List of museums in Vorarlberg
This list of museums in the state of Vorarlberg, 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 |
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Alemanni Museum Village | Mäder | Regional | website. Alemanni, ethnography |
Alpine Dairy Museum | Hittisau | Local | website. Alpine dairy organization and production, alpine transhumance |
Alpine Museum Tannberg | Schröcken | Local | website. Mountain life |
Alpinism and Tourism Museum Montafon | Gaschurn | Local, regional | website. Alpine mountain life, local culture |
Angelika Kauffmann Museum | Schwarzenberg | Local, art | website. Exhibitions featuring paintings of Angelica Kauffmann. Art and local heritage |
Arche Noah | Hohenems | Nature, art | website. Art and nature |
Art in the Rohnerhaus Gallery | Lauterach | Art gallery | website. Private art collection open to the public |
Beekeeping Museum Immenhof | Nenzing-Beschling | Nature | website. Museum of apiculture (beekeeping) |
Bezau Local Heritage Museum | Bezau | Local | website. Local heritage, culture and traditions |
Bludenz Municipal Museum | Bludenz | Local | website. Local history, culture and traditions |
Bregenz Forest Railway | Bezau–Schwarzenberg | Railway | website. Heritage narrow gauge railway operating from Bezau station via Reuthe to Schwarzenberg station |
Brewery Museum Fohrenburg | Bludenz | Beverages | website. Brewery and brewery museum |
Bürserberg Local Heritage Museum (Paarhof »Buacher«) | Bürserberg | Local heritage | website. Local heritage, culture and traditions |
Christmas Tree Decoration Museum | Dornbirn | Folklore, heritage | website. Christmas decorations |
Crèche Museum | Dornbirn | Folklore, heritage | website. Crèches (nativity scenes) from around the world |
Dornbirn City Museum | Dornbirn | Local | website. Local history, culture, farm life, industry |
Egg Village Museum | Egg | Local | website. Local history and culture |
Embroidery Museum | Lustenau | Textiles, industry | website. Embroidery and textiles |
Fire Department Museum – Oldtimers | Hard | Firefighting | website. Firefighting vehicles, equipment, oldtimers |
FIS Skiing and Mountaineering Museum | Damüls | Skiing, mountaineering | website. Exhibits about 100+ years of Vorarlberg's skiing history |
FLATZ Museum | Dornbirn | Art | website. Contemporary art |
Franz Michael Felder Museum | Schoppernau | Literature, heritage | website. F.M. Felder, farmer, author, social critic |
Frühmesshaus Museum | Bartholomäberg | Local heritage | website. Used for Catholic masses; Baroque architecture and furniture |
Good Old Times | Hohenems | History | website. Nostalgia and yesteryear |
Graphic Reproductions Museum | Rankweil | Graphic arts | website. Graphic arts museum |
Grosses Walsertal Museum, Biosphere Park Museum | Sonntag | Heritage, Natural history | website, website. |
Hittisau Heritage Museum | Hittisau | Local | website. Local heritage, customs, history |
Inatura | Dornbirn | Natural history | website. Natural history, permanent and temporary exhibitions |
Jewish Cemetery | Hohenems | Historic cemetery | website. Well-preserved, historic Jewish cemetery |
Jewish Museum of Hohenems | Hohenems | History | website, Jewish community of Hohenems, history, customs |
Jewish Quarter | Hohenems | Historic town quarter | website. Historic Jewish quarter |
Juppenwerkstatt Riefensberg | Riefensberg | Local | website, Museum and manufactory of traditional garb ("Tracht") |
Klostertal Museum | Wald/Arlberg | Local | website. Alpine local culture and traditions |
Künstlerhaus Bregenz – Thurn und Taxis Museum | Bregenz | Fine arts | website. Art exhibitions |
Kunsthaus Bregenz – KUB | Bregenz | Fine arts | website. Exhibitions of international contemporary art |
Kunstraum Dornbirn | Dornbirn | Fine arts | website. Art, architecture |
Lebensbilder | Hittisau | Local heritage | website. Local heritage, culture and traditions |
Lechmuseum – Wanderweg | Lech/Arlberg | Nature, hiking | website. Culture on the hiking trail |
Lechmuseum – Huber-Hus | Lech-Tannberg | Local heritage | website. Culture, history, language |
Linzenberg Denkmalhof Local Heritage Museum | Schwarzach | Local heritage | website. Local heritage, culture, and traditions |
Martinsturm Museum | Bregenz | Local and regional | website. Local and regional history, traditions, heritage |
Mesmers Stall | Alberschwende | Local heritage, arts | website. Local heritage. Arts and crafts |
Milling Museum (Stoffels) | Hohenems | Open air | website. Sawmill and flour mill, milling technology |
Mining Museum Silbertal | Silbertal/Montafon | Mining | website. Mining, geology |
Mohren Biererlebniswelt | Dornbirn | Brewery | website. Brewery and museum |
Motorcycle Museum | Feldkirch | Technology | website. Motorcycles |
Museum of Baroque Master Builders | Au | Art history | website. Baroque master builders and craftsmen from Au and the Bregenz Forest. |
Otten Kunstraum | Hohenems | Fine arts | website. Fine arts exhibitions, events |
Prehistory Museum | Koblach | History | website. Pre- and protohistory |
Printing Museum | Lustenau | Media | website. Historic printing presses, history of media |
Puppet and Toy Museum | Blons | Crafts | website. Puppets and toys |
Rauch's Radio Museum | Lustenau | Technology | website. Historic radios, gramophones, etc. |
Rhein-Schauen | Lustenau | Hydrology, natural history | website. Information about the International Rhein Regulation Agency; historic narrow gauge railway |
Rolls-Royce Museum | Dornbirn | Automotive | website. Automotive museum |
Schattenburg Castle and Museum | Feldkirch | Local | website. Castle with exhibits of local history, culture; restaurant |
Schruns Museum | Schruns | Local | website. Folk art, domestic life and customs, textile industry, farming |
Schubertiade Quarter | Hohenems | Music, fine arts | website. Music and the fine arts |
School House (Schulhaus) | Warth | Historic | website. Cultural-historical exhibitions |
Skiing and Mountaineering Museum | Hirschegg | Mountain life | website. Mountaineering and skiing |
Textile Printing Museum | Hard-Mittelweiherburg | Textiles | website. Textile printing exhibition |
Tractor/Oldtimer Museum | Hard | Technology | website. Vintage tractors and other vehicles |
Villa Rustica – Open-Air Roman Villa | Rankweil | History, archeology | website. Ancient Roman history in the Rhine Valley |
Vorarlberg Military Museum | Bregenz | Military | website. Military museum |
vorarlberg museum | Bregenz | History, arts | website. Archaeology, history, art and folklore |
Walser Museum Kleinwalsertal | Riezlern | Local heritage | website. Local and regional culture and heritage |
Werkraum Bregenzerwald | Andelsbuch | Woodworking, traditional crafts | website. Themed exhibitions, workshops, contests and lectures on craft and building culture. |
Women's Museum | Hittisau | Herstory | website. Women's history, cultural achievements. Women’ |
World of Museums | Frastanz | Multiple museums | website. Electricity, firefighting, photography, cinema, rescue, hunting, gramophone, and tobacco museums |