Museum Arbeitswelt
Key facts at a glance
- 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
- 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
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