Long Night of the Museums

Immerse yourself, join in, look, marvel, enjoy

The collection point is the Treffpunkt Museum in front of the Stadttheater, where tickets and all information are waiting.(Bild: Uta Rojsek-Wiedergut)

The "ORF Long Night of Museums" turns Austria into a cultural hotspot, with Carinthia represented by 76 institutions.

It is the 24th edition and this entertaining and low-threshold ORF art and culture event, which is once again under the proven media patronage of the Kronen Zeitung, has lost none of its appeal. The response from the participants, who will open their doors free of charge on October 5 (6 p.m. to midnight), is correspondingly great.

And not only for ORF Carinthia Director Karin Bernhard, who was invited to a press conference at the Künstlerhaus on Wednesday, the Museum Night is "an annual highlight in the Carinthian calendar of events and cultural added value for the population." The fact that the young audience is also introduced to art and culture as part of special children's programs at 23 museums is just one of many good arguments for being a "museum night owl". There are 52 museums and galleries to discover in Klagenfurt, six in Villach and 18 in the regions. The "museum meeting point" and therefore the central starting point for bus and walking routes is traditionally in front of the Klagenfurt Municipal Theatre and on Nikolai Square in Villach.

Hotspot: Happ Reptile Zoo(Bild: Uta Rojsek-Wiedergut)

Tickets (regular: € 17, reduced: € 14, regional: € 6) are valid as admission tickets and tickets for all participating institutions and are available (already in the morning) at the "Treffpunkt Museum" or in advance until September 29: tickets.orf.at All information: langenacht.orf.at