The 10 Best Things to do in Mistelbach, Lower Austria

»MY WORK IS INTENDED TO BE A SCHOOL OF LIFE, OF PERCEPTION AND OF EMOTION.« Besides presenting the work of Nitsch, the museum researches and documents all the works created by the artist. Emphasis is placed on showing interdisciplinary overlaps and influences which have emanated from the very complex conception of the total work of art, the Orgien Mysterien Theater (OMT). Involved in this undertaking are experts from the humanities and cognitive sciences, theology, mythology, psychology, philosophy, cultural and art studies, as well as theatre, performance, actionism, painting, photography, film, music and literature, who in lectures, symposia and publication series reflect on Nitsch’s work in its entirety. Particularly music, essential to the Orgien Mysterien Theater, is being fostered and further developed in cooperation with local music schools and brass bands.

In 2021, the MAMUZ Museum in Mistelbach dedicates itself to the legendary culture of the Maya by providing a comprehensive Mayan exhibition in Austria for the first time in 25 years. The exhibition takes an in-depth look at the habitat of the Maya in the tropical lowlands as well as in the volcanic highlands of Guatemala. How come that the Maya were able to achieve such a cultural flowering despite the difficult environmental conditions? How did they organise their coexistence? And what were the causes of the collapse of this high culture? The exhibition comprises more than 200 original objects from Central America of which many exhibits are presented in Europe for the first time. A special highlight is the large number of exhibits made of jade. Latest research results based on archaeological excavations and translation work of the Mayan script also shed new light on the social and cultural life of this advanced civilisation.

A fabulous garden according to Feng ShuiListen, when the gardener tells you stories: about stones, which can swim or why you should be careful with the “Egg of the Dragon”. And what dwarf again forgot its watering beside the compost. She certainly explains the tasks of the vegetable garden in the “Children's Area” and those of the owl in the “Knowledge Sphere”. Ask her from where the stones on the garden paths are coming and what function the trellis for roses and clematis had in a previous life.