!!!Heimatmuseen Local Heritage Museums (Heimatmuseum; museums of local history and culture), term used since the beginning of the 20%%sup th/% century for museums of local or regional character displaying exhibits of historical, traditional and sometimes also scientific value. Around two thirds of the total of approx. 2,000 Austrian museums and collections (1994) fall into the category of local heritage museums. !Literature K. Land, Oesterr. Heimatmuseen, 1929; E. Egg and M. Dawid, Der oesterreichische Museumsfuehrer, %%sup 4/%1991; H. Steininger and O. Bockhorn, Verzeichnis oesterreichischer Museen und Sammlungen, 1994. %%language [Back to the Austrian Version|AEIOU/Heimatmuseen|class='wikipage austrian'] %% [{FreezeArticle author='AEIOU' template='Lexikon_1995_englisch'}] [{ALLOW view All}][{ALLOW comment All}][{ALLOW edit FreezeAdmin}]