Hallein Celtic Museum
The Hallein Celtic Museum is located in the Tennengau district capital Hallein in the Austrian state of Salzburg and is one of the most important collections of evidence of Celtic art and history in Europe. It provides a comprehensive overview of the world of the Celts focused Alpine space ( Alpine Celts ). The museum has been run by the Salzburg Museum since January 1, 2012 .
The building also houses the Hallein City Museum , which documents the development of the city , which is closely associated with the historical salt extraction on the Dürrnberg . The Silent Night Museum Hallein , which is also connected to the Celtic Museum, is dedicated to the genesis of the Christmas carol Silent Night, Holy Night .
Special exhibitions in the Celtic Museum in Hallein are devoted to various current topics of the state, city and cultural history.
history
Under Prince Archbishop Guidobald von Thun and Hohenstein , a new building was erected in 1654 at Halleiner Pflegerplatz for the saltworks administration with salt administration, building, pancake and semolina office. For the visits of the Prince Archbishop and other high-ranking guests, three princely rooms were set up on the top floor. These were decorated with a wallpaper-like painted canvas covering and with 73 scenes from the salt works (in rococo frame ). These paintings were made by the painter Benedikt Werkstätter in 1757 and were restored in 1949–1951.
The Celtic Museum emerged from the Hallein City Museum, founded in 1882 . This was originally housed in the local citizen's hospital , from 1930 in the town hall and from 1952 in a gate building of the city fortifications. In 1970 - along with the renaming to the Celtic Museum - the company moved to the former official building of the salt works on Pflegerplatz , which was built in the middle of the 17th century .
After a renovation of the building, the architecture office HALLE 1 was honored with the architecture prize of the state of Salzburg in 2004.
Directors of the Celtic Museum:
- Kurt Zeller (1985-2009)
- Stefan Moser (2010–2011)
- Florian Klaus Knopp (since 2012)
Duration
On around 3000 m² of exhibition space, the Celtic Museum shows exhibits on the topics of Celts, salt and the Christmas carol Silent Night, Holy Night .
The museum keeps all grave finds from 1949 on the Dürrnberg. A showpiece of the exhibition is the grave equipment of a Celtic tribal leader who was buried in a wooden chamber on a two-wheeled chariot . The intact burial site dates from the second half of the 5th century BC. And was found in 1959 on the Moserstein plateau. Another highlight is the Dürrnberger jug from the 5th century BC .
In addition to insights into the historical salt production and sales organization, the Celtic Museum shows in the prince's rooms on the second floor the pictures of Werkstätter, which he made in 1757 on behalf of Archbishop Sigismund von Schrattenbach and on which all work related to salt extraction is shown.
The Silent Night Museum, which is part of the Celtic Museum, is housed in the former home of the composer Franz Xaver Gruber and, in addition to his portrait, shows original furniture and personal items from his estate; including the guitar with which Gruber accompanied the first performance of the song on December 24, 1818 in the church in Oberndorf near Salzburg , which no longer exists today . The accompanying Silent Night archive is an extensive collection of other compositions by the musician.
activities
The museum education is specifically targeted at children of pre- and primary school age . There is a range of attractive, age-appropriate placement programs for groups that require the active participation of the children.
From 1985 to 2012, the archaeological care of the Dürrnberg was the responsibility of the Austrian Research Center Dürrnberg located in the museum . After the dissolution of the research center and a reorganization of the scientific interests of the Celtic Museum, the care of the archaeological collection and the scientific management of the Dürrnberg Antiquities has been in the hands of Dürrnberg Research since 2013 . It mainly deals with the systematic exploration of the sites and with the tasks of the preservation of monuments, which include short-term rescue measures as well as larger research projects.
In order to document the local history of Hallein, the local population is invited through special events to make their memories of life in the city available to the museum as archiving material.
The museum association Celtic Heritage - Friends of the Hallein Celtic Museum has existed since 2006 .
- Special exhibitions
The numerous special exhibitions include
- 1980 Salzburg State Exhibition The Celts in Central Europe
- 2006 Nazi euthanasia in the state of Salzburg
- 2010 Celts found - Celts invented
- 2013 card games and playing cards from Salzburg
- 2014 Really important - archaeological highlights tell their story
- 2018 The Nebra Sky Disc - Born from the deep
There is also a series of special shows on various topics from Hallein's city history.
Business and marketing
The Austrian Research Center Dürrnberg association was supported by the federal government, the state of Salzburg, the city of Hallein and the Salinen Austria .
In addition to the permanent exhibitions, mainly special tours, lectures and other individual events are advertised for visitors. There is an agreement with the Salzwelten Dürrnberg show mine . A visit to the Celtic Museum is free with a ticket no older than seven days; conversely, there is a corresponding discount at the mine (as of May 2016).
Awards
- 1994 Austrian builder award 1994
- 2005 Austrian Museum Prize Promotion Prize
- 2012 Austrian Museum Seal of Approval
See also
literature
- Adolf Haslinger and Peter Mittermayr (eds.): Salzburger Kulturlexikon . Residenz Verlag , Salzburg and Vienna 1987, ISBN 3-7017-0503-8 .
- Georg Clam Martinic : Castles and palaces in Austria . Landesverlag in Veritas Verlag, Linz 1991, ISBN 3-85214-559-7 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Georg Clam Martinic: Castles and Palaces in Austria , Linz 1991.
- ^ Salzburger Landesarchitekturpreis - Prize winners since 1975. (No longer available online.) In: salzburg.gv.at. Archived from the original on June 30, 2013 ; accessed on October 7, 2018 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ www.keltenmuseum.at , accessed on May 20, 2016.
Coordinates: 47 ° 41 ′ 0.3 " N , 13 ° 5 ′ 36.6" E