Description of the attraction
The Schladming City Museum is housed in a building dating from 1661. This building, long known as the Brotherhood House, was used as a hospital for miners, a retirement home and an orphanage for widows and orphans. It can be said that it was a social center for mining workers.
In those days, the creation of such a complex was a very progressive idea. The Brothers' House was funded by contributions from employers and the workers themselves in the mines located in the vicinity of Schladming. Each of the miners could count on the help of the community in any emergency. Surprisingly, in the Brotherhood House, the miners' assistance center operated until the end of the 19th century, when the mines in the nearby mountains were closed. After the mining operations were closed, the building was acquired by the city of Schladming. It continued to be used for noble purposes: it opened a shelter for socially unprotected segments of the population.
In the 1980s, the city council voted to turn the Brotherhood House into a museum. In 1987-1989, renovations were carried out here. During the reconstruction, it was possible to preserve the historical appearance of the house and its furnishings, which better than any words tell about the way of local life in past centuries, when the main words for people were "thrift", "simplicity" and "practicality".
The City Museum in the Brotherhood House was opened in July 1989. At the heart of its exposition are materials that tell about the history of the city of Schladming, about the life and traditions of miners.
