Museums and Exhibitions

Ramingstein Silver Mine

Some 200 years ago, Lungau miners were already extracting the silver deposits from this mine. Carbide lamps and helmets are provided.
Prices: Adults € 10.50 und Children € 6
Lasts: ca. 1.5 - 2 hours, Guided tours by appointment.
www.silberbergwerk.net

Bundschuh Smelter - Smelting Museum

Follow the Miners' Hiking Path all the way to the mining area itself, learning about how ore was extracted from the rock as you go. The smelter is a listed historic monument and is somewhat of a rarity in the mining world, featuring a forced-air heating system. The museum documents the history of mining in and around the year 1880, including some truly remarkable exhibits.
Opening Times:
June & September Wed & Sun,
July & August: Wed, Fri & Sun, 10 am-4 pm and by appointment
Prices:
Adults € 3.50, groups of 8 people or more without tour € 3.00
Groups of 8 people or more with tour € 3.50
Children € 2.50, groups of 8 children with tour € 2.50 - free up to age 6.
SalzburgerLand Card accepted!
www.hochofen-bundschuh.at

Lungau Folk History Museum, Mauterndorf

1 May - 31 October daily, 10 am-6 pm. Special exhibition 2009 "See & Wonder – Butterflies“ Fri 7-10 pm.
Price: € 10
31 July, 07, 14 & 21 August, 8 pm "Night of Legend"

Kodak Camera History Museum

Cameras and filming equipment from 1892 to the present day, exhibition housed at the village hall in Zederhaus: The exhibition represents a cross-section of the Kodak Company with several hundred pieces. Tours led by experts, free admission!
Opening Times: Year-round and every third Sun in the month, 2-6 pm, July – September, 4-9 pm & by appointment

Crushing Mill in Mauterndorf

Open to the public every Fri 3-5 pm, mid June - mid September
Also visit the Mill Museum at the Stampflgraben. Make arrangements in advance by phone and even see the mill in operation.

Lungau Heritage Museum in Tamsweg

Objects from everyday life on the farm and in town, casting light on the working and living conditions, as well as the folk customs of the Lungau. The Romans in the Lungau, plus exhibition pieces that reflect popular piety.
Guided Tours: 01 June – 15 September Tue - Fri 10 am, 2 & 3:30 pm, as well as for groups by appointment.
Prices: Adults € 4, groups of 10 or more adults € 3
Children € 1.50, groups of 10 or more children € 1,
Partial tour for adults € 2 and children € 1
Family Pass: Adults € 3, Children € 1
www.museumsportal.com

Parish, Pilgrimage and Silent Night Museum in Mariapfarr

An art-historical church treasure and former mother parish of the Lungau, also houses small silver altars. It was in 1816 that Joseph Mohr wrote the world-famous Christmas song "Silent Night" at the parsonage. A Joseph Mohr exhibit details the creation and spread of the song, as well as the life of Joseph Mohr.
Opening Times: Sun & Thu, 5-7 pm
Special tours (groups of 6 or more) by appointment
www.wallfahrtsmuseum.at & www.stillenachtmuseum.at

Organ-Building Workshop

This is the only workshop in Austria dedicated to traditional Austrian inner-alpine organ building: It was in this workshop in Tamsweg that Vienna's biggest church organ was made. Tours of the shop and workshop by appointment.
Demonstrations on Lungau organs also possible by appointment.
Tour: 1 hour € 4

"Old Mill"– Trattnermühle

The mill in St. Margarethen was built in the 17th century.
Tours: Tel. 0043 (0)6476 812

Natura & Arte: Galleria LeonarDI arte

Painting, sculpture, photography, interior decor, jewelry and accessories, chocolate, wine, fine gifts.
www.leonardiarte.com

Legendary Farm in Mauterndorf

Learn more about the 2,000-year-old history of legendary Staudingerhof Farm in Steindorf. At the private museum located in the old grain crib, you will see Roman finds and experience what work on the farm was like in earlier times.
Tours: Thu by phone appointment.

Private Mineral Collection at the Restored Grain Crib in Thomatal

Free admission, appointments requested.

Woodturning Products and Wooden Toys in Weisspriach

The master turner creates wooden toys, games that are tricky and fun, as well as objects for young and old that come in useful around the home.

Exhibition: Raku Pottery

In the old "Loamhaus", Florianigasse 17, Unternberg, entrance on Dorfstraße
door signs, jars, clocks and other decorative objects
Opening Times: July & Aug. Mon – Fri, 9 am - 12 noon and by appointment
Lotte Tanner, T +43 (0)664 6385877