EXHIBITIONS, MUSEUMS AND ART GALLERIES

Salzburg Museum
is situated in the 400-year-old New Residence. The Museum presents history, art and culture of Salzburg in an exciting, informative and entertaining way. 'The Salzburg myth' is the permanent exhibit. It presents the great Salzburg topics of modern times. The question of how the legendary 'Salzburg myth' originated, how it was molded by the Romantic painters in the early 19th century and how it developed and survived up to the present. Other themes include the absolutist reign of Salzburg's archbishops, effects of the persecution of the Jews and the  counterreformation in Salzburg.

Museum der Moderne Salzburg Mönchsberg
Art in one of the most beautiful places in the world

With its spectacular location in one of the most beautiful places in the world the museum represents a sensitive dovetailing of the natural/urban landscape. The two museums - museum of modern art Mönchsberg and the original Rupertinum building in the centre of the old town - provide space for thematic exhibitions of art of the 20th and 21st century as well as for presentations of collections and the Austrian Gallery of Photography.

Mönchsberg

Rupertinum

'Masterpieces'
The Residenz Gallery shows European Paintings of the 16th and 19th century. The focus is on 17th-century Dutch painting (Rembrandt, Rubens, Brueghel), 17th and 18th-century Italian, French and Austrian painting as well as works by 19th-century Austrian masters (Waldmüller, Amerling, Makart, Ender) More information www.residenzgalerie.at

Salzburg Panorama 1829 by Johann Michael Sattler
The painting-in-the-round by Johann Michael Sattler shows a thrilling panoramic view onto the city of Salzburg around 1829.
Daily 9.00 am - 5.00 pm, Thurdsay 9.00 am - 8.00 pm (closed on 1st November)

Fortress history and everday castle life
Fortress history, arms, everday castle life
Daily 9.30 am - 5.00 pm (except: Easter time,
Advent weekends: daily 9.30 am - 6 pm;
May-September: daily 9am-7 pm)

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Haus der Natur - The Museum of Natural History
With its exhibitions the Museum of Natural History (Haus der Natur) attempts to inspire a large number of visitors, to stimulate their interest in the wealth of different aspects of the natural world, to communicate an understanding for natural processes and to open a way towards nature.
Haus der Natur, Museumsplatz 5, www.hausdernatur.at

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Salzburg Baroque Museum
Drafts by European artists from
the 17th and 18th centuries.
Wednesday - Sunday 10.00 am - 5.00 pm
(Easter Week, July and August, Christmas:
Tuesday - Sunday 10.00 am - 5.00 pm)

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Cathedral Museum
Cathedral treasure, art from the Salzburg archdiocese from the Middle Ages to the 19th century; archiepiscopal Art and Curiosity Chamber.
Monday - Saturday 10.00 am - 5.00 pm,
Sunday and public holidays 11.00 am - 6.00 pm

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Toy Museum & Historic Musical Instrument
"Can it be a little more? - Shops from the toy collection"
Bürgerspitalgasse 2