Ausflugsziele in Vorarlberg

Open a window into the past. The Old Times Museum is located in the old village centre of Hohenems in a house built in 1602. The wooden building was saved from demolition in 2011 and has since been renovated and maintained by a sponsoring association.

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf ranks among the most important singers of the 20th century. Luckily, her extraordinary career as an opera and concert performer is well documented through a great number of recordings, which set standards until the present day.

The open-air museum Villa Rustica, near the town of Rankweil, consists of three buildings of an ancient Roman farming estate, inhabited from the first to the fifth centuries A.D.

The Franz Schubert Museum traces the great Viennese composer’s life and work in rooms that were built shortly before his birth.

Hans Bäumler’s unique private collection encompasses over 100 masterpieces from artists as varied as Spitzweg, Waldmüller Monet, Renoir, Gauguin and Picasso; 130 years of art history presented in a pattern and with a compactness seldom found elsewhere.

The Dornbirn City Museum is housed in a 200-year-old patrician house directly on the market square. On three floors, selected objects and works of art present important chapters of the city's history.

The Vorarlberg Regional Museum – now known as the Vorarlberg Museum – was founded in 1857, making it one of the oldest museums in the Lake Constance area. Its collections are based on specifically Vorarlberg-orientated themes, whilst retaining national and international links where relevant.

Walter Legge (1906-1979) was the first and most important record producer in classical music.

The Mittelweiherburg is Vorarlbergs only moated castle.

The reputation of Rolls Royce is legendary: it epitomises quality, aesthetics and stylish luxury.