Vienna has so many museums that it can easily be called a city of museums. One or two days is really not enough for you to visit them. Therefore, before arriving in the capital of Austria, determine which museums are important for you to visit. Please also note that if you buy a Vienna City Card, you will receive a discount on visits to many cultural institutions (for more details, see Public transport in Vienna. You will meet the Belvedere, Schönbrunn and the Hofburg in the list of attractions, below I will provide you with detailed information about ten museums, and I will simply list the rest.
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7. Museum of the History of Medicine
1. Museum Quarter
The Museum Quarter was opened in 2001 on the territory of the former Imperial Cavalry and covers an area of more than 60 thousand square meters. Here is the Kunsthalle (where thematic exhibitions, music and film festivals, opera concerts are held), the Leopold Museum (collections of works of art of world importance), "Mumok" (Mumok - Museum of Contemporary Art), Vienna Architecture Center, children's museum ZOOM, dance quarter, studios, workshops, salons, cafes-restaurants and much more.
The Leopold Museum houses a collection of works of art of world significance - works of Austrian modernism, including Egon Schiele, Gustav Klimt, Kokoschka, Cuban, Waldmuller and works of other masters.
The museum houses more than 1,300 exhibits on three floors. Here you will also see cultural objects from exotic countries in Africa and Oceania, paintings by Chinese and Japanese artists.
This is Gustav Klimt’s painting “Death and Life.”
Ticket price: adult - 14 euros, under 19 years old - 10 euros.
Opening hours: Thursday - 10:00-21:00, other days - 10:00-18:00.
Address: Museumsplatz, 1.
MUMOK - Museum of Contemporary Art Vienna Ludwig Foundation:
This museum of modern art presents different styles of painting from the XX and XXI centuries: realism, neorealism , cubism, pop art and conceptualism. There are about 9,000 exhibits: paintings, sculptures, installations, photographs, videos and film works.
Ticket price: adults - up to 10 euros (depending on the event), under 19 years old - free.
Opening hours: Monday - 14:00-19:00, Thursday - 10:00-21:00, other days - 10:00-19:00.
Address: Museumsplatz, 1.
Kunsthalle is an exhibition hall where international works of modern and contemporary art are presented, equipped with the latest equipment:
In addition to exhibitions, symposia, conferences, and seminars are held here. There are two cinema and concert halls for festivals and opera concerts.
Opening hours: Thursday - 11:00-21:00, other days - 11:00-19:00.
Address: Museumsplatz, 1.
Another attraction of the Museum Quarter is the Architectural Center of Vienna.
This is not only a museum, but also a creative laboratory, a scientific institution, a research center where materials on the history of Austrian architecture are collected. The center has existed since 1993.
Ticket price: adult – 9 euros. Detailed information can be found on the official website: https://www.azw.at/en/.
Opening hours: daily - 10:00-19:00.
Address: Museumsplatz, 1.
Children's Museum ZOOM introduces children to the world of art and science.
This museum is an interesting entertainment complex for children. There are different programs for children and adults. There are so many educational activities offered to children that you can't even imagine. Take your children there - you won’t regret it.
Ticket cost: 4-6 euros. Detailed information can be found on the official website: https://www.kindermuseum.at/.
Opening hours: Tuesday-Friday - 08:00-17:00, weekends - 09:45-17:30.
2. Museum of Art History
This is one of the most famous museums in Vienna. It was opened in 1891. It was built in the Italian Renaissance style according to the design of Gottfried Semper and Baron Karl von Hasenauer.
The museum was created on the basis of private collections of representatives of the Habsburg dynasty, who collected outstanding examples of art from the XV century. Here you will see paintings, ancient artifacts and relics. The beauty of the museum is the art gallery, which displays masterpieces by famous Flemish, Dutch, German, Italian and Spanish artists.
Visit the collections of Ancient Egypt and the Middle East, the Kunstkamera, samples of numismatics, and enjoy the most ancient and precious things.
Ticket price: under 19 years old – free, for adults – 16 euros. Details can be found on the official website: https://www.khm.at/.
Working hours: Monday - closed, Thursday - 10:00-21:00, other days - 10:00-18:00.
Address: Maria Theresa Square. To get there, take the purple U2 metro line to the Museumsquartier stop.
