Museum Wasserburg
Municipal museum in a late Gothic patrician house in Wasserburg's old town with 3,000 years of cultural history of the city and region on four floors.
About the museum
The museum's beginnings go back to 1888, when a collection on city history was first shown in Wasserburg's Michaelskapelle. The foundation was formed by coins, weapons, and antiquities that the town clerk Joseph Heiserer had gathered in the first half of the 19th century. Later the collection was spread across rooms in the town hall and the Schranne.
In 1936 the Heimatverein (local history society) acquired a late Gothic townhouse on Herrengasse and opened the Heimathaus there in 1938. The building, erected around the middle of the 15th century in the typical Inn-Salzach style, has a Gothic living hall, vaults, and an arcaded courtyard. In 1945 the house passed to the city, and in 1963 a neighboring property was added for the growing collection.
Today the museum shows around 8,000 objects on four floors, mostly in small staged settings: a historic kitchen, a classroom, testimonies of Inn river shipping and the salt trade, a mail coach, and a rare mail sleigh. The attic is devoted entirely to fully furnished craftsmen's workshops. Among the focal points is one of the largest furniture collections in southeastern Upper Bavaria. Temporary exhibitions, especially on Christmas themes during Advent, round out the program.
Highlights
- Late Gothic patrician house in the Inn-Salzach style
- Historic kitchen with copper cookware
- Inn river shipping and the salt trade
- Mail coach and rare mail sleigh
- Furnished craftsmen's workshops in the attic
- Large collection of painted farm furniture
Permanent exhibitions
- Dauerausstellung – Tour through 3,000 years of city and regional history with staged rooms such as a kitchen, a classroom, and a doctor's office on four floors.
- Verkehr zu Wasser und zu Land – Inn river shipping, the salt trade, and merchants, supplemented by a mail coach and mail sleigh.
- Handwerk und Gewerbe – Fully furnished workshops of a wheelwright, blacksmith, baker, and other trades, as well as a textile section in the attic.
- Founded
- 1888
- Operated by
- Stadt Wasserburg a. Inn
- Director
- Sonja Fehler
Admission & discounts
| Adults | €3.50 |
|---|---|
| Reduced | €1.50Children and young people up to age 16, pupils with ID, school classes, people with disabilities |
| Children & teens | €1.50free up to age 6 · Up to age 16 |
| Visitors with disabilities | €1.50Anyone who can only visit the first floor due to a limitation pays no admission. |
| Students & apprentices | €1.50Pupils with a valid ID |
| Groups (11+ people) | €2.50 per personSchool classes €1.50 per person |
| Families | €8Two adults with any number of their own children up to age 18 |
| Guided tour | €2Per person plus admission; the flat fee does not apply to school classes and youth groups |
Free admission with an ICOM card, a membership card of the Deutscher Museumsbund, the Bayerischer Verein für Heimatpflege, or the Wasserburger Heimatverein, with the Bavarian Ehrenamtskarte, and with the WasserburgPass.
Accessibility
- Wheelchair accessible: not available
- Elevator: no information
- Accessible restroom: not available
- Accessible parking
- Service dogs welcome
- Tactile models & exhibits: no information
- Sign language tours: no information
- Easy-to-read materials: no information
- Audio description: no information
Historic building, not accessible: two steps at the entrance; the special exhibition room and narrow restrooms can only be reached via a small staircase. An accessible parking space is located directly in front of the museum.
Kids & families
Great for kids & families
| Kids’ admission | free up to age 6 |
|---|---|
| Family ticket | €8 · Two adults with any number of their own children up to age 18 |
- Family tours & workshops
- Activity booklet, scavenger hunt or kids’ audio guide
On request, a search game with the house ghost Frieda (ages 6 and up) and a museum scavenger hunt (from third grade) are available at the ticket desk. On special event days such as International Museum Day, there are family tours and children's games. With the WasserburgPass, families have free admission.
Getting there & parking
By public transit
Marienplatz · 2-min walk
From Wasserburg station in the Reitmehring district, city buses timed to the trains run to the old town; the recommended stop is Marienplatz, from there via Rathausgasse to the museum.
By car
Free parking · 10-min walk to the entrance
Parkhaus Kellerstraße garage at the Inn bridge with over 500 spaces, free for up to four hours; from there a 5 to 10 minute walk over the red bridge. In front of the museum there are paid short-term parking spaces and an accessible parking space, with further paid parking at Gries.
- Accessible parking
The museum is in the old town opposite the back of the town hall, reachable from Marienplatz via Frauengasse. During markets and large events, the parking spaces in front of the museum are unavailable and access to the old town is restricted.
Get directionsAmenities & dining
- Café: not available
- Restaurant: not available
- Museum shop
- Coat check
- Wi-Fi
Sale of the museum's own publications and postcards in the entrance area; Wi-Fi hotspot in the foyer. Cafés and restaurants in the immediate vicinity. Please leave large bags and umbrellas at the coat check; eating and drinking not permitted in the museum.
Events & venue rental
The museum hasn’t published any information on this – please ask the museum directly.
Plan your visit
| Guided tours | yes |
|---|---|
| Audio guide | yes (DE) |
| School programs | yes |
| Photography | Photography without flash and tripod permitted everywhere. |
| Good to know | Free museum app with two multimedia tours of about one hour each (highlights of the collection and building history). Themed and overview tours, for example on proverbs and sayings, furniture, or crafts, by registration. Animals are not allowed, except guide dogs for the blind. |
