Stadtmuseum Wels covers the history of a city whose Roman predecessor, Ovilava, was one of the most important in the province of Noricum, and where Emperor Maximilian I died in 1519. The museum is in the old town, near Wels’s long arcaded Stadtplatz market square. Wels is on the Vienna-Salzburg main rail line, about 30 minutes by fast train from Salzburg. Check locally for current opening hours.
museum in Wels
Stadtmuseum Wels
Stadtmuseum Wels is the city museum of Wels, a mid-sized Upper Austrian city whose Roman-era predecessor, Ovilava, was one of the most important cities in the Roman province of Noricum, reaching the rank of colonia under Hadrian.
- Type
- museum
- Destination
- Wels
- Cost
- Paid entry
- Address
- 4600 Wels
- Coordinates
- 48.3041, 14.2915