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As home to majestic mountains, opulent palaces, and high culture, Austria's attractions are classically sumptuous and enduring. But beyond the waltzes, the strudels, the alpine summits, and Habsburg architecture, its modern cities are proof of just how easily Austria combines the contemporary with the historic.
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1. Stift Admont
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5.0 based on 222 reviews
A jewel of the Baroque era meets contemporary art. 70.000 restored books, ceiling frescoes and sculptures in the magnificent world largest monastery library meet creations of Erwin Wurm, Rudi Molacek and Lois Renner in the huge museum of the Abbey. The new gothic exhibition 'Close to Heaven' is putting on display a major collection of medieval sculptures and painted panels of the collection Mayer. -The artworks of the late Middle Ages continue to exert a powerful fascination on us even today. Beside there is a Natural history museum with exhibits dating to 1866 - 1906 (the 'Museum in the Museum') and a Museum of Fine Arts as well as plays host to special exhibitions and a multimedia Abbey presentation.
Reviewed By 744olep - Amman, Jordan
Recently during a guided tour we stopped for an hour to see the library at the Abbey at Admont, it was worth every single minute and we would have loved to spend more time there. The building itself is stunning and the selection of books on display (no touching please) out of this world. As other travellers have remarked, the Google of its' day with books on all subjects, not just religion. Beautiful, they have some interesting exhibitions in adjacent rooms too. And for fresh air you can walk around a bit on the grounds of the abbey if time permits. Go see it for yourself if possible
2. Stadtbibliothek Vocklabruck
3. Bibliothek Lustenau
4. Stadtarchiv & Chronik
5. State Hall of the Austrian National Library
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4.5 based on 2,776 reviews
What comes to mind when you think of a library hall? Enter the State Hall of the Austrian National Library and your expectations are guaranteed to be exceeded. The State Hall – built in the 18th century as part of the former Court Library – is a breathtaking 80 metres long and 20 metres high. An intricately decorated dome and numerous frescos provide an imperial flair. This baroque jewel is home to over 200,000 tomes. Four magnificent Venetian globes, each with a diameter of over one metre, provide the finishing touch to the heart of the Austrian National Library.
Reviewed By Whiskydram - Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Well worth a visit, a bit different from the few book shelves I have at home. Some fascinating early books on display, some hundreds of years old among the first to be printed, incredible condition and amazing how only a few years earlier all books were handwritten. Also fantastic early maps. If you have the slightest interest in history this is a must.
6. Landesbibliothek
7. Archives of the Austrian Resistance
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4.5 based on 12 reviews
Reviewed By 267peggyj - Waterlooville, United Kingdom
Great museum with lots of very interesting information, laid out well with English and German explanation. I was moved to read all the stories of the resistance fighters- often killed by the Nazis. There were amazing people- the first woman in Austro-Hungarian empire to qualify as an architect, she won lots of prizes, who then fought in resistance, was caught and sent to concentration camp - but survived. I was sad to read that the resistance had refused to have someone because they were a homosexual – but I guess that is a sign of the times back then. I was very sad, but not entirely surprised, as we had begun to learn that many of the Austrian people don’t take any responsibility for the mass genocide they caused, that a group of school kids came around and were ignoring their teacher. Great that they are being taught about the ward, but none of the teenagers were listening and some were very rude and walked straight in front of me when I was obviously reading articles and others pushed me, clearly for the fun of it. I was so unimpressed that I went to speak to their teacher, who asked them to apologise – but they didn’t. I really felt for her, as she was clearly trying to do the right thing, but the kids were spoilt unpleasant brats. But, back to the museum. Definitely worth a visit. They rely on donations and we were pleased to donate a small sum of 20 euros.
8. Stadtarchiv Wiener Neustadt
9. Gemeindebucherei Flachau
10. Bibliothek - Maria Enzersdorf
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4.0 based on 1 reviews
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