The museum was originally a school building, and a residence for teachers. It was associated with the Bruckner family since 1777; Anton Bruckner's grandfather and father were schoolteachers here. Anton Bruckner was born in the schoolteacher's apartment on 4 September 1824. As a boy he sang in the choir of the Monastery of St Florian, in the nearby town of St Florian. Aged 17 he was an assistant teacher in Freistadt, and in 1851 became organist at the monastery of St Florian."Anton-Bruckner-Museum Ansfelden" OÖ Landeskultur GmbH. Retrieved 23 October 2020."Anton Bruckner (1824–1896)" Katholische Pfarre Ansfelden. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
