Hallstatt museum

The new World Heritage Museum in Hallstatt is an event for the whole family. During an impressive travel through time, the visitor learns about the history of the salt mine village of Hallstatt from the beginning of human history to the promotion of Hallstatt region to World Heritage of Humanity.

On the adventurous tour through the museum, you travel back 7000 years in history and learn about benchmark dates, for example the Iron Age, worldwide known as Hallstatt Culture (named after Hallstatt village), and coining events like the fire of 1750 after which Hallstatt looked very different. The exhibition draws a bow from the Illyrs, Celts and Romans to important salt traders and simple people. The exhibition shows numerous original finds from Hallstatt's tomb field, but also impressively describes many aspects of life such as religion, everyday-life culture and tourism.

• Geology
• History
• Hallstatt Culture
• Celts and Romans
• Middle Ages and modern times
• Health and religion
• Tomb field
• The saline world
• Work and handcraft
• Habitat nature
• World Heritage
• Prehistoric and modern salt mining
• Coinage
• Craftwork

Studio of Epochs

The varied use of multimedia techniques gives the visitors an understanding of 7000 years of history. Culture is an essential theme in Hallstatt museum. Especially children and young people are recommended to have a look at the "Studio of Epochs" and the "Museum Rally". The "Studio of Epochs" offers the opportunity to learn about and implement themes of the exhibition hands-on. Regular, special exhibitions complete the interesting offer in Hallstatt museum. 

Opening times 

• January to March (closed on Mondays and Tuesdays) 11:00 - 15:00 o'clock
• April (daily) 10:00 - 16:00 o'clock
• May to September (daily) 10:00 - 18:00 o'clock
• October (daily) 10:00 - 16:00 o'clock
• November to December (closed on Mondays and Tuesdays) 11:00 - 15:00 o'clock

Homepage Hallstatt museum (in German language)