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Collection

Following the founding of the Heimat Museum at Schloss Trautenfels in 1951, the focus was mainly on collecting zoological, geological and mineralogical material. Once Dr. Karl Haiding was appointed to run the museum in 1955, collecting folklore material finally got under way – mainly peasant and middle class household effects and furnishings, costumes, folk art, rural working tools and pre-industrial artisan equipment.

Schloss Trautenfels

Since the mid-1970s, everyday culture has become more prominent. Archaeological excavations in the 80s and 90s enriched the museum with prehistorical and early historical finds. Nowadays, there are around 35,000 items in the Schloss Trautenfels collection, of which around 1,000 can be seen in the permanent display.

  • Kupferstich: G.M. Vischer, Trautenfels, 1681
  • Butter moulds, c. 1900
  • Candelabra, from Count Lamberg’s antler room, c. 1900
  • Virgin & Child, with St Anne, 18th century
  • Tablet, 18th/19th century.

 

The activities of the scholarly staff

An important part of the activities involves regional surveys in the Liezen administrative area, to document and archive the cultural and natural history of the region. As the research is undertaken as part of the preliminary work for special exhibitions, the research is geared to projected exhibitions over past decades, including the following subjects:

Games and Toys, Folk Art from Ennstal in Styria, Old Peasant Furniture, A Millennium or So Ago, Old Christmas Cribs, Old Art in the Liezen Region, Old Embroidery from Styrian Collection, Paula Grogger, Jewellery from All Over the World, Life on the Alpine Pasture, Customs and Masks in Upper Styria, Bavarians and Slavs, Photographs by Antonia Brandlmayr, Bricks – A Building Material for Millennia, Alpine Ornamental Pottery – Made in Liezen, The Dwarves are Coming, Glimpses of Ausseerland – From Albert Rastl’s Photo Album, The Natural History of Ennstal.