Stille Nacht Museum Hallein

Key facts at a glance

  • Audio guides, multimedia guides, listening stations
  • Barrier-free toilets
  • Barrier-free entrance
  • Barrier-free reception
  • Assistance dogs allowed
  • Reduced admission
  • for people with hearing impairment
  • for people with visual impairment
  • Easy or simple language
  • Inductive hearing system
  • Kulturpass: Hunger auf Kunst und Kultur
  • Special tours & offers
  • Partially accessible website
  • Partial tactile orientation aids

Information

Gruberplatz 1
5400 Hallein
Salzburg
Open address in Google Maps
Mon-Sun 9:00-17:00
free for people with disability cards
free for assistant

Contact

Barbara Tober
b.tober@keltenmuseum.at
+43 6245 8078330
keltenmuseum.at/stillenachtmuseum/

Description

The work and influence of the composer of the song, Franz Xaver Gruber, is presented in a wonderful, new atmosphere. The barrier-free museum is located in the former sacristan and choirmaster's house, where Franz Xaver Gruber lived and worked for 28 years. The focus is also on the history of the creation and distribution of "Silent Night! Holy Night!".

Barrier-free accessibility

Entrance: Barrier-free entrance

Inside the building: Lift, barrier-free toilets, all exhibition levels are barrier-free accessible by lift

In exhibitions: For the deaf, a guide (tablet) in sign language is available free of charge at the cash desk.

How content is conveyed

in Easy Language: Texts in easy language are available throughout the museum

In sign language: A video clip on the homepage is available in sign language.

in Braille: A cast of Hans Baier's bust allows for a tactile encounter. For blind and visually impaired people, photographs by Franz Xaver Gruber were designed as tactile images and supplemented with Braille labels.

multimedia: Short clips, videos, audio stations

Inclusive guided tours and offers

Target group-specific tours: Bookable upon availability:

  • Guided tours in sign language
  • for blind and visually impaired people
  • in easy language
  • for people with dementia