Museum Oberwaltersdorf

About Museum Oberwaltersdorf

The Museum Oberwaltersdorf is on the first floor of the Bettfedernfabrik at Kulturstraße 1 and tells the story of the village from prehistory to the post-war period. It is run by the association KuBiSo (culture, education, social affairs and village renewal), which works with volunteers. On the ground floor the same association runs the café-Heuriger "Zum Plauscherl".

What you can see

• Chronicle: the village chronicle of the market town of Oberwaltersdorf.
• Prehistory and Roman times: stone tools, finds from around the birth of Christ and objects from a Roman industrial area, plus horseshoes of Turkish horses from the years 1529 and 1683.
• The Koller family: pictures, prints and previously unpublished sketchbooks by the painter Broncia Koller of Viennese Modernism, works by her daughter Silvia Koller and the story of Hugo Koller, who according to the museum planned the first power station in Lower Austria.

The first floor is accessible without steps.

History

The museum was founded in 2004 by Anton Pribila and Monika Cejka. In 2019 a new team took over; during the pandemic the museum stayed closed. The association KuBiSo was formed at the end of 2023, and the café on the ground floor has been open since spring 2024.

Opening hours and admission

• Museum: according to the association, Wednesday 13:30 to 17:30 and Sunday 10:30 to 17:30. At the same time the association reports that the reopening has been postponed, so check briefly before you visit.
• Plauscherl: Wednesday 13:00 to 18:00, Sunday 10:00 to 18:00
• Admission: free donation, guided tours on request

At the Plauscherl you get home-made cakes and pastries, tea, drinking chocolate, small dishes from the Heuriger kitchen and wine, plus a children's corner and a reading corner, a board game club on Sundays and the occasional pub quiz. At the end of the year the association donates the tips to a good cause in the village.

Contact

Bettfedernfabrik, Kulturstraße 1, 2522 Oberwaltersdorf. Phone 0677 647 273 33, e-mail museum@oberwaltersdorf.gv.at.

Automatically translated from German.

Compiled by our editorial team.