{"id":1682,"date":"2016-01-29T09:57:46","date_gmt":"2016-01-29T08:57:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/?page_id=1682"},"modified":"2026-02-18T11:33:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T10:33:14","slug":"vienna-museums","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sightseeing\/vienna-museums\/","title":{"rendered":"Vienna museums"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/khm_small.jpg\" alt=\"Front of Kunsthistorisches Museum\" class=\"wp-image-9016\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/khm_small.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/khm_small-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The city&#8217;s museums are among the best in the world, displaying many objects of global importance and featuring top international exhibitions. Discover just what&#8217;s on offer&#8230;from Klimts and Bruegels to the batons of famous composers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Book a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiqets.com\/en\/concerts-opera-vienna-tickets-l206741\/?partner=visitingvienna&amp;tq_campaign=LG_Museums\" rel=\"sponsored\">classical concert experience<\/a>* for your visit<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>See also:<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/entertainment\/kids-2\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"11143\">What to do with kids<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/entertainment\/evening\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"71635\">What to do in the evening<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/entertainment\/events\/exhibitions\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"37363\">Exhibitions in Vienna<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Jump to museums for&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"#art-museums\">Art &amp; design<\/a>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Top 3 \/ Modern &amp; contemporary \/ Art pre-1900 \/ Architecture &amp; design \/ Photography<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#history\">History &amp; culture<\/a>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Habsburgs \/ The rest<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#museums-of-music\">Music<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#science\">Science, technology &amp; nature<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#entertainment\">Entertainment<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"art-museums\">Art &amp; design museums<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/khmnight.jpg\" alt=\"The Kunsthistorisches Museum at night\" class=\"wp-image-42468\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/khmnight.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/khmnight-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(The Kunsthistorisches Museum at night&#8230;obviously)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vienna is a bit of a paradise for art lovers. It&#8217;s hard to go a few metres without stumbling into something that would fetch a few million at Sothebys. Like these <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/top-10-art\/\">top artworks<\/a>, for example.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have my curated list of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/entertainment\/events\/exhibitions\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"37363\">current and future exhibition highlights<\/a>, but let&#8217;s explore your main museum options&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">My top tip(s)<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/walkingtouralbertina.jpg\" alt=\"The Albertina and statue\" class=\"wp-image-50330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/walkingtouralbertina.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/walkingtouralbertina-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(The Albertina)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;d select these institutions as the most important for visitors interested in art:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Kunsthistorisches Museum<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/khm\/overview\/\">KHM<\/a> (as it&#8217;s known) enjoys fame for its galleries with paintings by the old masters (including the globe&#8217;s largest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/khm\/bruegel-collection\/\">Bruegel<\/a> collection). But the museum also has the fabulous Kunstkammer chamber of wonders, the coin collection, the Egyptian collection, Greek &amp; Roman antiquities, and special exhibitions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Albertina<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/albertina\/\">Albertina<\/a> has its own mammoth collection of art (including Albrecht D\u00fcrer&#8217;s <em>Young Hare<\/em>, though that appears only rarely). The permanent display covers the likes of Monet, Picasso, C\u00e9zanne, Chagall etc. while its many special exhibitions stretch from Renaissance etchings to contemporary sculpture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Belvedere<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sightseeing\/vienna-museums\/belvedere\/\">Belvedere<\/a> group has three locations:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/belvedere-sites\/upper-belvedere-palace\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"3521\">Upper Palace<\/a> features special and permanent exhibitions with everything from medieval to contemporary art. It showcases a world-leading collection of Klimt paintings that includes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/belvedere-sites\/kiss\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"1119\">The Kiss<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/belvedere-sites\/lower-belvedere\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"3384\">Lower Palace<\/a> at the other end of the gardens has a permanent exhibition of medieval art, as well as special exhibitions that can feature anything from D\u00fcrer to Dal\u00ed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>And a little away from those two you find <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/belvedere-sites\/belvedere-21\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"12893\">Belvedere 21<\/a>, which houses a series of special contemporary art exhibitions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Now for some other excellent museums in different art and design categories&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Modern &amp; contemporary art<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Kunsthauswienhundertwasser2.jpg\" alt=\"Front fa\u00e7ade of the Kunst Haus Wien\" class=\"wp-image-69008\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Kunsthauswienhundertwasser2.