City Museum is located in Linz Nordico near the Town Hall. Since its inception in 1963, Nordic is an important cultural facility for the residents of Linz: the emphasis in the museum is to preserve the cultural history of the region for future generations. Every year the museum held several different exhibitions.

The museum building was built in 1607 -1610 years the Italian architect Francesco Silva as a country palace at the monastery Kremsmünster. In 1675, the building was partially rebuilt and expanded. Currently, there are remains of frescoes. From 1710 to 1786 the building passed into the possession of the Jesuits, opened a boarding school for students from Scandinavia (hence the name of the museum "Nordico"). Students from Denmark, Sweden and Norway were trained in religion, then to lead missionary work in their countries.

Since 1851, the building was a cultural community that was founded by Adalbert Stifter. In 1901 the building was purchased by the administration of Linz. Only after the First World War, it was decided to use the building as a museum in the future. Buying a collection of Anton Pachindzhera was the beginning of the birth of the museum.

From October 2007 to May 2008, the museum was closed for renovations. The museum has about 700 square meters of exhibition space.