town's jurisdiction, and the working world of historical trades such as hatters, tanners and pouch makers, which visitors can experience hands-on. Changing annual exhibitions also incorporate contemporary art.

In the street-facing rooms the museum has run the Kramerey since 2020, a shop with regional and handmade products including a café. There are also workshops, school and holiday programmes and outdoor stations around the town.

Highlights

• Former municipal lock-up with prison cells
• Roman-era finds from excavations around Neumarkt
• Historical trades to touch and understand: hatters, tanners, pouch makers
• Kramerey: shop with regional products and café
• Workshops and holiday programme for children

Founded

1984

Operated by

Museumsverein Fronfeste (Neumarkt am Wallersee)

Admission & discounts

Free admission: Ruperti town festival Neumarkt am Wallersee and Salzburg Museum Weekend

Free admission for association members, members of the Austrian Museums Association and ICOM, Salzburger Seenland Card, membership card of the Landesverband Salzburger Museen und Sammlungen, and unemployed people.

Accessibility

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

Step-free access on the ground floor with pop-up gallery and museum shop; accessible parking space directly in front of the building with no steps, wheelchair-accessible toilet on the ground floor.

Kids & families

Great for kids & families

• Family tours & workshops
• Hands-on stations

Holiday programme and workshops for children (crafts, sewing, creative design), kindergarten programmes and school workshops; historical trades to touch and understand.

Getting there & parking

The bus lines can also be used as a shuttle between the station and the museum. Accessible parking space directly in front of the museum.

Amenities & dining

• Café
• Museum shop

Kramerey café with EZA fair-trade coffee specialities; Kramerey museum shop with regional products.

Events & venue rental

The museum hasn’t published any information on this.

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