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Kunsthauswienhundertwasser2-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(The Kunst Haus Wien with its Hundertwasser architectural design)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/heidi-horten-collection\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"47637\">Heidi Horten Collection<\/a>: dedicated to showcasing the prestigious modern and contemporary art collection put together by billionaire Heidi Go\u00ebss-Horten. Expect lots of top artist names in the permanent display and special exhibitions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/albertina-modern\/\">Albertina Modern<\/a>: focuses entirely (as you might guess from the name) on modern and contemporary art with a series of special exhibitions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sightseeing\/vienna-museums\/mq\/\">MuseumsQuartier<\/a> or MQ: a centre for contemporary culture with exhibition spaces, cafes, bars, shops, and several on-site museums and institutions, including:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/leopold-museum\/\">Leopold Museum<\/a> (famous for its Schiele and Klimt collection)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/mumok\/\">mumok<\/a> (museum of modern art)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/kunsthalle\/\">Kunsthalle<\/a> (contemporary art and a smaller second location at Karlsplatz square)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/hundertwasser\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"17067\">Kunst Haus Wien<\/a>: contains the Hundertwasser Museum and contemporary art exhibitions with an environmental focus. The building itself is worth a look in its own right, before you even get to the works of art within<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/musa\/\">Wien Museum&#8217;s musa<\/a>: another museum hosting special exhibitions. Usually focuses on themes connected to Vienna, as well as showcasing the work of new artists<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/ernst-fuchs\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"26606\">Ernst Fuchs Museum<\/a>: located in the restored Otto Wagner Villa and filled with the art, design, decor, and character of the renowned Austrian artist, Ernst Fuchs (1930-2015)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/kunstforum-wien\/\">Kunstforum Wien<\/a>: home to a series of high-quality international exhibitions on the more contemporary side of artistic life (think Hockney not Holbein) but on hiatus at the time of writing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/dom-museum\/\">Dom Museum<\/a>: houses many of the treasures of Stephansdom cathedral, but also (unexpectedly) some modern art. Its special exhibitions usually juxtapose the two<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div align=\"center\"><em>Ad:<\/em><br><\/div><div data-tiqets-widget=\"discovery\" data-cards-layout=\"horizontal\" data-slug-ids=\"exp206741,exp238032\" data-partner=\"visitingvienna\" data-tq-campaign=\"DA_ConcTour\"><\/div><script defer src=\"https:\/\/widgets.tiqets.com\/loader.js\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Art pre-1900<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/gemaldegalerie-paintings-gallery\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"42411\">Gem\u00e4ldegallerie<\/a> (paintings gallery) of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna: home to Bosch&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/hieronymus-bosch-last-judgment\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"24869\">The Last Judgment<\/a> and other paintings by old masters, but usually presented in dialogue with contemporary works<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/schottenstift-museum\/\">Schottenstift Museum<\/a>: the abbey&#8217;s in-house museum with various secular and ecclesiastical treasures. Has the fabulous 15th-century <em>Schottenaltar<\/em> panels<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Many of the museums dealing with history and other non-art topics may actually also have special art exhibitions running: again, check <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/entertainment\/events\/exhibitions\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"37363\">my curated listings<\/a> for tips.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Design &amp; architecture<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/maklite1.jpg\" alt=\"MAK museum with red lit windows\" class=\"wp-image-61331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/maklite1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/maklite1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(The MAK museum)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/mak\/\">MAK Museum of Applied Arts<\/a>: a lovely museum covering (shock!) applied arts and design through history and all the way to the modern day. Notable for innovative special exhibitions that often feature contemporary artists<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/architekturzentrum\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"42029\">Austrian Architecture Museum<\/a> (no prizes for guessing the theme): located in the MuseumsQuartier<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/imperial-furniture-collection\/\">M\u00f6belmuseum Wien<\/a>: the Vienna Furniture Museum filled with, well, furniture (but other items, too) that would make antique experts squeak with joy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/augarten-porcelain-museum\/\">Augarten Porcelain Museum<\/a>: attached to the company of the same name and displaying a mix of classic and contemporary porcelain pieces<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Photography<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/westlicht.jpg\" alt=\"Entrance to Westlicht\" class=\"wp-image-42399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/westlicht.