Description of the attraction
The current building of the Museum of Lower Austria in St. Pölten was built in 2002 according to the plans of the architect Hans Hollein and the Rata Plan architectural company. The collection of the museum, founded at the beginning of the 20th century, tells about the history, art and nature of the federal state of Lower Austria. The tasks of the provincial state museum of local lore are the preservation, study, presentation of existing artifacts and the management of museum funds.
The museum exposition dedicated to the history of the region occupies an exhibition area of 300 sq. m. Among other things, they show 3D films about the history of Lower Austria and about its first inhabitants. The local collection of works of art from the Middle Ages to the present day is extensive. Particular attention is paid to the collection of paintings of the XIX-XX centuries, painted in the styles of Biedermeier and Expressionism. The collection includes works by Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller, Friedrich Gauermann, Egon Schiele, Oskar Kokoschka, Leopold Hauer, Adolf Froner, Arnulf Rainer, Elke Christufek, Heinz Zibulka and Hermann Nitsch.
The National Museum of Lower Austria has extensive collections of ethnographic, archaeological, natural history artifacts. In addition, there is a mini-zoo at the museum, where fish, amphibians, reptiles and insects, that is, all the inhabitants of the Danube water area, are kept in aquariums and terrariums. Here you can see various river fish, turtles, snakes, vipers, bees, ants, etc. The blog of the museum is called "Nature's Trail". There are constantly published stories about the life and habits of local living "stars". Children adore the Museum of Lower Austria precisely for the opportunity to get to know more living creatures that are found in the wild, but are too small and invisible.
