List of museums in Upper Austria

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This list of museums in the state of Upper Austria, Austria contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Also included are non-profit art galleries and university art galleries.

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Name Location Type Summary
Alpineum, Austria Hinterstoder Local website, mountain life including mountain farming, skiing and sports, rescues, natural history, forestry
Anton Bruckner Center Ansfelden Biographical website, music venue adjacent to birthplace of composer Anton Bruckner
Ars Electronica Center Linz Science Science, modern digital technology and art
Austrian Rock Art Museum Spital am Pyhrn Archaeology website, petroglyphs and rock art
Austrian Paper Making Museum Laakirchen Industry website, paper making, printing, bookmaking
Ampflwang Railway Museum Ampflwang im Hausruckwald Railway Steam locomotives
Biology Centre Linz Linz Natural history website, animal and plant world, rocks and minerals
City Museum Gmunden Gmunden Local website, local history, ceramics and salt industries
Crime Museum Scharnstein Grünau im Almtal Law enforcement website, history of the Austrian judicial and security system from the late Middle Ages to the present day
Dye Museum Gutau Textile information, dyeing process
Ebensee Memorial Ebensee History Guided tours of World War II concentration camp, museum of area history between 1918 and 1955
Bauer Furniture Museum Hirschbach Hirschbach im Mühlkreis Decorative arts website, handcrafted rustic furniture
Glass Museum Ulrichsberg Ulrichsberg Art information, glass pieces from area manufacturers
Gleink Abbey Steyr Religious Former Benedictine abbey with museum of ecclesiastical embroidery and objects
Hafner House Leopoldschlag Decorative arts website, earthenware making
Hallstatt Salt Mine Hallstatt Mining website, tours of the working salt mine, linked to the Hallein Salt Mine
Haenel Pancera Museum Bad Ischl Art website, collection of decorative arts, many from Asia
Heritage Museum Achental Sixenhof Rural website, rural life, trades and crafts
Kaiservilla Bad Ischl Historic house Summer palace of Kaiser Franz Joseph I and Empress Elisabeth of Austria (Sisi)
Keltendorf Mitterkirchen Mitterkirchen im Machland Living website, reconstructed Hallstatt village complex
Kremsmünster Abbey Kremsmünster Multiple Guided tours of the Benedictine monastery, collections of art, natural history
Landesgalerie Linz Linz Art website, modern and contemporary art
Lentos Art Museum Linz Art Modern art and sculpture
Lignorama Wood and Tool Museum Riedau Art website, integrated life of wood, woodworking, use in building and art
Mauthausen Memorial Mauthausen History website, located at the former Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp
Mechanical Museum Museum Riedau Music website, mechanical music instruments
Museum Car, Technology, Aviation Bad Ischl Technology website, technical development in transportation and the civil, military and agricultural sectors
Museum Lauriacum Enns Archaeology website, artifacts from the Roman Legion camp Lauriacum including military equipment, grave monuments, ceiling fresco
Museum Hallstatt Hallstatt Archaeology website, Hallstatt culture artifacts, salt mining
Museum of Bad Ischl Bad Ischl Local website, local history, culture, art, art and artifacts from Asia and around the world
Museum of Labor Steyr History website, mechanisms of international integration of production and their impact on work, life and society
Natural History Museum Salzkammergut Ebensee Natural history website, area plants and animals
Nordico Linz Local website, city history, archaeology, art, culture
OK Centrum Linz Art website, contemporary art
Photo Museum Bad Ischl Bad Ischl Photography information, collections of historic photos
Protestant Museum of Upper Austria Rutzenmoos Religious website
Roman Experience Museum Altheim Altheim Archaeology website, museum of life in Ancient Rome, open air excavations of ancient Roman villa
Schloss Hartheim Alkoven History Renaissance castle used by the Nazis as the Hartheim Euthanasia Centre
Schloss Museum Linz Linz Multiple website, art, decorative arts and crafts, musical instruments, numismatics, ethnography, archaeology
SKGLB Museum Mondsee Railway
Skulpturenpark Artpark Linz Art Sculpture garden
Tower 9 - Leonding City Museum Leonding Local website, local history, culture
Villa Franz Lehár Bad Ischl Historic house website, home of composer Franz Lehár
Villa Ingenious Rohrbach in Oberösterreich Art website, perception through the five senses
Weaving Museum Haslach Haslach an der Mühl Textile information, preparation of flax, manual and mechanical weaving

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