Visitors can now expect twice the exhibition space. The new entrance to the museum is located on the south side of the "new" building, the so-called Thurnhaus (the building opposite the original museum, essentially a medieval residential and defence tower), which has been renovated over the past 1.5 years and has become the impressive second home of the Leogang Museum. It is connected underground to the museum's main building by an exhibition room, in which exquisite Gothic arts and crafts are presented, and is now largely barrier-free.
The Mining and Gothic Museum now houses nine new exhibitions as well as ten existing but high-quality additions. We would like to thank our national and international partners, such as the Salzburg Museum and the National Gallery in Prague, as well as the support of many private lenders.
On Friday, not only the expansion of the Leogang Mining and Gothic Museum was celebrated, but also the preservation of the medieval village centre of Hütten and its strengthening as a centre of medieval art in Salzburg. The museum was officially opened by Prof. Hermann Mayrhofer (curator of the Leogang Mining and Gothic Museum), Mayor Josef Grießner, Dr Phil. Marius Winzeler (Head of the Collection of Ancient Art, National Gallery Prague), Deputy Governor Dr Heinrich Schellhorn, Dr Brigitta Pallauf (President of the Provincial Parliament), Governor Dr Wilfried Haslauer and Archbishop of Salzburg Dr Franz Lackner OFM.
Prof Hermann Mayrhofer, curator of the Leogang Mining and Gothic Museum, is delighted: "The vision of the medieval mining village of Hütten has become a reality thanks to great support from the public and private sectors. Visitors can now enjoy Gothic art and mining masterpieces on twice the exhibition space. We look forward to welcoming many visitors this summer!"
Highlight of 2019: the international exhibition "Beautiful Madonnas # Salzburg. Cast stone around 1400"
The highlight of the 2019 museum season will be the exhibition "Beautiful Madonnas # Salzburg. Cast Stone around 1400", which is being developed, organised and staged in cooperation with the National Gallery in Prague and the Art History Institute of the Academy of Sciences. 27 works, including loans from major museums in France, Germany, the Czech Republic and Austria and outstanding works from ecclesiastical and private collections, can now be admired in this exhibition in Leogang until 31 October 2019. At the beginning of November, the entire exhibition will move to the National Gallery in Prague, where it will be on display from 20 November 2019 to 20 April 2020 before the Salzburg cast stone Madonnas return to their lenders.
"Miner. Bishop. Emperor" Mining power between the Middle Ages and modern times.
The second major special exhibition is entitled "Miner. Bishop. Emperor" and provides an insight into the power of mining between the Middle Ages and modern times. The artistry of Emperor Maximilian I, the 500th anniversary of whose death this year, is closely linked to the history of medieval mining. High-quality exhibits in the rooms of the emperor and the Salzburg archbishops Leonhard von Keutschach and Cardinal Matthäus Lang tell of this.
