Stadtmuseum Kirchschlag

About the museum

Inspired by the lawyer and local researcher Bruno Schimetschek (1908–2004), a local heritage museum was set up in Kirchschlag in 1984. It was first housed in the Hofhaus on the Hauptplatz, today's city office. Since 1995 the collection has been in the churchyard next to the late Gothic parish church, in a former school building that later also housed a savings bank and the municipal office. After Kirchschlag was granted town status in 2002, the Heimatmuseum became the Stadtmuseum (city museum).

Across two floors with 15 rooms, the museum presents the southeast of Lower Austria, with its main town Kirchschlag, in its geographical, historical and cultural character. It collects the ways of life, interests and memories of the local people: from rural life and imperial busts, the judge's staff and the tower clock, to special collections on fire brigades, radios and televisions, office technology, photo and film cameras, and toys. Two rooms are furnished as a kitchen and bedroom around 1900, and a separate exhibition is devoted to the Kirchschlag Passion plays.

The museum is run by a volunteer association that preserves historically and regionally significant objects and conveys them through exhibitions, guided tours and publications. Annually changing special exhibitions complement the permanent exhibition.

Highlights

• 15 exhibition rooms across two floors
• Special collections on fire brigades, radios, televisions and office technology
• Photo and film cameras, and toys
• Historically furnished kitchen and bedroom around 1900
• Exhibition on the Kirchschlag Passion plays
• Admission by donation

Permanent exhibition

• Dauerausstellung Stadtmuseum – Across 15 rooms, the museum shows regional history, period living rooms around 1900, the Passion plays, and special collections from the fire brigade to toys.

Founded

1984

Operated by

Stadtmuseum Kirchschlag in der Buckligen Welt (ehrenamtlicher Verein)

Director

Mag. Franz Wanek

Admission & discounts

Admission is free.

Admission is based on voluntary donations.

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Getting there & parking

The museum is in the churchyard next to the parish church on Kirchenplatz.

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