3. Albertina
Albertina is the most important museum in the historical center of Vienna. It was based on the collections of Duke Albert von Saxe-Teschen and Prince Eugene of Savoy. It was founded in 1776. It has existed in its modern form since 2003.
Here is the largest collection of printed graphics in the world. The Albertina houses works of art from the Gothic era to modern times. You will see masterpieces by Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Rembrandt, Raphael, Rubens, Durer and other famous artists.
Albertina always has several exhibitions. Permanent exhibitions feature works by Monet, Renoir, Picasso and others.
The museum also has a large library, reading room, shop and restaurant. Here you can buy souvenirs, books, catalogs and so on.
Ticket prices: under 19 years old - free, under 26 years old - 11 euros, for adults - 16 euros. For those who have a Vienna City Card - 12 euros. Detailed information can be found on the official website: https://www.albertina.at/en/.
Opening hours: Wednesday and Friday - 10:00-21:00, other days - 10:00-18:00.
Address: Albertinaplatz, 1. To get there, take the metro stop Karlsplatz or Stephansplatz.
4. Natural History Museum
The Vienna Museum of Natural Sciences is one of the ten best museums in the world. More than 20 million exhibits are collected here. It opened in 1889 and was designed by Gottfried Semper and Baron Karl von Hasenauer, the same architects who created the Vienna Kunstmuseum.
This museum is often called a “museum within a museum.” Here, the most important archaeological monuments are located next to ancient paintings in luxurious rooms, and the interior is no less delightful than rare minerals and skeletons of extinct animals.
The museum looks like a palace from the outside, but from the inside it is a real encyclopedia - the building, built in the neo-Renaissance and neo-Baroque style, looks like the residence of kings, but in fact, it is a detailed and interesting guide for naturalists.
The gallery hosts many interactive activities for children, including a dinosaur hunt.
Ticket prices: under 19 years old - free, adults - 12 euros. For Vienna City Card holders - 17% discount. Detailed information can be found on the official website: https://www.nhm-wien.ac.at/.
Opening hours: Wednesday - 09:00-21:00, other days - 09:30-18:30.
Address: Burgring, 7. To get there, take the metro stop Karlsplatz or Stephansplatz.
5. House of Music
In front of you is the House of Music - the historical palace of Archduke Charles in the center of Vienna. Discover how the greatest composers of the past created music, meet the best musicians of our time, and experience the computer music of the future.
The museum has five floors. Walk through its halls, look at the variety of musical instruments, personally conduct the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra with an electronic baton, conduct sound experiments, create a symphony with Mozart.
Visit the “sonosphere” - the world of sounds in which a person has to be from birth throughout his life.
Ticket price: for adults – 13 euros, for children 4–11 years old – 6 euros, for adults 12–26 years old – 9 euros. For those who have a Vienna City Card - a discount. Detailed information can be found on the official website: https://www.hdm.at/.
Opening hours: daily - 10:00-22:00.
Address: Seilerstätte, 30. To get there, take the U1, U2, U4 metro lines, stop Karlsplatz.
6. Mozart House Museum
The Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Museum is located in the historical center of Vienna in the house on the second floor of which the famous Austrian composer lived in 1784-1787 and where he wrote the opera The Marriage of Figaro. The new museum was opened in 2006 after reconstruction, which cost the city 8 million euros.
Mozart's apartment consisted of four rooms, two offices and a kitchen. Currently, all five floors of the house belong to the museum. Here Mozart spent the happiest years of his life. In any case, he never lived anywhere else for so long. Mozart's friends came to this apartment. They played, danced, played cards and chess.
The exhibition in the museum tells us about the customs and fashion, the way of life of the capital of the empire of that time.
Ticket price: for adults – 11 euros, for teenagers under 19 years old – 4.50 euros. For those who have a Vienna City Card - a discount. Detailed information can be found on the official website: https://www.mozarthausvienna.at/en.
Opening hours: daily - 10:00-19:00.
Address: Domgasse, 5. To get there, take the U1, U3 metro lines, stop Stephansplatz.
7. Museum of the History of Medicine - Josephinum
Josefinum - collections of the Medical University of Vienna. Initially, the Medical-Surgical Academy was located here. The museum was founded in 1785. It is based on the collection of Emperor Joseph II.
It was the emperor who commissioned wax anatomical figures in Florence in 1789. The first models were made in 1785. Currently there are 990 objects in 365 showcases.
