Stiftsmuseum Mattsee

About the museum

The Stiftsmuseum is located in the former provostry of the Collegiate Foundation of Mattsee, which is also called the deanery or residence. Dean Salomon Grarock began construction in the early 17th century, the chapter wing was added around 1700, and the building was completed in the late 18th century to plans by the Salzburg court architect Wolfgang Hagenauer. The twelve stately rooms, some with Rococo stucco and stoves, served the collegiate provosts as official seat and residence until 1972.

The successor in office no longer moved into the rooms, turned them into a cultural centre and planned a museum for the paintings, liturgical implements, vestments and furniture collected since the Baroque period. The Salzburg art historian Johannes Neuhardt took over the planning; in 1977 the Stiftsmuseum opened together with the Stiftskeller.

Today, across about 600 square metres, it displays among other things a treasury with a copy of the Tassilo Chalice, a set table of the canons, a painting gallery, the foundation's library, an astronomical clock from 1704 and a documentation of the exile of the Crown of St Stephen in Mattsee in 1945. Dedicated rooms commemorate the composer and music publisher Anton Diabelli and the surgeon Burghard Breitner. The tour, supervised by volunteers, leads from the Stiftsplatz through the church and cloister to the museum rooms.

Highlights

• Treasury with a copy of the Tassilo Chalice
• Astronomical clock from 1704
• The canons' dining room with Salzburg faience
• Rooms on Anton Diabelli and Burghard Breitner
• Documentation on the Crown of St Stephen in exile in Mattsee

Permanent exhibition

• Stiftsmuseum: Kulturhistorische Exponate in zwölf Räumen – Tour through twelve rooms of the former provostry with a treasury, dining room, painting gallery, library, astronomical clock and memorial rooms for Diabelli and Breitner.

Founded

1977

Operated by

Collegiatstift Mattsee

Admission & discounts

Free admission for children under 10, guests with the Seenlandcard and members of the Verein Freunde des Stiftes Mattsee.

Accessibility

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Kids & families

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Getting there & parking

Entrance to the museum at the Stiftskeller (Seestraße 2); postal address Stiftsplatz 1.

Amenities & dining

• Museum shop

Small museum shop with souvenirs; Stiftskeller in the same building.

Events & venue rental

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