The Puppenweltmuseum is devoted to the dolls made by Katharina Kruse, the wife of the sculptor Max Kruse. She was encouraged by her husband to...

The precise origins of Wels castle, built to protect the surrounding agricultural area, are not known but it is first documented in 885, although at...

Wels is the centre of an extensive agricultural area and the castle museum collections explore the history of agriculture in relation to the city from...

The Minoriten Sammlung Archäologie is an archaeological collection drawn from Wels and its surrounding areas. The collection ranges from prehistory and early history to the...

The house was acquired in the early 17th century by Salome Alt, the mistress of the Archbishop of Salzburg, Wolf Dietrich of Raitenau, and was...

The Kaiserpanorama, which was built in 1903, is one of the few remaining round stereoscopic panoramas in the world. It is a large viewer for...

The Lebensspuren Museum is housed in an English style villa designed by the Berlin architect Hermann Muthesius. Muthesius was heavily influenced by late 19th century...

The Minoriten monastery was established in Wels in 1280 and by 1300 a large early gothic church stood here, of which the choir remains today....

The elegant Mariensäule column, with a figure of the Virgin Mary on top, was erected in the Minoritenplatz Square in front of the church in...

The ’Puppenträume- und Bärenmuseum’, which is housed in 100 year old premises on the north edge of the city, was opened in 1996. The founder...

Wels zoo, which is housed in and around the 16th century Herminenhof, is the oldest in Austria. Development was interrupted by the Second World War...

The Dragonermuseum, which opened in 1956, is housed in the former dragoon barracks. It shows the history of the 4th Dragoon regiment which was stationed...

The Renaissance Schloss Puchberg, set in a beautiful park, is a Catholic educational centre for the Diocese of Linz. The building originates from the late...

The Pferdeeisenbahnmuseum is housed in a former building of the old railway company. The Linz-Wels-Gmunden horse railway, which transported 160,000 travellers per year at its...

Schmiding Zoo in Krenglbach, close to Wels, is the biggest zoo in Upper Austria. It is a modern zoo with exciting cultural activities and lots...

Agrarium, situated at Upper Austria’s oldest castle site at Almegg, is a unique theme park devoted to plants and animals and adventure. There are imaginatively...

Schloss Almegg is used as a regional cultural centre for exhibitions of arts and crafts as well as concerts, lectures and a huge annual arts...

Funtasia offers an exciting alternative to normal childcare at a farm which is specially child friendly and safe. Children can enjoy a wide range of...

Hartheim Castle is now a memorial site dedicated to the thousands of physically and mentally handicapped persons who were murdered here by the Nazis as...

The Stiftskirche at Kremsmünster is a mid 13th century church built in a style between the Romanesque and Gothic. It was remodelled in Baroque style...