Museumsdorf Niedersulz open air museum

What was it like to live and work in a Weinviertel village around 1900? The Weinviertel Museum Village Niedersulz invites you to immerse yourself in everyday life back then. Around 80 reconstructed objects from the Weinviertel can be admired, surrounded by colorful farm gardens with all kinds of plant rarities. Flowering front gardens adorn historic homes and craftsmen's houses, old varieties of fruit trees stand next to barns and herb and vegetable gardens can be found next to chapels or the village school. Goats, pigs, rabbits and poultry - everything that belongs to a real farmstead can be found on the "Living Farm". The authentically furnished buildings are complemented by several exhibitions that focus on life and work in the olden days. After a walk through the museum village, the rustic village inn tempts visitors with delicious home cooking. Many picnic facilities, two playgrounds for children and a museum store round off the offer. Dogs are welcome in the museum village (please keep them on a lead).

In the "House to try out", all kinds of everyday things are available to try out for yourself. These are jobs that were done exclusively by the female members of the household. How do you darn socks and stockings? How hard is it to put a loaf of bread in the oven? How does it feel to lie on a straw or horsehair mattress? And how much or little light does a candle or a kerosene lamp provide? Guests can try out all this and much more for themselves in the Kellerstöckl from Erdpreß and get to know life and work in a Weinviertel cottage.

The educational format "Everyday life in the village - what was it like back then?" invites visitors to actively experience the houses, courtyards and workshops of the museum village every Saturday, Sunday and public holiday from 1 pm. Old crafts, traditional customs and the labor-intensive everyday life are thematized. The program is varied - saddlers, shoemakers and wainwrights demonstrate old craft techniques, cultural mediators talk about the saints of farming families, the everyday working life of day labourers and hygiene in the olden days. Work in the village, such as woodwork, laundry and school lessons, are demonstrated and can be experienced at first hand.

Season program 2025

• A highlight of the season is the opening of the tailor's shop on April 12.
• At the traditional plant market on April 26, organically grown rarities from the museum village and the region can be purchased.
• On May 3, the workshop "Renovation of old buildings and clay construction - theory and practice" takes place.
• The Kellergassenfest on May 10 and the Mother's Day morning pint on May 11 will be full of atmosphere.
• The youngest visitors will take center stage at the Children's Everyday Life in the Olden Days on 25 May.
• Typical village life can be experienced at the Museum Knowledge for Everyday Life - Wood on June 7 and at the Museum Knowledge for Everyday Life - Textiles on June 14.
• The Lower Austria Show Garden Day takes place in the midst of early summer blossoms on June 15.
• The Garden Summer Full Moon Nights (July 10, August 9) promise new garden experiences at dusk and by moonlight.
• The popular Nature Garden Day takes place on August 30.