First Austrian museum for everyday history

The museum for everyday history in Neupölla

The first Austrian museum for everyday history is located in Neupölla in the market town of Pölla in the Waldviertel in Lower Austria . The focus is on everyday history and the social change in the rural population from the 17th to the 20th century.

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The museum for everyday history is located in the premises of the former culture court of Neupölla in house no.10 , and was opened in 1997 on the occasion of the 700th anniversary of the first documented mention of Neupölla as a market by Governor Erwin Pröll and with the President of the State Parliament Franz Romeder . The sponsors of the regional history museum are the market town of Pölla and the Neupölla village renewal association. The art historian Friedrich Polleroß has been the director since the beginning .

The museum has 6 rooms with an area of 140 m² and almost 1000 objects on display. The museum's claim is shown in the presentation of everyday history and the social change in the rural population over the past 300 years using the example of the region between Zwettl and Horn . The concept is divided into the following areas: parishes and believers (age of Gothic and Baroque), rulers and subjects (age of absolutism), markets and citizens (artisanal life from the 17th to the 19th century), housing and property conditions , Cooking and eating . Separate areas are given to the house weaving , which used to be an important sideline, and the shoemaker's workshop of Josef Krammer (1904–88) from Neupölla.

The special exhibition Neupölla 10. A House and its Inhabitants shows the history of the Walter family, who owned the present museum from 1752 to 1955. The family worked as shoemakers and farmers and was socially located between the bourgeoisie and the small farmers. Alongside this exemplary family history, the political and general social developments of the time are shown.

Exhibitions and events

1998 Annual General Meeting of the Waldviertel Heimatbund
1998 Special exhibition and lecture by Ernst Degasperi
1998 "Kulturstammtisch" of the Waldviertel Academy on the subject of "Museum culture of keeping home in the age of globalization" with Susanne Hawlik (VHS Horn), Udo Wiesinger (Museum " Industrielle Arbeitswelt Steyr ") and Andrea Komlosy (Waldviertel Academy)
1998 Opening of the museum extension with the exhibition "Neupölla 10: A house and its inhabitants", opened by member of the state parliament Karl Honeder
1998 Slide show “Jewish fellow citizens in the market town of Pölla and their expulsion 60 years ago” by Friedrich Polleroß
1999 Special exhibition "Spices" at the Lower Austrian State Museum
1999 "60 years of the military training area - 60 years of the Second World War"
2000 "Museum and New Media"
2000 Presentation of the "Museum for Everyday History" at Malberg Castle
2000 Special exhibition “Everyday Life in Egypt. Photos by Josef Polleroß "
2000 “From cobblers & tailors. About the changes in the commercial structure in the 20th century "
2000 Special exhibition “Krammer & Krammer. Everyday story of a family of craftsmen "
2001 “From the ox team to BSE. On the development of agriculture in the 20th century "
2001 "Meeting of the Historical Working Group of the Diocesan Archives St. Pölten"
2001 Special exhibition “When the wheels learned to turn. Motorcycles and pictures of motorization in rural areas "
2001 classic car parade
2002 Culture gathering “Prisoners of War in the East Mark”. The Edelbach and Gneixendorf camps "
2002 Special exhibition "Change in the heart region Waldviertel 1899-1999"
2002 Special exhibition " Hannes Scheucher - Paintings"
2003 Special exhibition "Andreas and Helga Napetschnik: Colorful Waldviertel - Flowers and Landscapes"
2003 "30 Years Union - Sports Club Pölla", July 18 - August 17, 2003
2004 Special exhibition "Wild'e Heimat", with one of the lecture (poaching) by Roland Girtler
2005 Photo exhibition "Angelika Vogel: On the beauty of the simple"
2005 Special exhibition “Heimatfilm und Liebesspiel. Cinema in the Waldviertel and the Lichtspiele in Wegscheid am Kamp (1948-1985) "
2007 special exhibition “50 years of Kamp (stau) lakes. History of a Landscape "
2008 special exhibition "40 years of the market town of Pölla"
2009 special exhibition "Matters of View"
2010 "OFLAG - POW camp Edelbach"
2011 Special exhibition "Waldviertel people on safari - exotic animals seen up close"
2012 Special exhibition 2012: "Painting by Matthias Laurenz Gräff", opened by National Councilor Günter Stummvoll
2012 Presentation and discussion of the book “Hitler's grandmother from Strones and a Jewish grandfather from Wetzlas?” By Ilse Krumpöck
2012 Book presentation "100 years of carpenter's workshop Zimmerl-Polleroß, story of a Waldviertel family"
2013 Special exhibition “100 years of carpenter's workshop Zimmerl - Polleroß. History of a Waldviertel family "
2015 Special exhibition 2015 "It has slowly gotten better"

Publications

Friedrich Polleroß: Krammer & Krammer. Everyday story of a family of craftsmen from Neupölla. 42 pages, 37 illustrations.
Friedrich Polleroß (Ed.): History of the Parish Altpölla 1132-1982. 596 pages, 220 illustrations.
Friedrich Polleroß (Ed.): 1938. Before - After. Contributions to the contemporary history of the Waldviertel (= series of publications by the Waldviertler Heimatbund 30), Neupölla - Krems / Donau 1988, 2nd edition 1989. 460 pages, 170 illustrations.
Friedrich Polleroß: First Austrian museum for everyday history opened in Neupölla. Reprint from: Das Waldviertel 46 (1997). 16 pages, 18 illustrations.
Friedrich Polleroß (Ed.): 700 years market Neupölla. Contributions to the history of the market town of Pölla. Neupölla 1997. 362 pages, 259 illustrations.
Friedrich Polleroß: Neupölla 10. A house and its inhabitants. Reprint from: Das Waldviertel 48 (1999). 45 pages, 32 illustrations.
Telestube Pölla: Delicacies from the Kampstauseen - Gföhlerwald region. With the help of a few landlords, housewives and amateur cooks, an interesting mirror of the culinary culture in the region was created, Neupölla 2001. 90 pages.
Friedrich Polleroß (Ed.): 100 years of carpenter's workshop Zimmerl - Polleroß. Story of a family from Waldviertel. 300 pages in full color, hundreds of images.

Web links

Commons : First Austrian museum for everyday history - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

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