Museum Niederösterreich

The most important things at a glance

  • Audio guides, apps, multimedia, listening stations
  • Accessible toilets
  • Accessible website
  • Accessible entrance
  • Accessible reception
  • 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

  • address
    Cultural District 53100 St. PöltenLower Austria
    Open address in Google Maps
  • Opening hoursTue-Sun 9:00-17:00
  • Entrance
    • € 11 for people with a disability card
    • free for assistant

Contact

Description

The Lower Austria Museum is not only a museum but also a zoo with over 40 living animal species. It represents the connection between people, nature, and climate, where knowledge is imparted in a playful and inspiring way. Immerse yourself in 40,000 years of human history and experience the fauna and flora of Lower Austria.

Hearonymus Audio Guide

Physical accessibility

  • Entrance: Ground-level access, double-leaf glass doors (passage width 2 meters)
  • In the building: Exhibition area (except glacier in the House of Nature), ticket office, shop, cloakroom, restrooms, lifts including acoustic tour, restaurant
  • In exhibitions: A large part of the exhibition architecture is barrier-free (e.g. accessible display cases), most interactive elements are wheelchair accessible

Accessible information and content

  • In easy/simple language: the most important information on the website
  • To listen: Museum APP
  • In sign language: Partial translation of MuseumAPP content into ÖGS and/or subtitling
  • In Braille and tactile: tactile model of the museum in the foyer, elevators
  • Multimedia: Museum APP

Inclusive art and cultural education

  • Target group-specific tours: Guided tours of the permanent exhibitions for blind and visually impaired people are available upon request.
  • Sensory mediation aids: some touch, smell and hearing stations in the exhibitions