Follow the footsteps of the archiepiscopal court composers through the DomQuartier!
A unique tour of discovery through more than 200 years of Salzburg’s musical history, in the original venues, showing the cultural significance of Salzburg as an international centre of music with a long and glorious tradition. Within the DomQuartier are the Cathedral precinct and the state-rooms of the Residenz, important historical venues where sacred and secular music was performed. The archiepiscopal court musicians – including Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, Georg Muffat, Mozart father and son and Michael Haydn – composed works specifically for performance in these premises, and themselves took part. They were their “workplaces”.
You can still hear their music today where it was once heard – via audio stations and video recordings in the state-rooms of the Residenz, but also as part of a music tour.
Duration: 1,5 hours
costs: € 90.- (outside the normal opining hours: € 400.-)
Music tour with musical accompaniment
Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber (1644-1704), “He who endures, wins!”
You can supplement the music tour with an exclusive chamber concert in one of the state rooms of the residence.
The Da Ponte Ensemble Salzburg plays works by Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, Georg Muffat, W. A. Mozart and Michael Haydn.
Duration: approx. 1 hour and by appointment
Costs of the concert: € 400.-
If desired, the concert can be combined with any guided tour or with a drink, we will be happy to make you an individual offer!
Music everywhere! The Salzburg Court of Princes – a Centre of European Musical Culture 1587 -1807
The app contains additional texts, music examples and videos about Salzburg’s musical history in the 17th and 18th centuries. And all this at the original venues in the DomQuartier Salzburg.
It is thus the accompanying medium for your visit to the music exhibition in the DomQuartier or to inform yourself in advance or afterwards for more in-depth information or because you unfortunately cannot visit the exhibition on site in the museum at the moment. In any case, we hope you enjoy it!
And this is how it works:
Download the app free of charge from your App Store.
Open the app on your smartphone.
Open the “All Content” tab under “Music Tour”.
In the showrooms:
Switch on Bluetooth on the smartphone.
Open the “Nearby” tab under “Music Tour” in the app.
Look for this symbol.
Get music samples per room.
Die App ist für iPhone- oder Android-Smartphone kostenlos hier verfügbar:
The prologue “Music Everywhere” outlines the music-historical subject area and provides initial general information – starting with the reorganisation of the “Musica” by Prince-Archbishop Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau.
In the Carabinierisaal, the early opera of the 17th century is discussed. Orfeo, which was staged on 10 February 1614, went down in music history as the first opera performance outside Italy.
Via Music App in the footsteps of the prince archbishops
The Knights’ Hall is reserved for music theatre of the 18th century, with a special focus on Mozart’s sacred singspiel Die Schuldigkeit des ersten Gebots KV 35 (1767) and his serenata Il re pastore KV 208 (1775), which were first performed here under his direction.
In the adjoining conference room, the Musik_App is dedicated to chamber music of the
18th century chamber music, with examples of gallant society music for exclusive courtly evening entertainments. Here, in 1763, W. A. Mozart’s concert debut at the Salzburg court took place here; Prince Archbishop Hieronymus Count Colloredo, who was a good violinist, played here with his musicians, including duos for violin and viola composed for him.
The station in the Ante Camera allows insights into the position and situation of the prince-archbishop’s court musicians.
In the Audience Room, the theme is the staging of rulers, the pleasures of the table and the music of the table, as well as the importance of the court trumpeters as bearers of princely representation and power.
In the Schönen Galerie, the Musik_App provides information about the era of court theatre from 1720 onwards, with a special focus on the works written for Salzburg by the imperial court composer and vice-chapel master Antonio Caldara.
In the Throne Hall and the White Hall you can hear ornate and original instrumental music of the 17th and 18th centuries, including works by Georg Muffat and Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, with whom Salzburg reached an international musical level.
In the North Oratory of Salzburg Cathedral, church music of the 17th and 18th centuries is dealt with in four sub-sections, which was adapted to the special architectural-acoustic conditions of the cathedral, ensured an effective manifestation of the glory of God, but also provided the appropriate sound cosmos for the magnificent princely representation.
