Yesterday at the Bad Ischl City Museum, Wolfram Huber focused on Stefan Zweig’s relatively unknown novella, “Die spät bezahlte Schuld” (The Debt Paid Late). The writer, who visited Bad Ischl on several occasions, left behind an extensive body of literary work, from which Huber had selected this particular story. The story centers on a doctor’s wife who, due to burnout, retreats to a […]

Visitors were thrilled by the book presentation by renowned economic historian Roman Sandgruber, who, on the occasion of Imperial Week, focused on Franz Joseph in his latest work (now in its second edition), *Habsburg: The World’s Most Important Dynasty*.

The young museum visitors were thrilled by our popular summer program “Night at the Museum” on August 4 at the Hotel Austria, Bad Ischl’s city museum. Together with 17 children, after a workshop on summer retreats, they used flashlights to explore hidden treasures in the storage area and archives, listened to stories, and enjoyed pizza in the museum garden. As for sleeping, that was the last thing on their minds […]

Under the title “Between Borders and Light – Freedom of Art,” which will be presented in two acts, we opened the Kunstforum Salzkammergut exhibition at the Hotel Austria. In the first act, which runs from June 3 to July 12, Franz Hofer-Langwies, Silvia Radner, Ingeborg Rauss, Veronika Laimer-Hubmann, Markus Treml, Stephan Unterberger, and […]

With her insights into the historic villas of Bad Ischl, author Marie-Theres Arnbom completely captivated us; we could have listened to her for hours. This allowed visitors to spend an afternoon transported back to the era of summer retreats in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The book is available in our museum shop.

There was a large turnout at the opening of the exhibition, curated by artist Renate Moran and launched in collaboration with the MUTmacherinnen. On display are works by renowned artists who explore the theme of courage in all its facets. The exhibition is free to view during Hotel Austria’s opening hours. Mayor Ines Schiller called […]

Author Christoph Brandhuber, together with Herta Neiß, wittily hosted the evening and told numerous stories about famous historic Ischl hotels and their owner families from the summer resort era. At the end of the evening at the hotel bar, there was further discussion about various personalities from the hotel and catering industry. The book is available in both museum stores.

In front of a full house, we presented our new Lehár catalog, which was published by Böhlau in Vienna and is available in our store. The event was musically accompanied by Ralf Petruschka on the piano as well as the wonderful soprano Miriam Portmann and the powerful-voiced tenor Yichi Xu, who are currently performing in "Eine Nacht in Venedig" at the Lehárfestival Bad [...]

Since July 2024, the Bad Ischl City Museum has been shining in new splendor and invites you to discover a completely redesigned exhibition. A journey through the city's eventful history, completely re-enacted and interactively designed, awaits you. From the glorious moments of the imperial era to the challenging years of the interwar period and National Socialism, to […]