The folk culture museum for the Lungau, an isolated Salzburg upland basin where the UNESCO-recognized Samson processions still take place on feast days from June to September. The giant Samson effigy carried through village streets is unlike anything else in Central Europe. Museum in St. Michael im Lungau; Tauern railway from Salzburg takes 1.5 hours.
museum in St. Michael im Lungau
Lungauer Heimatmuseum
The Lungauer Heimatmuseum in St. Michael im Lungau documents the folk culture, agricultural history, and traditions of the Lungau, an isolated upland basin in southern Salzburg that is unique in Austria for its preservation of ancient Samson procession traditions.
- Type
- museum
- Destination
- St. Michael im Lungau
- Cost
- Paid entry
- Address
- 5582 St Michael im Lungau
- Coordinates
- 48.5976, 15.6596