In the St. Peter’s Long Gallery and in the music room of the St. Peter’s Museum, the Musik_App tells about the St. Peter’s “Musica” – among other things about W. A. Mozart and Michael Haydn, the final music in connection with the famous “Basettl” or about the Claviorganum from 1591 acquired by Prince Archbishop Wolf Dietrich, one of the most valuable and oldest objects in the DomQuartier.
Guided tour through the small Christmas exhibition in the DomQuartier with traditional brass music on the terrace above the Cathedral arcade and local delicacies from the Salzburg Christkindl market.
Public dates
28 November to 19 December 2024 every thursday
Price per person: € 19,- / Children € 5,- From 5 pm, duration: 2 -2,5 hours Reservation necessary.
The DomQuartier with its history and its multitude of baroque treasures challenges us to find a personal approach to art.
What do the works of art tell us today?
How do the works of art speak to us?
Where can we connect to the works of art?
Do relationships emerge between us and the artwork?
Thematically coordinated quotations from the visual and performing arts, from film, literature or dance accompany the selected stations in the DomQuartier tour and invite us to join in and creatively design the tour ourselves.
Duration: 2 hours
Cost: Admission per person + € 90 guide fee
Individually bookable group tour (if booked outside opening hours, the tour fee is € 400,-)
This special guided tour format invites participants to experience and experience the DomQuartier with all our five senses.
Is it possible for us to describe the shapes of the baroque stuccowork blindfolded?
What surprising sounds can we hear from the claviorganum and what do they remind us of?
Where do our thoughts take us when we smell the lemons depicted in the glittering still lifes? What taste do the fruits and foods depicted produce? What scent or even stench do the materials used for the paintings give off?
In addition to detailed information on the individual works of art, at the end of the guided tour our eyes are taken with pencil and paper into the fascinating world of Baroque paintings.
The programme is designed for people of all ages from 15 years upwards, for families as well as for special occasions such as company parties and works outings.
Duration: 1.5 – 2 hours
Cost: Admission per person + € 90 guide fee
Individually bookable group tour (if booked outside opening hours, the tour fee is € 400,-)
To uncover the secrets of this historic home and its objects, tricky puzzles await you, which you will have to solve together. Embark on a puzzle tour through the colourful world of the Baroque with a playful competitive character.
From 4 persons
Duration: 2 hours Cost: Admission per person + € 90,- guided tour fee.
Individually bookable group tour (if booked outside opening hours, the tour fee is € 400,-)
We know that visiting the DomQuartier can be strenuous. After all, the tour features 2,000 artefacts from 1,300 eventful years, spread out over 15,000 square metres. In order to prevent the 1.3 kilometre “tour de baroque” through the DomQuartier from becoming a tour de force, we offer you a guided tour tailored especially to the needs of senior citizens.
The education team will modify the pace and its explanations for your needs, and a wheelchair can be provided for special circumstances. Folding chairs are prepared and short pauses can be taken at especially significant places.
Of course, our guides also take into account the higher level of knowledge that experienced elder visitors bring to the tour. Thus, you have an opportunity to discover the entire DomQuartier and its wonderful treasures of art.
Duration: 2 hours
Price: admission plus € 90 tour fee (maximum group size: 20 people)
Meeting point: provided at time of booking
Individually bookable group tour (bookings outside of opening hours: € 400 tour fee)
Accompanied by expert guides, stroll in the footsteps of the powerful prince-archbishops. Sumptuously appointed State Rooms, fantastic paintings in the Residenzgalerie, a fabulous view into the Cathedral, the sacred treasures of the Cathedral Museum and revolving special exhibitions in the Northern Oratory await you. Pass through the Cabinet of Curiosities and the Long Gallery of St. Peter’s. At the new Museum of St. Peter’s Abbey you will see the precious objects of the Benedictine monastery’s art collection.
The guides will offer you anecdotes and extensive explanations, providing insights into the changeful past of the prince-archbishops. Fascinating details about the history, architecture and collections complete the grand “Tour de Baroque” around Cathedral Square – breathtaking views of the city included!
