Museum Arbeitswelt
The most important things at a glance
- Assistance dogs allowed
- Reduced admission
- for people with hearing impairments / in ÖGS
- for people with visual impairments
- in easy or simple language
- Culture Pass: Hunger for art and culture
- Special tours & offers
- Tactile orientation aids
- Rollator/wheelchair rental
information
- addressWehrgrabengasse 74400 SteyrUpper AustriaOpen address in Google Maps
- Opening hours
- Wed-Fri 9:00-17:00
- Sat-Sun 10:00-17:00
- Entrance
- € 5 for people with a disability card
- free for assistant
Contact
- E-mail addressmartin.hagmayr@museumarbeitswelt.at
- websitemuseumarbeitswelt.at
Description
The Museum Arbeitswelt in Steyr is a renowned exhibition and cultural center. It is housed in two listed 19th-century factory buildings and features changing exhibitions on the topics of work, society, and contemporary history.
Physical accessibility
- Entrance: barrier-free without height differences, automatic door opener at the entrance door
- In the building: all publicly accessible areas, lift between exhibition and event areas, barrier-free toilet facilities and cloakrooms
- In exhibitions: Various walking aids and portable seating available for loan, symbol-based guidance system, marking of glass doors and pillars, gravel flooring in the TOLLEN OF MEMORY, concrete flooring in all other areas
Accessible information and content
- In easy/simple language: Exhibition texts to read or audios to listen to, some in easy language; there is a brochure in easy language about the STOLLEN DER EREMNERUNG
- To listen: The offerings vary from exhibition to exhibition. Some include audio recordings with detailed descriptions of the rooms and content.
- In sign language: The offerings vary from exhibition to exhibition; some include videos in sign language.
- In Braille and tactile: The offerings vary from exhibition to exhibition. Some exhibits offer orientation maps or information in Braille.
- Miscellaneous: Various specially marked exhibition contents for smelling or tactile touching and feeling.
Inclusive art and cultural education
- Target group-specific tours: Tours with sign language interpreters can be booked upon request. A public tour with sign language interpreters takes place approximately once a year. Specially trained staff are also available for tours in easy-to-read language.
- Target group-specific workshops: available on request, there is an experienced team
- Sensory mediation aids: Tactile, olfactory or auditory stations at least partially present