Bruckner exhibitions in Upper Austria

An entire country is celebrating Anton Bruckner and more particularly his 200th anniversary! This is reflected in the number of exhibitions showcasing  the composer. To mark this important anniversary, exhibitions on Anton Bruckner are taking place throughout Upper-Austria from historical, biographical and geographical perspectives. The following overview provides details of the museums and exhibitions that have Bruckner on the programme for a longer period of time. There are also other art exhibitions with a Bruckner focus, which you can search for using the "Exhibition" filter function in our calendar.

Being Anton - Playing Anton

Immersive sound space

LINZ - Ars Electronica Centre
01.02.24 - 29.12.24

At the Ars Electronica Centre, you can immerse yourself in the world of the famous composer in an unprecedented way: A sound experience in Deep Space 8K with the Bruckner Orchestra Linz and an installation on the world of Bruckner's thoughts and his time await you.

OUTRAGEOUS#, this Bruckner!

Music & relationship
stories from Steyr

STEYR - Steyr Town Museum
13.04.24 - 30.12.26

The life and work of Anton Bruckner,
especially his relationship to Steyr, is the subject of the special exhibition "OUTRAGEOUS#", this Bruckner!" at the Town Museum. Bruckner the man is on display and interactive music installations take visitors into unknown worlds of sound.

"Where I love to stay every year".

Anton Bruckner in Steyr

STEYR - Old sexton's house
13.04.24 - 30.12.24

In the old sexton's house next to the parish church, Wolfgang Hack is organising a show entitled "Anton Bruckner in Steyr - Where I like to stay every year", which sheds light on the life of the composer and the history of the time in which he lived.

Smallest Bruckner museum in the world

in an original living room

KRONSTORF - Bruckner Museum
from 27.04.24

As a 19-year-old schoolboy in Kronstorf, Bruckner felt "like he was in heaven" and described himself as a composer for the first time. The market town has re-staged Bruckner's former living room as a museum.

How it all began. Bruckner's visions

Exhibition at St. Florian Abbey

ST. FLORIAN - Augustinian Canons' Abbey of St. Florian
04.05.24 - 27.10.24

The Upper-Austrian KulturEXPO Anton Bruckner 2024 exhibition provides an insight into the composer's life and work at the monastery for the first time with a large number of documents from the monastery's archives. Three monumental pavilions in the  courtyard invite visitors to experience Bruckner's dreams and visions through exciting multimedia presentations.

Anton Bruckner from marble to myth

ANSFELDEN - Anton Bruckner Museum
04.05.24 - 27.10.24

This special exhibition in the birth place of the great master uses the anniversary as an opportunity to present both newly discovered historical Bruckner artworks and new ones created for this very occasion.

The healing power of water

In Bad Kreuzen traditional health cure treatment goes back more than 175 years

BAD KREUZEN - Kreuzen Castle
from 29.06.24

The exhibition covers a wide range of topics from the cold-water spa to modern spa operations and the topic of water in general. One section is also dedicated to Anton Bruckner, who stayed in Bad Kreuzen several times.

BRUCKNER 17

Anton Bruckner's first place of work

WINDHAAG BEI FREISTADT - Old school
from 01.09.24

The "Old School" commemorates Bruckner's first employment as a school assistant. In the course of the Bruckner Year, his workplace in Windhagen was redesigned and is open to visitors as a place of learning and remembrance.

Exhibition view, It

It's me, Toni!

A search for the identity of Anton Bruckner

LINZ - Nordico
13.09.24 - 02.03.25

A search for Anton Bruckner's identity. The story of Bruckner is retold and brought to life in six themed rooms. Views, original artefacts and documents as well as contemporary visualisations cast a new light on a great musician.

Leopold von Zenetti

Anton Bruckner's teacher and the Biedermeier period in Enns

ENNS - Museum Lauriacum
02.05.24 - 26.10.24

A visit to the special exhibition on Leopold von Zenetti (1805-1892), Anton Bruckner's teacher, is an excursion into the town of Enns in the 19th century. There are many unknown and unexpected details to discover about the living conditions and events in Enns during the organist and choirmaster's lifetime.

Bruckner city of Perg

Special exhibition to mark the Bruckner anniversary

PERG - Local History Museum-Town Museum
17.05.24 - 27.10.24

The special exhibition Perg, Bruckner's town? In any case, we are celebrating documents that prove Anton Bruckner's relationship with Perg. This includes an original letter from Anton Bruckner to the Mayor, Karl Terpinitz, from 1863.

For Theresia

Anton Bruckner:
a HerStory

LINZ - Mariendom
01.09.24 - 07.10.24

The work focuses on the women who played a role in Anton Bruckner's life. There are many stories and myths surrounding his life and his relationship with women. However, it is not a project that attempts to thematise the relationships between Bruckner and women; the focus is on the visibility of the women.

 

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