According to its collection criteria, the Museumsdorf mainly collects folkloric building culture and material evidence, to a lesser extent immaterial evidence from the entire Weinviertel from the late 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries.
The collection includes agriculture, handicrafts, household goods, textiles, furniture, carts and sledges and much more.
All objects included in the collection are given an inventory number, are described, measured and photographed; This and all other information such as origin, function etc. are recorded in an electronic inventory system and serve as a basis for research or exhibition activity.

The great challenge of the Museumsdorf Niedersulz - as well as of any open-air museum - is the preservation of the existing substance of brick buildings and wooden buildings such as stables and fattening paths. The aim is to use the greatest possible authenticity in the choice of materials (clay, lime) and techniques (e.g. wood joints).
The mobile collection items also require careful treatment - wooden objects, for example, against wood-damaging insects such as the common nail beetle, better known as a "woodworm".

Fields of research in an open-air museum such as the Weinviertler Museumsdorf Niedersulz are broad and varied and include the areas of home and family history, but also the origin, function and distribution of equipment, tools, etc., the distribution of house forms and farm buildings and the large field of so-called intangible cultural heritage, that is, the customs associated with village life, craft techniques, etc.

The Museumsdorf offers in addition to the authentically furnished residential and commercial buildings several exhibitions that deal in more detail with the themes of a Weinviertel village.
The inscriptions on and in the houses are kept deliberately reduced in order to preserve the impression of the historic village. At the same time, the Museumsdorf offers many different educational programs for children and adults, for groups and individual visitors.
If you enjoy communicating content that deals with the Weinviertler village life in the old days, we look forward to your interest in working in the Museumsdorf.

Project "Cataloguing and Digitisation of the Collection”

Aided by funding from the BMKÖS “Kulturerbe digital” programme, staff at the Museumsdorf Niedersulz in the Weinviertel are currently cataloguing and digitising the museum’s collection, with a particular emphasis on agricultural and textile artefacts. In addition, all objects that have already been documented and catalogued will be digitally published for relevant use. Over 16,000 objects have already been comprehensively catalogued, a further 5,000 or so are currently being (re)catalogued and all objects will be subsequently made accessible to the general public in a digital format.

The items that have already been digitised can be viewed on DIPKatalog.noemuseen of the Museumsmanagement Niederösterreich DIPkatalog.noemuseen | Museumsmanagement NÖ

The library is located in the primary school in Radlbrunn.
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Please note the following information when using the library catalogue:

If you have "entered" the catalogue without logging in, the following options under the Search tab may be of interest to you.
A search slot is offered directly under Research, in which I can enter text fragments as in Google or other search engines: "Full text search" (the information offered here on the right could also be helpful for you as a reader).
For advanced catalogue experts, the "Advanced search" is suitable, with which you can search for certain structural elements of the description of a title: Media type, author, year, place; title element; series affiliation...
As the volume of literature cannot be compared with larger libraries, the full text search and some elements of the advanced search are usually sufficient.
If you want to get a general overview, the categories (according to which the volumes are organised) are very useful (to be opened below the search).
At the bottom of the search is the search by subject group (somewhat finer than the rough classification categories, orientated to the basic classification of the large library networks). However, this should be used with care for the time being, as only about a third of the works have such a subject group classification (and the rest cannot be found using this). A little patience is still required (estimated at around 1/2 year to a year) until all subject groups have been assigned. The subject group search will be interesting as an additional filter for search results.

Opening hours in the 2024 museum season (14 April - 3 November)
By appointment from Mon-Fri. The museum village library is accessible free of charge (admission to the museum village not included)

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