The k.u.k. court gardener Franz Rauch built a two-story cottage in the Tudor style for Empress Elisabeth between 1856 and 1861 in the park of the Kaiservilla using marble from the mountain "Untersberg" (near Salzburg). Originally, the cottage served as a breakfast salon for the imperial family; currently, changing exhibitions that make reference to the region Salzkammergut and the House of Habsburg are on display.
In the Capital of Culture Year 2024, works by the Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, in which he refers to earliest Chinese dynasties and archaeological finds from the Hallstatt period, create a fascinating encounter between two worlds.