Uhrmacher-Handwerk-Museum Vöcklamarkt
Museum in Vöcklamarkt with clockmaking craft, Roman finds, regional history, a historic grocer's shop and period furniture from the imperial era.
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About the museum
The impetus for the museum came from master clockmaker Eduard Gruber, who on 6 May 2003 founded a joint local history association for Vöcklamarkt, Pfaffing and Fornach. With the support of a generous sponsor and a house lent free of charge, the Moserhaus, the young association was able to use rooms from 2006. On 6 December 2008 the Clockmaking Craft Museum and the Heimatstube (local history room) were officially opened.
In 2011, four years of excavations of Roman finds in the Vöckla valley began, carried out jointly with the University of Vienna. After the municipality acquired the Stögerhaus, the museum moved there and was opened for a second time at the new location on 5 September 2015. In 2016 a shop in the Biedermeier style was added; since then Anton Durchner has been chairman of the museum association.
Today the house sees itself as a museum with several exhibitions: it shows the clockmaker's craft with a workshop bench, tools and clock movements, the regional history of the Hausruckviertel, traces of the Romans in Noricum, a historic grocer's shop and period furniture from the imperial era. In 2022 ten French Comptoise clocks were added as a permanent loan, and in 2023 the clock museum was expanded.
Highlights
- Upper Austria's first clockmaking craft museum, with an original workshop bench
- Tower clock movement of the Vöcklamarkt parish church from 1777
- Historic grocer's shop from the mid-19th century
- Roman finds from the Vöckla valley (Noricum)
- Period furniture from the imperial era from the former Ammerer villa
Permanent exhibitions
- Uhrmacher-Handwerk-Museum – Wall, table, tower, pocket and wrist watches, an original workshop bench, tools and clock movements show the clockmaker's craft.
- Historischer Kaufmannsladen – A shop from the mid-19th century with goods and advertising, inviting visitors to explore.
- Spuren der Römer in Noricum – Archaeological finds and information on the Roman settlement of the Vöckla valley.
- Founded
- 2008
- Operated by
- Museumsverein Vöcklamarkt – Pfaffing – Fornach
Admission & discounts
Admission is free.
| Groups | €7 per personGuided tour for groups, per person. |
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Free admission, donations welcome. Guided tours for groups cost €7 per person.
Accessibility
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Kids & families
Great for kids & families
- Family tours & workshops
- Hands-on stations
The grocer's shop is designed for children and adults to explore; some clockmaker's tools can be tried out. School programmes by registration.
Getting there & parking
By public transit
Vöcklamarkt station with regional connections by ÖBB and Westbahn from the direction of Salzburg and Vienna; the Atterseebahn runs from Attersee to Vöcklamarkt.
By car via the A1, exit St. Georgen, then on the L540 to Vöcklamarkt.
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Plan your visit
| Guided tours | yes |
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| School programs | yes |
| Good to know | Guided tours for groups through the clock museum and permanent exhibitions by registration (€7 per person). Age-appropriate programmes are available for school classes; day trips combined with the Attersee railway and boat trips on Lake Attersee can also be arranged. |
