Hallstatt World Heritage Museum — Attraction in Hallstatt

I wouldn't travel to Hallstatt just to see this museum unless you are an enthusiast (or professional expert) on the Bronze and Iron Age, but if you are already in Hallstatt, I can definitely recommend it. For the "most instragrammable village in the world", Hallstatt is doubly blessed with an interesting prehistory. Artefacts from Hallstatt, which this museum has the largest collection of, give their name to a prehistoric culture which some experts used to (and many enthusiasts continue to) associate with the ancient Celts. Amazing artefact here include grave goods, decorated weapons, large and beautiful bronze vessels, and jewellery, not to mention a good selection of Roman material. But the best collection include finds - picks, leather backpacks for carrying salt, a leather shoe, woven cloth fragments - associated with Hallstatt's salt mine, the oldest known such mine in the world dating well into prehistory. Many of these artefacts before 2002 were in Vienna's Natural History Museum, but has now been returned to its rightful place. The museum definitely belongs to the old guard of museums before visitor engagement was paramount. The museum admissions price at ten euros is steep for a museum of its size. If you're short on time, I recommend prioritising visiting Hallstatt's salt mine up...

It offers you a very detailed and well explained history of the region and Hallstatt in particular.

It has props and interactive elements to make the explanations more visual and overall it makes a fun (personal POV) museum to visit.

It also dabbles a little in the natural history of the region.

Some videos it seems "lost" the ability to play the english version. It would be great to be available again(? - if they had the ability in the first place)

Also if you expect more celtic/pre-celtic artefacts, there is a collection of them, but it's not that large (it's not...

MUSEUM HALLSTATT Hallstatt, Austria

Museum Hallstatt, also known as Welterbemuseum Hallstatt, is a museum in Hallstatt, Upper Austria that opened in 1884. It has a large collection of artifacts, exhibits, and interactive displays from the local salt mines and Iron Age cemeteries, which have made Hallstatt the type site for the Hallstatt culture. The museum also has videos in multiple languages and multilingual binders throughout the museum. Some say it's one of the most incredible places...