In the premises of the Ecoplus in the Palais Lower Austria in Vienna, the exhibition “Scripture | Gesture | Geste | Geste | Geste | Geste | Geste” by Sabine Müller-Funk will currently be shown, which focuses on the membrane-like overlay, fragmentation, cutting and compression of writing and text. Opening times: Monday to Thursday from 9 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. and 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. and Friday from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. after registration. More information and registrations at Ecoplus at 01/5331893-0 and under www.ecoart.at.
Tomorrow, on the state holiday, Thursday, May 1st, the special exhibition “Wehrmacht soldier & Red Army: 80 years of war” will open at 2 p.m. in the first Austrian Museum of everyday history in Neupölla, which in the historical context of the years before and after 1945 focused on the Austrian-Russian relationships and everyday history aspects. Exhibition period: until August 31; Opening times: Sunday and public holiday from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. or for groups by prior notice. More information and registrations at 0699/19567892 and www.poella.at/museum.
From tomorrow, Thursday, Thursday, May 1st, the state holiday, the site in front of the Kurzentrum is the first station of the hiking exhibition of the “1st Fotochallenge Wienerwald” with the winning pictures from all categories of a photo wetting competition, for which more than 800 photographs were submitted. In Baden, the exhibition is freely accessible until June 1; More information at Wienerwald Tourismus at 02231/62176-14 or www.fotochallenge-wienerwald.at.
Also tomorrow, on the state holiday, Thursday, May 1st, the visitor season 2025 starts in the Benedictine Abbey Altenburg with new focus: Among other things, special tours at night are on the program that allow insights into the life of monks in the Middle Ages, while a focus of nature is brings regular thematic hikes accompanied by the abbey for the first time (next appointment on Saturday, May 3, from 10 a.m.). In cooperation with the Glücksier Ranch Altenburg, pony walks are also waiting for children and families through the extensive abbey area (next appointment on Sunday, May 4th, from 10.30 a.m.). Opening times: until October 26 from Thursday to Sunday and on public holidays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. More information from the Altenburg Abbey at 02982/3451-18, email info@stift-altenburg.at and www.stift-altenburg.at.
Tomorrow, on the state holiday, Thursday, May 1st, the Traiskirchen Museum will also offer a “art and flea market” from 9 a.m. in the Möllersdorf riding room. On Sunday, May 4th, from 10 a.m. in the Traiskirchen Museum, the children’s program “World of Animals” will follow, in which children from the age of six can explore spring awakening in the domestic wildlife. Registrations at the Museum Traiskirchen at e-mail registration@museum-traiskirchen.at; More information at 0664/2024197, email info@museum-traiskirchen.at and www.museum-traiskirchen.at.
The placement program of the Museum Gugging of the next few days will include tomorrow, Thursday, May 1st, on the state holiday, the “Family tour on the holiday” with the Bisamratte Sepp, on Sunday, May 4, from 2 p.m. a focus on the new special exhibition “Herrera & Dubuffet.! A Spark of Light in this World” or from 3:30 p.m. Origami ”, as well as on Tuesday, May 6th, from 3 p.m.,“ parents children creatively ”with the tinkering of funny birds and from 4.30 p.m. another part of the“ workshop round Gugging ”who wants to convey creative adults to the artistic process (registration at e-mail vanessa.url-aigne@museumgging.at). More information at the Museum Gugging at 02243/87087, email museum@museumgging.at and www.museumgugging.at.
On Friday, May 2, at 7 p.m. in the Baroque Schlössl in Mistelbach, the exhibition “here and there” by Ferdinand Melichar will open; At the same time, work by Petra Haushofer can be seen in the cabinet. Exhibition period: until June 1; Opening times: Saturday, Sunday and public holiday from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. More information at the Mistelbach Art Association at 02572/3844, email kunst@kunstverein-mistelbach.at and www.kunstverein-mistelbach.at.
In the Kunsthalle Krems, the exhibition “Bygone Innocence” by Göksu Kunak can be seen in cooperation with the “Donaufestival”. At the start of the exhibition on Friday, May 2, a performance will take place from 5 p.m. in which Kunak discussed the scandal of a car accident in the Turkish city of Susurluk in 1996. Exhibition period: until October 26; Opening times: Tuesday to Sunday and on public holidays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. More information at 02732/908010, email office@kunsthalle.at and www.kunsthalle.at or www.donaufestival.at.
On Friday, May 2, the house of the wilderness in Lunz am See also invites you to the children’s program “Spring twittering with Habi”, the family mascot of the house in the form of a hawk owl; The bird world is at the center of this workshop for children from the age of five. More information and registration at 07486/21122, email info@haus-der-wildnis.at and www.wildnisgebiet.at/haus-der-wildnis.
