Kunstmeile Krems

With a variety of museums, galleries, art and music festivals, Kunstmeile Krems offers an extensive and sophisticated cultural program. Over a distance of just one mile (1.6 km), you have the opportunity to experience a wide variety of contemporary art forms in a historic setting at the gateway to the Wachau.

Kunstmeile Krems combines a variety of art and cultural experiences and stretches from the Minorite Church to the Dominican Church. It is concentrated in three places: Minoritenplatz, Museumsplatz and Dominikanerplatz.

Within walking distance, the art and cultural institutions of the Kunstmeile Krems invite you to stroll and discover.

There are other galleries and an extensive culinary offering on and around the Kunstmeile Krems.

Kunsthalle Krems

The Kunsthalle Krems is the international exhibition venue for contemporary art in Lower Austria. It exhibits art since 1945, with a focus on contemporary art. With the Dominican Church, Kunsthalle Krems gained an additional exhibition venue in 2017, which means that Kunstmeile Krems begins in front of the Steiner Tor and extends beyond the Kremser Tor and along Steiner Landstraße. The focus is on space-related projects in Gothic sacred architecture.

Opening hours: Tue to Sun and Mon, if public holiday 10 am to 6 pm

Caricature Museum Krems

The Caricature Museum Krems - Austria's only museum for caricature, satire, comics and cartoons - shows an Austrian grand master of caricature and internationally renowned cartoonist in the permanent exhibition FOREVER DEIX: Manfred Deix stands for Austrian humor and offers insights into the world of Austrian types and characters and the clichés associated with them.

Opening hours: daily 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. (winter months 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.)

Landesgalerie

The Landesgalerie Niederösterreich is a new, dynamic exhibition venue for Austrian art. It combines the holdings of the Provincial Collections of Lower Austria with important private collections and responds to contemporary issues with themed and personal exhibitions. The reality of people's lives is at the heart of the program, which encompasses all genres of art and brings the old into dialogue with the new.

The Landesgalerie Niederösterreich reflects Lower Austria as an artistic landscape that uniquely enriches European artistic creation in interaction with Vienna and its neighboring countries. To this day, it is the living space of outstanding artists.

Opening hours: Tue-Sat 10:00-18:00 (Mar-Oct), 10:00-17:00 (Nov-Feb)

museumkrems

The former Dominican monastery is located right in the center of the old town of Krems, on the Körnermarkt. The museumkrems is located in the impressive monastery complex around the baroque inner courtyard and shows - in addition to a permanent exhibition on the history and culture of the city on the Danube - special exhibitions from its extensive museum holdings.

The museum's collection presentation is housed on the ground floor and in the newly adapted cellar rooms of the former monastery, while changing themed exhibitions are shown in the monks' former dormitory on the second floor.
The tour begins with the large model of Krems, which shows the town in the 18th century. Sculptures from different stylistic periods are presented in the cloister of the monastery. Other showrooms focus on the history of trade, viticulture and the development of the Krems bourgeoisie. One of the town's most famous sons, the Baroque painter Martin Johann Schmidt - known as the "Kremser Schmidt" - is also honored in his own presentation.

It is not often that the name of a town is associated with a culinary product far beyond the region. Gourmets associate Krems on the Danube not only with "Krems wine", but also with "Krems mustard". According to the town's chronicles, mustard was first produced in Krems over 500 years ago. Since the middle of the 19th century, "Echte Kremser Senf", developed by the Krems-based company Hietzgern, has become an ambassador of good taste from Krems. The museumkrems is also dedicated to this product.

Opening hours: Mon-Sun 10:00-18:00 (April - October)

Forum Frohner

The Forum Frohner is a place to encounter and engage with contemporary art. The focus is on the complete works of Adolf Frohner, co-founder of Viennese Actionism and one of the most important Austrian artists with an international reputation. In changing exhibitions, it gives Frohner's work a home as a "living museum" in which his work is presented and contrasted with works by international artists.

Opening hours: Tue to Sun and Mon if public holiday 11 am to 5 pm