Shoemaker Museum, Hohenems

Marktstraße 15

For half a century, the equipment of the shoemaker workshop of Karl Nachbauer (grandfather of the Schubertiade’s managing director Gerd Nachbauer) had been stowed away. Now it is on display in a small shoemaker museum, which takes up two rooms at Marktstraße 15. Tools, hardware, sewing machines, dozens of wood strips for all shoe sizes and the necessary raw materials remind the visitors of a trade that has almost completely disappeared, and a time when it was common to craft all pairs of shoes individually. Documents and items in the family's possession illustrate the far-reaching changes and developments which have occurred during Karl Nachbauer's lifetime. Only one thing has always stayed the same: the shoemaker workshop.

TV feature on the Shoemaker Museum (RTV Vorarlberg, 2019)

Opening hours 2025

April 27 - May 4
June 22 - 29
July 11 - 14
August 24 - 31
October 2 - 5

daily from 10.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m.

We are happy to open the museum on appointment (to be made on the previous work day, at the latest) year-round.

Admission fees

€ 7 (€ 3,50 for pupils, students and apprentices)
Ticket owners are entitled to visit all museums as often as they wish for a whole year after ticket purchase.

»Längst ist die Schubertiade zu einem Mekka für Kammermusik geworden. Die Mixtur aus herrlicher Musik auf höchstem Niveau […] und den gewaltigen Bergen rundum - das alles macht den Musikfreund sicher: Er wird wiederkommen.«

Die Presse, Austria