The works were commissioned by Count Caspar Ignaz Künigl. The building was enlarged by the bishops chapel and the imperial wing with its beautiful ceilings (painted by Kaspar Waldmann and Antonio Gresta) and majolica stoves. The rooms are decorated with tapestries and historic furnishings, whereas there is also a Chinese cabinet.

The Diocesan Museum preserves the precious collections of paintings, sculptures, furniture, stained-glass windows and valuable pieces of goldsmith’s art. Particular noteworthy are the Baroque altar statues by Adam Baldauf, and the oil paintings by Stefan Kessler, Ulrich Glantschnigg, Franz Sebald Unterberger and Paul Troger.

Since 2004 the Museum has been housing the extensive Siegfried Unterberger collection. The collection is focused on Tyrolean art from the 19th century with works by Franz von Defregger, Albin Egger-Lienz...

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