Krahuletz-Museum, Natural history museum in Eggenburg, Austria.
The Krahuletz-Museum in Eggenburg holds collections on regional geology, archaeology, folklore, regional and town history, and clocks. Its archaeological finds include objects of the Lengyel culture and a Roman imperial-era horse harness resembling types from southern Sweden. The building, designed by Richard Jordan and built in 1901–1902, has late-historicist forms with shallow side risalets, stepped gables, a hipped roof with dormers, and a round-arched rusticated portal.
In 1900, Eggenburg citizens founded the Krahuletz-Gesellschaft to keep Johann Krahuletz's collection in the town, and the museum opened in 1902. Architect Richard Jordan designed the building, erected between 1901 and 1902 in late-historicist romantic forms with a crenellated gable, a hipped roof with dormers, and a round-arched rusticated portal.
The museum was named after a local collector who built its foundation, and visitors can see how people here have long been drawn to gathering and studying objects from their land.
The museum stands in Eggenburg's old town, in a late-historicist building with a crenellated gable and a round-arched portal. Its collections are spread over several floors, and the Krahuletz-Gesellschaft mounts several special exhibitions each year, so check what is on before you go.
The museum's own clock collection is one of its five core holdings, alongside regional geology, archaeology, folklore and town history. Among the archaeological finds are objects of the Lengyel culture and a Roman imperial-era horse harness resembling types from southern Sweden.
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