Stadtmuseum Steyr

About the museum

The Innerberger Stadel on the Grünmarkt was built from 1590 as a municipal storehouse for food needed for the iron trade around the Styrian Erzberg. The massive double-gabled house with its sgraffito façade, fresco above the stone portal and wrought-iron double eagle bears witness to high-quality craftsmanship; its construction history dragged on for a long time through the Turkish wars, the peasant uprising and the Counter-Reformation.

The town museum itself goes back to a citizens' initiative of 1884. From 1895 the collection was shown in the town hall, and in 1913 it moved to the Innerberger Stadel. For the Upper Austrian State Exhibition 2021, the building was restored and converted into a barrier-free museum in which historic fabric and contemporary architecture interact. The concept was also redesigned.

Using themes, media stations and an audio guide, the permanent exhibition tells of the nobility, middle class and working class in the iron town of Steyr, which in the Middle Ages was for a time the second-largest town in Austria. The collection includes knives from the Petermandl collection and parts of the Steinparz bird collection. Since 2024, the multimedia show "UN#ERHÖRT, dieser Bruckner!" has supplemented the permanent exhibition with the composer's music and relationship stories in Steyr.

Highlights

• Permanent exhibition on the town history of the iron town of Steyr
• Innerberger Stadel with sgraffito façade
• Bruckner exhibition with music installations
• Free audio guide in German and English
• Barrier-free museum with Easy Read language and Austrian Sign Language videos

Permanent exhibitions

• Dauerausstellung zur Stadtgeschichte – Steyr's town history from the High Middle Ages to the 19th century, with a focus on the iron trade, the middle classes and well-known personalities.
• UN#ERHÖRT, dieser Bruckner! – Multimedia supplement to the permanent exhibition on Anton Bruckner's relationships and music in Steyr, with interactive music installations.

Founded

1913

Operated by

Stadt Steyr

Director

Maria Ogawa

Admission & discounts

Free admission with the Steyr Card and the Kulturpass "Hunger auf Kunst & Kultur". School classes: tour or workshop for up to 12 pupils €48, each additional person €4.

Accessibility

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

Museum converted to be barrier-free, with a lift, content in Easy Read language and videos in Austrian Sign Language; the town's history can also be explored online via a drone flight.

Kids & families

Great for kids & families

• Family tours & workshops

Offers for families and children, such as the blacksmith workshop "Fire & Iron", independent exploration of the Bruckner exhibition for children and a Kids-Treff; family ticket €14.

Getting there & parking

The museum is located on the Grünmarkt in Steyr's old town and is best reached on foot from the old town.

Amenities & dining

• Museum shop

Museum shop with T-shirts, bags, magnets, books and wrapping paper.

Events & venue rental

The museum hasn’t published any information on this.

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