Austrian Folklore Museum

The opening of the Austrian Folklore Museum took place in 1895 in the building of the Vienna Stock Exchange, and in 1917, due to the expansion of the collections, the museum moved to the Schönbrunn Summer Palace. The initiators of the museum were Michael Haberlandt and Wilhelm Hein, publishers of the Austrian folklore magazine.

All exhibits of this museum vividly represent the life of the Austrian regions located along the Danube. These are religious customs, rituals, traditions that have developed over centuries.

The Folklore Museum traces the history of the life of the Alpine inhabitants, captured in photographs, documents, legends, legends. Widely presented household items, furniture, dishes, as well as national costumes and jewelry from each region.

Separate halls demonstrate tools with which the earth was cultivated, ancient musical instruments, products of masters of folk art. Interest small rooms, completely, to the smallest detail, repeating the interior of past years.