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/westlicht-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(Westlicht photography centre)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many of the art museums also feature <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/entertainment\/events\/exhibitions\/#photography\">photography exhibitions<\/a>, but these two locations specialise in the medium:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/foto-arsenal-wien\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"64035\">FOTO ARSENAL WIEN<\/a>: a relatively new institution with exhibitions and more<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/westlicht\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"42396\">Westlicht<\/a>: home to a camera museum and a series of exhibitions that includes one around the annual World Press Photo winners<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"history\">Museums of history &amp; culture<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/culture\/habsburgs\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"12848\">Habsburgs<\/a> dominate local history, but the city&#8217;s museums also cover those periods before and after the dynasty&#8217;s time in Vienna.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">My top tip(s)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/schatzkammer\/\">Schatzkammer<\/a> is the imperial treasury with its crown jewels and ecclesiastical relics. As you can imagine, the ruling dynasty put together quite a collection over the centuries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is where you get to see, for example, the crowns of the Holy Roman Emperor and the Austrian Emperor. Not your average headwear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Habsburgs<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/neueburg.jpg\" alt=\"The Neue Burg\" class=\"wp-image-41728\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/neueburg.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/neueburg-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(The Neue Burg houses the Imperial Armoury, for example)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The central <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sightseeing\/hofburg\/\">Hofburg<\/a> complex is the former city-centre home of the dynasty. Various bits now house museums and collections. Notably (in addition to the Schatzkammer mentioned above):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/winter-palace\/sisi-museum\/\">Sisi Museum<\/a>: covering the life of the enigmatic Empress Elisabeth. A ticket includes the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/winter-palace\/kaiserappartements\/\">Kaiserappartements<\/a> occupied by Elisabeth and Emperor Franz Joseph in the late 19th century<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/winter-palace\/silberkammer\/\">Silberkammer<\/a>: the Imperial silver collection, which contains a lot of tableware, crockery and similar, whereby you really need more fancy words to describe the kind of pieces within (closed for renovation at the time of writing)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/khm\/imperial-armoury\/\">Imperial Armoury<\/a>: a collection of mostly ceremonial and tournament armour and weapons used by the nobility. Housed in a wing of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/winter-palace\/neue-burg\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"1493\">Neue Burg<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>And elsewhere&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/schonbrunn\/wagenburg\/\">Wagenburg<\/a>: located on the grounds of Sch\u00f6nbrunn Palace and featuring the Imperial carriage collection and an exhibition on Empress Elisabeth<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/schonbrunn\/childrensmuseum\/\">Children\u2019s Museum<\/a>: also found in the Sch\u00f6nbrunn Palace complex. Entertain the little ones with insights into life for the average imperial toddler<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/hermesvilla\/\">Hermesvilla<\/a>: a former summerhouse built for Empress Elisabeth in the 1880s, now fully restored. Tucked away in the wooded surrounds of the Lainzer Tiergarten nature park<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>P.S. I&#8217;m not sure it counts as a museum as such, but the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/schonbrunn\/tour\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"161\">tours of Sch\u00f6nbrunn palace<\/a> take you through historical rooms and apartments<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Other history &amp; culture<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/jewishmuseumjudenplatz.jpg\" alt=\"Jewish Museum on Judenplatz\" class=\"wp-image-44331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/jewishmuseumjudenplatz.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/jewishmuseumjudenplatz-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(The Judenplatz site of the Jewish Museum)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sightseeing\/vienna-museums\/wien-museum\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"26812\">Wien Museum<\/a>: manages many of the sites mentioned on this page but also has a huge <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/wien-museum-karlsplatz\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"66174\">central building<\/a> covering Viennese art, history and culture in its entirety along with special exhibitions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/jewish-museum\/\">Jewish Museum<\/a>: discover more about the history of the Jewish community in the city. The museum also has wide-ranging special exhibitions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/khm\/weltmuseum\/\">Weltmuseum<\/a>: a