Heimatmuseum Bad Aibling

About the museum

The local history museum is housed in one of the oldest buildings in Bad Aibling, the so-called Prantshaus on Wilhelm-Leibl-Platz, which once served as an agricultural outbuilding of the Irlachschlösschen. It stands out even from the outside because of its painted decoration: above the entrance, a large colourful fresco shows the market town of Aibling as it looked around 1700.

The Historischer Verein Bad Aibling has run the museum since 1931. The collection tells how the place developed from a rural market town into Bavaria's oldest peat spa. Farmhouse furniture and household goods from the surrounding area – including painted chests from the late 16th and early 17th centuries and a cupboard by Anton Perthaler from 1766 – stand alongside bourgeois interiors, sacred art and craftsmen's tools. Separate sections are devoted to peat cutting and the beginnings of the spa.

Among the special rooms are the Marbacher Stube with Renaissance furnishings and a coffered ceiling, and the Kutterlinger Bauernstube, where the realist Wilhelm Leibl worked; a room with objects from his studio commemorates the painter, who lived in the Aibling area for many years. The museum also shows the complete workshop of a cooper and printing blocks from the former Aibling indigo-dyeing workshops. The archive of the Historischer Verein is located in the same building.

Highlights

• Façade fresco with a view of the market town of Aibling around 1700
• Marbacher Stube with Renaissance furnishings and coffered ceiling
• Kutterlinger Bauernstube and room on Wilhelm Leibl
• Complete cooper's workshop
• Indigo printing blocks from old Aibling dyeing workshops
• Painted chests from the late 16th and early 17th centuries

Permanent exhibition

• Orts- und Kulturgeschichte des Mangfalltals – Rural and bourgeois domestic culture, crafts, sacred art, peat cutting and the beginnings of the peat spa, complemented by period rooms and a room on Wilhelm Leibl.

Founded

1931

Operated by

Historischer Verein Bad Aibling

Admission & discounts

Admission is free.

Free admission; donations towards the upkeep of the museum are welcome.

Accessibility

• Partially wheelchair accessible
• Elevator: not available
• 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: no information
• Audio description: no information

Ground floor accessible, toilet at ground level; the upper floor can only be reached by stairs. Parking available.

Kids & families

Great for kids & families

The spa administration recommends the museum as a suitable bad-weather destination for families and school classes.

Getting there & parking

The museum is in the town centre, right next to the Kurhaus and the Haus des Gastes.

Amenities & dining

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Events & venue rental

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