Museum Schloss Ritzen

In 1964 the municipality of Saalfelden bought Schloss Ritzen with the plan of setting up a local heritage museum within the historic walls. In the years that followed the building was renovated and extended in stages and the individual sections were fitted out by the museum association. The museum, one of the most important in the province, now shows in 24 sections many valuable pieces on the history and life of the region, on religious folk art, mineralogy and geology.

Several thematic areas have been set up around the history of Saalfelden: a large nativity scene exhibition, sacral treasures with folklore objects, the Roman wall and ceiling paintings of Saalfelden and the exhibition on Gottfried Salzmann. There are also changing special exhibitions.