Duration: 2 hours
Price: admission plus € 90 tour fee (maximum group size: 20 people)
Meeting point: provided at time of booking
Individually bookable group tour (bookings outside of opening hours: € 400 tour fee)
On this tour, visitors will discover the Salzburg Residence’s hidden treasures. You will view the Residence in a new light and as a city of its own in the heart of this world cultural heritage listed site. Small details and precious objects become the focal point and give visitors a glimpse of the history of their creation and how they made their way to the Salzburg Residence. These hidden treasures include the world clock with its fine tortoise shell and silver housing built by Jakob Bentele, Louis XVI-style furniture from Paris, Venetian silver candelabras, tapestries from Brussels dating back to the 17th century, classic ceramic fireplaces and a baroque astronomical grandfather clock.
Duration: 1 hour
Price: admission plus € 80 tour fee (maximum group size: 20 people)
Meeting point: provided at time of booking
Individually bookable group tour (bookings outside of opening hours: € 400 tour fee)
St. Peter’s is the oldest existing monastery in the German-speaking world. Since its founding in 696 by St. Rupert of Salzburg, it has followed Benedictine rule: ora et labora – pray and work. In the Museum of St. Peter’s new facilities, young visitors can learn interesting things about life at St. Peter’s Abbey. With the help of an interactive screen, visitors can choose a question for the monks. On film, the members of the monastery tell viewers about life at the abbey: about their daily routine, their tasks, their conversations with God. Kids and young adults get a fascinating look at the achievements and treasures of art, education and science from the last 1,300 years, achievements and treasures which are still with us even today. There is also a plastic model of the DomQuartier and a historical model of the monastery and St. Peter’s abbey church from the year 1873.
Duration: 1.5 hours
Ages: 6–13 years
Price for school groups: € 3.50 (per person)
We offer public tours for adults during which kids can discover the DomQuartier’s state rooms in a fun way while getting a look at the life of the prince archbishops in the Salzburg court.
Duration: 2 hours
Price: admission plus € 4 (kids € 1) tour fee
Meeting point: entrance to the State Rooms
Dates: first Saturday of each month
Children and young adults who are disabled can benefit from specially tailored offers. In autumn, we will begin a unique tour concept that makes the DomQuartier an experience through exciting, unconventional sensual perception and opens this museum complex to all visitors – with or without a disability.
Tours for young people with impaired vision
During a guided tour of the DomQuartier, visually impaired kids and teens experience the various information and spatial dimensions of the DomQuartier through channels other than vision. The imaginary conception of space is supported through other senses such as touch, sound and smell, allowing guests with visual impairments to experience the exciting content of the DomQuartier.
Group size: no larger than 8 visitors
Tours for young deaf people
The DomQuartier offers deaf kids and teens special tours in sign language. The tour is held by a DomQuartier facilitator and is accompanied by a sign language interpreter.
What do terms such as “morals” or “ethics” mean to us today? Where do we find points of reference for correct behaviour? Is there even right and wrong behaviour? Or, to put it simply: what does it mean to live in a community (such as a religious order)? These are all questions which interest today’s young people but often are only poorly answered. On this tour of the DomQuartier, we would like to ask ourselves such philosophical questions and see if something like art can provide answers. Can art mediate between faith and knowledge? Additionally, you will discover that knowledge of the development of art and intellectual life in Salzburg means more than just interest in faith and spirituality. It teaches us the connection between education, science, religion and culture.
This tour for kids and young adults is an exciting addition to religion lessons and preparation for first communion and confirmation.
Duration: ca. 2 hours
Ages: 8–16 years
Price for school groups: € 3.50 (per person)
Price: admission plus € 80 tour fee (when booked individually)
Children can get a closer look at the life of the prince archbishops in the Salzburg court. There are entertaining activities and plenty of mysterious things to discover. An interactive book told by the much esteemed court dwarf Franz von Meichelboeck leads kids from one station to the next. Where can the prince archbishop be? And which treasure chest is opened by the golden key? An exciting journey of discovery through the Salzburg Residenz Palace with its state rooms and gallery, the Salzburg Cathedral and the Cathedral Museum, as well as the exhibition rooms in St. Peter’s Abbey, awaits you!