The next museum day of the Fischamender Museums on Saturday, May 3, also marks the start of the season: at 3 p.m. Karin Hanta and Prof. Adalbert Melichar opened the new exhibition “The Life of the Writer Lore Segal” about their encounters with Lore Segal, which will be shown in the local museum in the Tower on Saturday, June 5, July 5 and September 6 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. and in the “Long Night of Museums” on October 4 to midnight. In addition, there is a puzzle rally from the tower through the old town all day long for children. More information at the local museum Fischamend at 02232/77300 and 0676/5342507, Franz Lorenz, email Heimatmuseum.fishamend@aon.at and www.heimatmuseum-fischamend.at.
“Culture of Memory in Stone” is the topic of a guided tour of Krems on Saturday, May 3, as part of the 2025 memory and commemoration year; The meeting point is in front of the caricature museum at 4 p.m. More information from the city council of Krems at 02732/801-0 and https://kremsmachtgeschichte.at.
In Baden, however, a “cultural-historical walk” with Christine Triebnig-Löffler is bearing the title “Longing for Baden” on Saturday, May 3; The meeting point of the village tour is at 10 a.m. at St. Christoph. More information, pre-registrations and tickets at Beethovenhaus Baden at 02252/86800-630 and email tickets@beethhovenhaus-baden.at.
In the archaeological outdoor area of the Mamuz Castle Asparn on Zaya, the active weekend is on Saturday, 3rd and Sunday, May 4th, all about historical craftsmanship: On both days, visitors can try out a wide variety of handicrafts from 40,000 years of human history from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. In addition to the active program with wool, sparking sparks, pottery, wool, spiders, weaving, baking bread and making wire jewelry are also on the program every day from 11, 1 and 3 p.m. More information at 02577/84180, email info@mamuz.at and www.mamuz.at.
In the Weinviertler Museumsdorf Niedersulz, the focus is on Saturday, 3rd and Sunday, May 4th, the building material clay, when experts convey theoretical considerations and practical application around the clay from 9.30 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. in a two -day clay construction workshop. More information at the Museumsdorf Niedersulz at 02534/333, email info@museumsdorf.at and www.museumsdorf.at.
If the pen and city of Klosterneuburg immerse yourself in the Middle Ages on Saturday, 3rd and Sunday, May 4th, from 10 a.m., the medieval festival also includes historical city tours, medieval pilgrimages, herbal and family tours. More information and the detailed program at www.klosterneuburg.at and www.stift-klosterneuburg.at/event/mittelalterfest.
On Sunday, May 4th, Margot Pilz will be a guest in the “Christa Hauer” exhibition in the Landesgalerie Lower Austria in Krems and, as part of “Art, Kaffee & Kipferl” from 10.30 a.m., tells of her time together with the artist, gallery owner and activist. More information from the Landesgalerie Lower Austria at 02732/908010, email office@lgnoe.at and www.lgnoe.at; Cards under www.kunstmeile.at/kunstkaffeekipferl.
In the Museum Lower Austria in St. Pölten, the “Sunday in the Museum” is devoted to the families on Sunday, May 4th: from 11 a.m. and 2 p.m., family -friendly museum tours will take place through the house for nature, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Creative stations invite you to do handicrafts, from 3:30 p.m. Observations from the microscope will be transferred to the cinema screen. On Tuesday, May 6th, the “Animal Tuesday” in the Haus for Nature will again offer the opportunity to take up the hand from 2 p.m. with “Check the fright”, spending frails or walking leaves, while the nature brokerage team tells interesting facts about these animals. In addition, the House of History, in cooperation with the caricature museum Krems, has designed the hiking exhibition “Inspired – 30 years in view of the caricature”, illuminating milestones from the past 30 years. The exhibition specially developed for the upper grades of AHS and further education schools will be made available free of charge from May to December 2025 for two months (except July and August) (bookings at e-mail school exhibition@museumnoe.at). More information at the Museum Lower Austria at 02742/908090-0, email info@museumnoe.at and www.museumnoe.at.
Finally, on Tuesday, May 6th, at 6:00 p.m. in the Kultur Kultur KREMS Gallery, the exhibition “Journey through my brain” is opened, in which Julia Brandl painting, drawings and digital media connects to multi -layered works. Exhibition period: until May 17th; Opening times: Wednesday to Saturday from 10.30 a.m. to 1 p.m. and by appointment with Julia Brandl at 0699/17150561. More information from the Galerie Kultur Mitte on 0676/5055450, email culturemitte@gmail.com and www.facebook.com/kultur.mitte.krems.