Zeitbrücke-Museum

About the museum

The museum's roots reach back to the late 19th century: in 1898 work began on the archive of the municipality of Gars, from which the local museum emerged in 1902. As early as 1895 a museum for the composer Franz von Suppè, who spent his summers in the village from 1876 until his death, had been set up in Gars.

Today the Zeitbrücke Museum unites five major collections under one roof. It is located in the village centre on Kollergasse in a former school building that was erected in 1883/84 as a Bürgerschule (middle school). The Suppè memorial has been on view here since 2002, the collection “Handel im Wandel” (Trade in Transition) – originally shown at the Kiennast company and in the municipal office – since 2006.

The permanent exhibitions span the archaeology and settlement history of the Gars area, the Babenbergs and the guild system, up to the first Austrian trade museum with a grocer's shop around 1900 and an early self-service shop. Further rooms are devoted to the summer retreat, an old classroom and Falco's time in Gars. The house is run by the museum association Museumsverein Zeitbrücke Gars am Kamp, which also organises special exhibitions, lectures and an Advent market every year.

Highlights

• First Austrian trade museum with a grocer's shop around 1900
• Franz von Suppè memorial
• Exhibition “FALCO in Gars” with eyewitness accounts
• Archaeology and Babenbergs in the Gars area
• Historic classroom

Permanent exhibitions

• Handel im Wandel – 1. Österreichisches Handelsmuseum – Trade history from early times to today using the example of the Gars trading house Kiennast, with colonial goods, a grocer's shop around 1900 and the first self-service shop in the Waldviertel.
• Franz von Suppè-Gedenkstätte – Mementos of the founder of Viennese operetta, who spent his summers in Gars for almost two decades.
• FALCO in Gars – Photos, handwritten texts and accessible eyewitness accounts tell of Falco's years in Gars am Kamp.

Founded

1902

Operated by

Museumsverein Zeitbrücke Gars am Kamp

Director

Rudolf Winglhofer

Admission & discounts

Free admission with the Niederösterreich-CARD (the museum is also a point of sale), for ICOM members and for members of the museum association.

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Amenities & dining

• Museum shop

Publications and accompanying booklets available at the museum.

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