Duration: 2 hours
Age: 5–10 years
Price for school groups: € 3.50 (per person)
Price: admission plus € 80 tour fee (when booked individually)
The story of court dwarf Franz von Meichelboeck on the search for the prince archbishop leads children on a fun, exciting tour of the DomQuartier. From station to station, there are little activities to master, a “found key” requires initiative and leads to the solution of the puzzling story with the last lost pages of an interactive book. During this tour, kids get insight into the strictly governed life of the Salzburg court and learn about specially-chosen pieces of the collection. Topics such as etiquette, piety and faith, wealth and pageantry are explained with kid-friendly materials. Kids can take home the accompanying map and stamped pendant as a souvenir of their expedition.
Duration: ca. 2 hours
Ages: 5–10 years
Price for school groups: € 3.50 (per person)
During a tour of four DomQuartier institutions, teens and young adults get a better idea of the life of the prince archbishops, their position of power and their love of collecting. Architectural history is one of the focuses of this tour, as well as the artistic decor of the Salzburg Residenz Palace and Salzburg Cathedral. Thanks to info-cards, young adults get plenty of information about these architectural topics where they can then be “experts” about the corresponding place. After each station, a QR-code quiz tests visitors on what they have just learned. The juxtaposition between life in the Benedictine monastery and the prince archbishops’ claim to power, between piety and pomp, offers plenty to talk about. A closing discussion with roles handed out to visitors leads us back to the future with the question: how could you make use of the DomQuartier differently?
Duration: ca. 2 hours
Ages: 11–18 years
Price for school groups: € 3.50 (per person)
At the centre of the tours and workshops is the communicative and active discussion with history, architecture, art and religion. Content and methods are tailored to the individual needs and ages of the group and interactive forms of games and playing assist children and young adults with their power of association and verbal expression. The DomQuartier is a place of learning and communication of knowledge, as well as an encounter with Salzburg’s history where aesthetic experiences are made possible.
In exciting workshops, young people are encouraged to be active and can let their creativity run free, making it possible to transform their own ideas in various ways.
The new DomQuartier makes it possible to walk around the Domplatz (Cathedral Square) on the “upper level” and gives new and beautiful views of the city and its surrounding mountains, as well as an unfamiliar and impressive perspective into its cultural heart.
We warmly invite you to take an exciting tour through the DomQuartier, where, for the first time in 200 years, you can follow in the footsteps of the powerful archbishops around Salzburg’s Domplatz. Magnificently decorated State Rooms, fantastic paintings in the Residenzgalerie, terrific views of the Salzburg Cathedral, as well as artistic and religious treasures from the Cathedral Museum and the Rossacher Collection in the Northern Oratory await you. We stride through the Cabinet of Curiosities and the Long Gallery of St. Peter’s Abbey with its astounding architectural history, all the way through the “Wallistrakt”. There, in the new Museum of St. Peter, specially chosen treasures from the Benedictine monastery’s large art collection are displayed. Your tour ends with a sensational view into the Gothic chancel of the Franciscan Church and we reflect on Archbishop Wolf Dietrich, who created this connection more than 400 years ago.
Duration: 1.5 hours
Price: admission plus € 80 tour fee (maximum group size: 20 people)
Meeting point: provided at time of booking
Individually bookable group tour (bookings outside of opening hours: € 400 tour fee)
Disabled guests may benefit from specially tailored offers, including when it comes to art, architecture and history. In autumn 2014, the DomQuartier will introduce a unique tour concept which makes the DomQuartier an experience though exciting, unconventional sensations and opens the DomQuartier to all visitors – with or without impairments.
Tours for visually impaired guests
During the guided tour through the DomQuartier, blind and visually impaired visitors will experience the extensive content and spatial dimensions of the DomQuartier thanks to channels other than visual perception. The imaginary conception of space is supported through other senses such as touch, sound and smell, allowing guests with visual impairments to experience the exciting content of the DomQuartier.
Group size: no larger than 8 visitors
Tour for hearing impaired guests
The DomQuartier offers guests with hearing impairments special tours in sign language. The tours are led by a DomQuartier facilitator and accompanied by a sign language interpreter.
The extremely rich art collection of St. Peter’s Benedictine monastery is comprised of approximately 40,000 exhibits. The museum is divided into three focuses: St. Peter and art, St. Peter and music, and St. Peter in history and constitution.
