Museum St. Veit an der Glan

The Museum St. Veit

The museum is divided into seven permanent exhibition areas: railway, model railways, driving simulator of an electric railcar, motorization and gendarmerie, postal and telecommunications services, and the city history of St. Veit. Since the 2023 season, a specially created space has also been available for special exhibitions on a wide variety of topics.

Main Exhibitions

Make a phone call like 60 years ago, marvel at unique model railways, or take the driver’s seat in an original train simulator – all this and much more awaits you at the Museum St. Veit, located at Hauptplatz 29.

Across four floors, you can discover:

• a unique collection on the history of railways, including beautifully restored model trains,

• a collection focusing on motorization and the gendarmerie,

• as well as an exhibition on postal and telecommunications history.

On the entire third floor, you can immerse yourself in the rich city history of St. Veit. In the garden, more highlights await: a beautiful 130-year-old mail coach from the Austro-Hungarian monarchy and a garden railway that delights visitors of all ages.

In the newly designed rooms on the ground floor, you’ll also find the two St. Veit traditional associations: Bürger-Goldhauben-Frauen and the Bürgerliche Trabantengarde. There, you can admire unique exhibits, including the ceremonial flag presented to the Trabants in 1715 by Emperor Charles VI.

Special Exhibitions

In addition to the main exhibitions, you can look forward to annually changing special exhibitions. In 2025, the theme is beekeeping. The exhibition “130 Years of Beekeeping in St. Veit” takes you on an exciting journey through time and nature.

From ancient beehives to modern honey production, you’ll learn how closely humans and bees have always been connected. A real highlight: the amber bee from the Baltic region (on loan from the Carnica Museum Kirschentheuer) – a fossil about 45 million years old showing a bee in flight.

But it’s not just about history: with state-of-the-art technology, you can look directly inside a beehive and experience the fascinating dynamics of a bee colony up close.

Reading Corner & Coin Minting

Relax in the cozy reading corner with historical literature or attend one of the exciting readings. And the best part: you can even mint your own St. Veit coin as a souvenir.