Museum Arbeitswelt

Key facts at a glance

  • Barrier-free toilets
  • Barrier-free entrance
  • Barrier-free reception
  • Assistance dogs allowed
  • Reduced admission
  • for people with dementia
  • for people with hearing impairment
  • for people with visual impairment
  • Easy or simple language
  • Kulturpass: Hunger auf Kunst und Kultur
  • Special tours & offers
  • Tactile orientation aids
  • Partially accessible website
  • Partial inductive hearing system
  • Rental of rollator/wheelchair

Information

Wehrgrabengasse 7
4400 Steyr
Upper Austria
Open address in Google Maps
Tue-Fri 09:00-17:00
Sat-Sun and holidays 10:00-17:00
€ 5 for people with a disability card
free for assistant
Prices for inclusive tours and workshops: € 3 to € 4

Contact

Martin Hagmayr
mediation@museumarbeitswelt.at
+43 7252 77351–10
museumarbeitswelt.at

Description

Housed in two former factory buildings, the Museum Arbeitswelt was the first work museum in Austria. Exhibitions on socially and historically relevant topics have been shown since 1987. The local learning and memorial site STOLLEN DER ERMENERUNG has been managed since 2013. In 2018, the museum received the COME-IN! label for barrier-free museums and in 2019 the Austrian Museum Prize.

Barrier-free accessibility

Entrance: Barrier-free parking near the museum, barrier-free ground-level entrance.

Inside the building: Exhibition on the ground floor accessible at ground level, no stairs. Lift to seminar and event rooms. Barrier-free toilet and cloakroom.

In exhibitions: Seating, portable stools, rental wheelchairs, rental rollators, rental magnifying glasses, optical markings on glass doors, columns. Different barrier-free elements in the exhibitions depending on the exhibition.

How content is conveyed

in Easy Language: Information texts in easy language. Depending on the temporary exhibition, either via QR code, board or booklet.

in Braille: Tactile orientation plan at the STOLLEN DER EREMNERUNG. Different tactile elements at the temporary exhibitions.

Miscellaneous: Easy-to-read brochure for the TOLLEN OF MEMORY.

Inclusive guided tours and offers

Target group-specific tours: Regular guided tours with ÖGS interpreter

Sensory mediation aids: Different tactile elements in the exhibitions for individual visitors. Touch, hearing and smell elements in guided tours and workshops.

Including guided tours and workshops:

  • Including workshops and guided tours of all exhibitions in simple language
  • Special programs for people suffering from dementia can be booked