The newly designed Museum of St. Peter, in the so-called “Wallistrakt” of the old archbishops’ residence (the former “Hofbogengebäude”), displays artistic treasures from the abbey’s collection. Some are being made open to the public for the first time, while others have not been open to the public since the 1982 State Exhibition. As in most monastery collections, medieval church treasures make up the basis of St. Peter’s collection. The religious life form of a monastery and the celebration of holy liturgy require certain equipment and textiles which are preserved in the sacristy and later in the treasure chest due to their value, which is not just material. Starting very early, these objects were recorded in the so-called jewel directories, many of which are preserved in the monastery’s archive. One of the oldest listings in which the Rupertus and Limoges pastorals, for example, are mentioned dates back to 1462. An additional source is account books which give information about the sometimes costly purchases, such as some by the abbot Rupert V. Keutzl who ordered numerous valuable tools and jewels.
Duration: 1.5 hours
Price: admission plus € 80 tour fee (maximum group size: 20 people)
Meeting point: provided at time of booking
Individually bookable group tour (bookings outside of opening hours: € 400 tour fee)
With a specially developed audio guide for kids, by kids, our young guests are warmly welcome to explore the DomQuartier and its architecture on their own.
This diverse programme presents not only the architectural highlights in the Salzburg Residenz Palace and Salzburg Cathedral, but also entertaining stories, history, sound images and rapped texts about the life of the prince archbishops. Our audio guide for kids is available at the cashier’s desk for free in German, English and Italian and the listening stations in the complex are marked with numbers. You can also listen to the content on your mobile phone before your visit.
Text and speakers: Pupils of the Neuen Mittelschule des Diakonievereins in Salzburg, the Herz Jesu Missionare private school and the International Class of the PH-Praxisvolksschule Salzburg
Concept, workshops, editing: ARTgenossen – a club which offers education programmes and workshops, with Dr. Doris Oberholzer and Petra Schlagbauer
Audio direction and production: Mag. Elisabeth Leberbauer
Audio guide online as a progressive web app (PWA)
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You can also use the audio guide on your own smartphone. No pre-installation is necessary. All you need is a smartphone with a current web browser and an internet connection. Free WiFi is available in the museum for this purpose. In consideration of other visitors to the museum, we ask you to use headphones or to reduce the volume to the bare minimum.
One of the DomQuartier’s special services is the express tour. Over the course of one hour, we wander through the former prince archbishops’ centre of power with its incredible history and unique artistic masterpieces.
The former centre of the prince archbishops’ power, the complex made up of the Salzburg Residenz Palace and the Salzburg Cathedral, along with St. Peter’s Benedictine Abbey, is open once again as a complete tour for the first time in 200 years. On this tour, visitors experience the luxurious state rooms of the Residenz Palace, valuable paintings in the Residenzgalerie, superb exhibits in the Cathedral Museum and specially chosen works of the new Museum of St. Peter, as well as the Salzburg Museum’s Rossacher Collection of Baroque art in the Cathedral’s Northern Oratory. This architecturally interesting tour comes complete with absolutely majestic views. Take a look into the Salzburg Cathedral from the organ gallery and into the Franciscan Church and the Gothic chancel, and enjoy the views from the terrace over the Residenzplatz (Residence Square) and Domplatz (Cathedral Square).
Duration: 1 hour
Price: admission plus € 80 tour fee (maximum group size: 20 people)
Meeting point: provided at time of booking
Individually bookable group tour (bookings outside of opening hours: € 400 tour fee)
Visitors who would like to get additional information about the stirring past of Salzburg’s prince archbishops and exciting details about the architecture during their visit to the DomQuartier should take advantage of our audio guides, which are available. The audio guide accompanies you for 1.5 hours through all permanent exhibitions in the DomQuartier Salzburg – optionally in German, English, Dutch, Italian, French, Spanish, Russian, Mandarin, Korean and Japanese. For children in German, English and Italian.
You can also use the audio guide on your own smartphone. No pre-installation is necessary, all you need is a smartphone with an up-to-date web browser and an Internet connection. Free WiFi is available in the museum for this purpose. In consideration of other visitors to the museum, we ask that you use headphones or minimize the volume to the minimum.
