The Innviertel Museum of Folklore at 13 Kirchenplatz is well worth a visit. The museum houses extensive collections on four main themes:

The sculpture hall includes works by all generations of the Schwanthaler family, supplemented by the exhibition The Homecoming Schwanthalers, on loan from private collectors.

The development of Ried is explained in the exhibition on the town’s history, Ried between Bavaria and Austria.

The folklore collections on the first floor are divided into Crafts, Traditional costume, Textiles, Jewellery and Jars and vessels.

The large collection of religious folk art can be traced back to the Pastor Johann Veichtlbauer Foundation. It includes

hand-painted devotional icons, reliquary crosses,

monastic artwork and last but not least the impressive Silent Night crib. The world-famous Christmas carol, Silent Night was sung for the first time in front of this crib during the Christmas mass in 1818. This special crib can be visited all year round.

The Ried town gallery primarily displays works by members of the Innviertel Künstlergilde, or artists’ guild, including

Alfred Kubin,

Margret Bilger,

Wilhelm Traeger,

Wilhelm Dachauer and Franz Xaver Weidinger.

The exhibitions are supplemented by temporary special exhibitions.

All areas of the museum are accessible to wheelchairs.

It is open from

Tuesday to Friday between 9 am and 12 pm,

2 pm and 5 pm and

on Saturdays between 2 pm and 5 pm.

The museum is closed on Sundays, Mondays and public holidays.