modern ethnographic museum you can consider a museum of people and cultures, full of artifacts from around the world. Many exhibitions also draw in contemporary art<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/volkskundemuseum\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"47771\">Volkskundemuseum<\/a>: the Austrian museum of folk life and folk art, but with a contemporary ethnographic touch<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/heeresgeschichtliches\/\">Heeresgeschichtliches Museum<\/a>: technically the Museum of Military History, but really a history museum with a military focus. Among many historic exhibits&#8230;the car Franz Ferdinand was in when assassinated in Sarajevo, precipitating World War I<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/austrian-history\/\">House of Austrian History<\/a>: a museum that covers the country&#8217;s more recent, post-WWI story<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/pratermuseum\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"70049\">Pratermuseum<\/a>: looks specifically at the history and sociocultural highs and lows of the famous Prater recreational area<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/literaturemuseum.jpg\" alt=\"The Literature Museum building\" class=\"wp-image-44477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/literaturemuseum.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/literaturemuseum-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(The Literature Museum)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/theatermuseum\/\">Theatermuseum<\/a>: housed in the baroque Palais Lobkowitz, where Beethoven often visited. Holds temporary exhibitions related to theatrical history but also features, for example, the Eroica Saal and a work by Klimt<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/literature-museum\/\">Literature Museum<\/a>: journey through the literary history of Austria. Gorgeous display architecture and also includes the original office of the writer Franz Grillparzer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/sigmund-freud\/\">Sigmund Freud Museum<\/a>: dedicated to the father of psychoanalysis and located in the flat he once lived in<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/roman-museum\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"35392\">Roman Museum<\/a>: lovely little institution with excavations and overviews of Vienna&#8217;s rich Roman history<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/khm\/ephesos-museum\/\">Ephesos Museum<\/a>: a small collection of statues, reliefs, and other antiquities from excavations at the Turkish site of what was once a large Greek and Roman city<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/papyrus-museum\/\">Papyrus Museum<\/a>: a globally-important collection of papyrus fragments and documents dating back up to 3000 years, as well as other items from ancient Egypt<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/esperanto-museum\/\">Esperanto Museum<\/a>: introduces you to the history and importance of the language<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/third-man-museum\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60290\">Third Man museum<\/a>: quite apart from a huge collection of movie memorabilia that includes some quite exceptional items, it also has a special history exhibition on the years around WWII Vienna<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div align=\"center\"><em>Ad:<\/em><br><\/div><div data-tiqets-widget=\"discovery\" data-cards-layout=\"horizontal\" data-slug-ids=\"exp206741,exp238032\" data-partner=\"visitingvienna\" data-tq-campaign=\"DA_ConcTour\"><\/div><script defer src=\"https:\/\/widgets.tiqets.com\/loader.js\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"museums-of-music\">Museums of music<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/schubertbirth.jpg\" alt=\"Schubert's birthplace\" class=\"wp-image-44901\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/schubertbirth.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/schubertbirth-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(Schubert&#8217;s birthplace)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">My top tip(s)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/footsteps\/mozarthaus\/\">Mozarthaus<\/a> contains the only remaining original <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/footsteps\/mozartwohnung\/\">home of Mozart<\/a> and his family, as well as a museum dedicated to his many years in Vienna and the music he wrote in the city. It hosts <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/entertainment\/bosendorfer-saal\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"11115\">regular concerts<\/a> too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Standing in the same room Mozart once played for Haydn or composed <em>The Marriage of Figaro<\/em> makes for a strangely fascinating experience: a direct connection global musical history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Music &amp; instruments<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/hausdermusik.jpg\" alt=\"Haus der Musik front\" class=\"wp-image-42269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/hausdermusik.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/hausdermusik-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(Conduct the Wiener Philharmonic within)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/haus-musik\/\">Haus der Musik<\/a>: actually a museum of sound with interactive features. But the House of Music also has rooms dedicated to various composers with a strong historical connection to Vienna, including Mozart, Beethoven, Haydn, Schubert, Mahler, and Brahms.