Stams Abbey Museum

The Stams Abbey with its beautiful abbey church and the new museum can be visited all year round

The Cistercian monastery of Stams (Lat. Abbatia B. M. V. et Sancti Ioannis Baptistae de Stams) was founded in the 13th century by the Counts of Gorizia-Tyrol, and was meant to become the grave-site of the Counts of Tyrol. Several years later, 12 monks and 5 co-religionists of the Kaisheim Monastery in Swabia settled the monastery. In the 19th and 20th century, it was dissolved twice...

The centre of the entire complex is the abbey church, which in 1984 was raised to a "Basilica Minor". Particularly impressive are the paintings in the vaults and on the murals, as well as the early Baroque high altar in the form of a Tree of Life. In the plain and simple library of the Stams Abbey 60,000 volumes, 379 incunabula, and 61 hand-writings are preserved. The most important document of this comprehensive collection is the foundation document of the Stams Abbey (Stift Stams), issued by Meinhard II in 1275. Furthermore you can visit the Bernardi Hall and the cloister.

A few years ago, the Abbey Museum was added: It shows sparkling items made of gold and silver, chasubles, furniture, paintings, and curiosities such as the Astronomic Table from 1425 AD and the pharmacy from the 18th century. The abbey runs also a distillery, in which since the 16th century schnapps have been distilled: The fruits for the production are cultivated in the own orchards.

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Opening times

  • Wed 04 Dec closed
  • Thu 05 Dec 16:00 - 17:00
  • Fri 06 Dec closed
  • Sat 07 Dec closed
  • Sun 08 Dec closed
  • Mon 09 Dec closed
  • Tue 10 Dec closed

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Full timetables
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Guided abbey tour with museum - autumn 2024 (03/10/2024 - 28/11/2024)

  • Mon closed
  • Tue closed
  • Wed closed
  • Thu 16:00 - 17:00
  • Fri closed
  • Sat closed
  • Sun closed

Austrian National Day 2024 (26/10/2024) closed

All Saints 2024 (01/11/2024) closed

Guided abbey tour with museum - winter 2024/25 (05/12/2024 - 20/03/2025)

  • Mon closed
  • Tue closed
  • Wed closed
  • Thu 16:00 - 17:00
  • Fri closed
  • Sat closed
  • Sun closed

Immaculate Conception 2024 (08/12/2024) closed

Christmas Eve 2024 (24/12/2024) closed

Christmas 2024 (25/12/2024) closed

Boxing Day 2024 (26/12/2024) 16:00 - 17:00

New Year's Eve 2024 (31/12/2024) closed

New Year 2025 (01/01/2025) closed

Epiphany 2025 (06/01/2025) closed

Guided abbey tour with museum - spring 2025 (27/03/2025 - 24/04/2025)

  • Mon closed
  • Tue closed
  • Wed closed
  • Thu 16:00 - 17:00
  • Fri closed
  • Sat closed
  • Sun closed

Easter 2025 (20/04/2025) closed

Easter Monday 2025 (21/04/2025) closed

Admission

guided abbey tour with admission to the museum:
€ 13.50 adults
€ 11.00 groups
€ 11.00 seniors
€ 7.00 students
€ 7.00 people with disabilities

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guided abbey tour without basilica (if closed):
€ 8.50 adults
€ 6.50 seniors
€ 5.50 students
€ 5.50 people with disabilities

More information

The Stams Abbey stays open all year round and is accessible only during a guided abbey tour (basilica, cloister, Bernardi hall and museum): Guided tours are offered every Thursday at 4 pm, for groups of 15 and more persons also outside the opening hours. The tickets are available at the shop in the orangery. Please ask in advance if the guided tour will take place!

In the summer months from June to September, the museum can be visited every day without guide. During these months, guided abbey tours are offered from Monday to Saturday from 9 am to 11 am and from 1 pm to 4 pm, on Sundays and on public holidays from 1 pm to 4 pm.

Autumn-winter season start on October 3, summer season start 2025 on the 1st of June.

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