Art history
significant exhibits
The art history museum contains important exhibits from the Romanesque to the Rococo, paintings, sculptures, textiles and many other objects from the parament and art chamber of Admont Abbey. In the entrance area, visitors are "greeted" by a recently acquired rarity: a Gothic Madonna and Child from the 15th century, created by Jakob Kaschauer.
Parament Chamber
An impressive selection of objects from the abbey's parament chamber is displayed in large showcases and changes every year. These religious vestments from various eras include the so-called Gebhardsmitra (late 14th century) and a mortuary chasuble (16th century). The highlight of the textile collection is the extensive work of the Admont Benedictine Benno Haan (1631-1720). He created a wealth of liturgical vestments and regalia for Admont Abbey, each piece of inestimable value and the highest quality. See an article on "Splendid regalia by Frater Benno Haan".
Objects
In addition to this embroidery work, also to be seen in the Museum of Fine Arts are stained glass items and painted panels of the 15th century, a portable altar (1375), the Gebhards crozier with its ivory crook (12th/13th century), an abbot’s staff made of a narwhal tusk (c. 1680), the magnificent Baroque feast day monstrance, chalices, pectoral crosses worn by abbots and paintings produced by major Austrian artists of the Baroque, such as Martin Johann Schmidt (‘Kremser Schmidt’), Martino and Bartolomeo Altomonte, Johann Lederwasch and many others. An individual room is dedicated to the work of the Abbey’s own sculptor, Josef Stammel (1695 – 1765).
