City Museum St. Pölten

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City Museum. St. Pölten, coming from Rathausplatz

The City Museum St. Pölten is the city museum of the Lower Austrian capital St. Pölten .

history

After archival material and objects of historical importance had been systematically sifted since the 1880s, the museum was opened in the town hall in 1909. After several moves it was set up in 1976 in the adapted Karmeliterhof as the St. Pölten City Museum and has since been expanded and expanded several times.

building

City Museum. St. Pölten, looking towards Rathausplatz

The Karmeliterhof was built from 1707 to 1712 by Jakob Prandtauer as a Carmelite convent . After the abolition of the monastery by Emperor Joseph II , it served as barracks from 1787 to 1918 . From 1964 to 1985 the building was revitalized in several stages and has since been used by the municipal authorities of the city of St. Pölten. In 2007 the entrance was redesigned with a glass and steel construction.

Collections

The museum is spread over three floors:

  • The foyer, the archeology and a city ​​history tour are on the ground floor .
  • Art Nouveau in St. Pölten and special exhibitions are presented on the first floor
  • The Lower Austria Documentation Center for Modern Art is located on the second floor

Archeology and city history

The archaeological collection presents finds from prehistory and early history in the St. Pölten area and the Roman past of the city then known as Aelium Cetium . Some objects are represented using computer-generated 3D models.

The historical epochs of today's city are presented in a variety of ways, with a focus on the history of traffic and industrial history. In terms of architectural history, the Baroque and Art Nouveau periods are particularly emphasized.

Art Nouveau in St. Pölten

Dr. Hermann Stöhr House, Kremser Gasse 41, St. Pölten

Art Nouveau was introduced into the city with a bang . No less a person than the builder of the Vienna Secession , Joseph Maria Olbrich , built a house for the doctor Hermann Stöhr at 41 Kremser Gasse in 1899, which embodied the new style with radicalism. The sculptural structure arches over the ground floor and is provided with floral stucco, metal decor and colored glass windows. While open-minded city dwellers welcomed the building, the opponents ridiculed it as the house of the Chinese embassy .

In addition to Art Nouveau architecture, the museum shows many works of art by Charlotte Andri-Hampel , Ferdinand Andri , Ernst Stöhr , Hans Ofner and Joseph Maria Olbrich . Some of these pictures have been presented in exhibitions in Vienna, Salzburg, Milan, Montreal, Paris and The Hague in recent years. The biographies of the artists are presented on display boards.

St. Pölten Artists Association

The Künstlerbund holds its annual exhibitions in the City Museum (as of 2019 there are 73), and the two Adolf Peschek Prizes are also awarded.

Web links

Commons : Stadtmuseum St. Pölten, Karmeliterhof  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ City Museum St. Pölten. In: donau-limes.at. Retrieved December 27, 2019 .
  2. ↑ according to the display board in the museum
  3. ↑ 73rd annual exhibition of the St. Pöltner Künstlerbund. In: City Museum St. Pölten. October 18, 2019, accessed December 27, 2019 .

Coordinates: 48 ° 12 ′ 16 ″  N , 15 ° 37 ′ 21.1 ″  E