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/khm\/historical-instruments\/\">Historical Instrument Collection<\/a> takes you through the development of instruments over the centuries, with many items once owned by famous composers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Composer connections<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A vast number of famous composers, musicians, and singers lived in Vienna, so various museums pay appropriate tribute. For example:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/footsteps\/beethoven-museum\/\">Beethoven Museum<\/a>: covering his life, works, music, and legacy. Located in the very house where he (probably) wrote his <em>Heiligenst\u00e4dter Testament<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/footsteps\/strauss-museum\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"22944\">Johann Strauss Museum<\/a>: multimedia exhibition on his life, works and relationships. Includes interactive and immersive elements<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/footsteps\/house-strauss-casino-zogernitz\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"68512\">House of Strauss<\/a>: refurbished palais with a modern interactive exhibition on the Strauss dynasty as a whole, a restaurant, and regular concerts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/beethovenmuseum.jpg\" alt=\"The Beethoven Museum\" class=\"wp-image-44899\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/beethovenmuseum.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/beethovenmuseum-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(The Beethoven Museum)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/footsteps\/beethoven-pasqualatihaus\/\">Beethoven Pasqualatihaus<\/a>: a small museum in a city-centre house he once lived in. More of a homage than a museum<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/footsteps\/haydns-house-haydnhaus\/\">Haydnhaus<\/a>: Haydn&#8217;s final residence with exhibitions on his work and the times he lived in (with a small Brahms room, too)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Schubert&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/footsteps\/schuberts-birthplace\/\">Geburtshaus<\/a>: a small museum in the house where Schubert was born and spent his early childhood<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Schubert&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/footsteps\/schuberts-sterbewohnung\/\">Sterbewohung<\/a>: at the other end of the circle of life, this is the apartment where Schubert died<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/footsteps\/strauss-apartment\/\">Strausswohnung<\/a>: a small museum with biographical items and displays. Strauss wrote <em>The Blue Danube<\/em> here<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Discover many more historical locations associated with the lives of Vienna&#8217;s iconic musicians and composers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/famous-people\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"science\">Museums of science etc.<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/technischesmuseum2025.jpg\" alt=\"Front view of the Technisches Museum with logo\" class=\"wp-image-82466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/technischesmuseum2025.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/technischesmuseum2025-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(Vienna&#8217;s museum of science and technology)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s not all about art, history, culture and music, of course. Vienna has numerous other museums. For example:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/natural-history-museum\/\">Natural History Museum<\/a> (Naturhistorisches Museum): filled with geological, anthropological and zoological displays. And dinosaurs! Home to the over 29,000 years-old Venus of Willendorf statue<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/technical-museum\/\">Technical Museum<\/a>: full of interactive displays and thousands of exhibits tracing technological development through the years. Everything from antique irons to wheelchair simulators<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/josephinum\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"88725\">Josephinum<\/a>: a museum of medical history with a range of intriguing displays and exhibits that include numerous wax anatomical models from the 1700s<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/globe-museum\/\">Globe Museum<\/a>: a unique collection of terrestrial, celestial, moon and planet globes, some approaching 500 years old. &#8220;Here be dragons&#8221; (or Australia) <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/transport-remise\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"26596\">Remise<\/a>: the city&#8217;s public transport museum, full of old-timer trams and other vehicles, as well as interactive information displays<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"entertainment\">Museums for entertainment<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/retrogamingmuseum2.jpg\" alt=\"Outside of the gaming museum\" class=\"wp-image-62063\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/retrogamingmuseum2.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/retrogamingmuseum2-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(This way for retro gaming)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/museum-of-illusions\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"35265\">Museum of Illusions<\/a>: a place of amusement and bemusement, not to mention heaven for Instagram pics<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/entertainment\/madame-tussauds\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"35377\">Madame Tussauds<\/a>: the famous wax museum has a location in Vienna with national and international personalities within. Grab a selfie with Beethoven or Beyonc\u00e9<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/retro-gaming-museum\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"62158\">Retro Gaming Museum<\/a>: a journey across the evolution of gaming technology with equipment, consoles and arcade games to try out, too. From Pong to PlayStation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch this space as I get round to visiting more locations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The city&#8217;s museums are among the best in the world, displaying many objects of global importance and featuring top international exhibitions. Discover just what&#8217;s on offer&#8230;from Klimts and Bruegels to the batons of famous composers. 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