FC - Francisco Carolinum

At the suggestion of its Vice President Adalbert Stifter in 1854, the Oberösterreichischer Kunstverein decided not only to orient exhibitions towards but also purchase artworks for the expansion of its own “Landesgalerie”, in order to thereby make a contribution towards the “Erbauung und Bildung des Bürgertums” [The edification and education of the bourgeoisie] and “Volke allzeit die Anschauung guter, ernster Kunst als bestes Erziehungs- und Veredelungsmittel zu ermöglichen” [enable people at all times to be able to view good, serious art as the best means to be educated and refined]. As the first work in May 1855, it acquired the large format painting “Schiffbruch an der Insel Capraja im Ligurischen Meere” [Shipwreck on the island of Capraia in the Ligurian Sea] by the “extraordinary landscape and marine painter” Hermann Mevius of the at that time highly esteemed Dusseldorf School.

With the opening of the Francisco Carolinum the Landesgalerie also relocated to the new museum building and was thus nearly forty years after its foundation for the first time physically as well as organisationally integrated in the structure of a museum. At the same time the unlimited ownership rights were transferred from the Kunstverein to the State of Upper Austria.

Although the designation of “Landesgalerie” was meant to continue the term gradually changed its original significance through the specific museum context in the Francisco Carolinum. Although the Landesgalerie had to date designated a clearly defined image collection, which had been continuously evolving for a number of years, it increasingly merged with the inventory and the identity of the museum.

It was not until the 1980s that the Landesgalerie with its ongoing exhibition activities on the art since 1900 was newly institutionalised in the Museumstrasse. The Museum Francisco Carolinum thus radically changed in little more than 100 years. The original permanent exhibition of different collections from 1895 was replaced in a decades-long room concept process to realise changing exhibitions. All of the exhibits formerly on display left the Museum Francisco Carolinum.

The Landesgalerie Linz is currently the museum of the State of Upper Austria for 20^th and 21^st century art and has full use of the Francisco Carolinum museum building to host events covering various programmes.

Timetable

The cultural education of the FC - Francisco Carolinum is not primarily oriented to the artworks but to its visitors and their respective perceptions.

The tours and information about the artwork in the exhibitions are intended to support and expand perceptions and interpretations. Enabling creativity and self-expression is at the heart of our activities.

Cultural education programme for various target groups

INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION

Tues - Fri from 9 am - 1 pm

Koordinationsstelle Kulturvermittlung
T +43 (0)732 7720 522 22 
kulturvermittlung@landesmuseum.at

For organisation reasons it is absolutely essential to register two weeks prior to the desired date. Tour intervals: On the hour and half hour.

The FC - Francisco Carolinum is disabled accessible as follows:

• Lift at the rear of the building (south side)
• Disabled accessible toilet