Here you will learn about collections related to the history of medicine over the last 650 years, the structure of the human body, anatomical models and a huge medical library.
Ticket cost: for adults – 8 euros, for children under 13 years old – free. For more information, visit the official website: https://www.josephinum.ac.at/.
Opening hours: Wednesday - 16:00-20:00, Friday and Saturday - 10:00-18:00.
Address: Währinger Straße, 25.
8. Museum of Technology
The Vienna Museum of Technology was founded during the reign of Emperor Franz Joseph I, but it was opened only in 1918. Currently it occupies 22 thousand square meters. There are several permanent exhibitions, such as: “Astronomy and Physics”, “Nature and Knowledge”, “Heavy Industry”, “Daily Life”, “Communication and Media”, “Music” and others.
The museum has more than 80 thousand exhibits, mainly Austrian inventions. On the ground floor there is power plant equipment, the first steam locomotives and boilers, old electric cars.
Visitors will see collections of bicycles, motorcycles, ship models, vintage cars, as well as aircraft, airplanes, helicopters, space technology, and the first real hang glider.
The exhibition of household appliances is very interesting. By the way, curious children can conduct experiments on their own. For example, generating energy using solar panels, charging solar panels, performing virtual surgery, etc.
Ticket price: for adults - 12 euros, for teenagers under 19 years old - free, for those who have a Vienna City Card - 20% discount. For more information, visit the official website: https://www.technischesmuseum.at/.
Working hours: Monday-Friday - 09:00-18:00, weekends - 10:00-18:00.
Address: Mariahilfer Straße, 212. To get there, take the U4 metro line, stop Schönbrunn.
9. Sisi Museum
If you want to get acquainted with such a historical figure as Elisabeth of Bavaria (or Sisi at home), you need to visit the museum dedicated to the emperor's wife, which is located in the Hofburg Palace.
At that time, the queen was considered the most beautiful and unusual ruler of Europe. It was she who played a decisive role in the truce between Austria and Hungary.
But in her personal life, the emperor’s wife went through many trials. Contempt from her mother-in-law, separation from her children, the death of her son and long-term depression turned her cheerful and kind-hearted daughter into a grief-stricken gentleman. Her death was also dramatic: in 1898, while walking, an anarchist attacked her and inflicted a mortal wound. Sisi did not understand what had happened to her until her last breath.
Currently, the Sisi Museum houses more than 300 exhibits, including the queen’s personal belongings - toiletries, photographs, luxurious dresses. You will also see the carriage in which Elizabeth traveled (she loved to travel).
Sisi was interested in politics, studied foreign languages, wrote poetry, and painted.
Ticket price: for adults - 15 euros, for children 6-18 years old - 9 euros, for those who have a Vienna City Card - 14 euros. Detailed information can be found on the official website: https://www.sisimuseum-hofburg.at/.
Opening hours: from September to June - every day 09:00-16:30, July-August - 09:00-17:00.
Address: Michaelerplatz. To get there, take the U3 metro line, stop Herrengasse.
10. Freud Museum
This museum was opened in 1971. The famous psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud lived in this house from 1891 to 1938, until the Nazis came to power, so he emigrated to Great Britain, where he died.
The opening of the museum was led by Freud's youngest daughter Anna. In the building you will find collections of antiques, original manuscripts, and first editions of books. The interactive screen shows films dedicated to the biography of the scientist, his discoveries and the influence he had on the development of medicine, psychology and anthropology.
The museum houses Freud's personal belongings, as well as the largest library of books on psychoanalysis in Europe (35 thousand copies).
Ticket price: - 9 euros, for children 6-18 years old - 9 euros, details on the official website: https://www.freud-museum.at/en/.
Opening hours: daily - 10:00-18:00.
Address: Berggasse 19. To get there, take the U2 metro line, stop Schottentor.
11. Other museums
Museum of Applied Arts:
Address: Stubenring, 5, official website: www.mak.at.
Coffee Museum:
Address: Operngasse, 7, official website: www.cafemuseum.at.
Museum of Illusions:
Address: Wallnerstraße, 4, official website: www.museumderillusionen.at.
Museum of Circus and Clownery:
Address: Ilgplatz, 7, official website: www.circus-clownmuseum.at.
Globe Museum:
Address: Palais mollard, Herrengasse, 9. Official website: www.onb.ac.at/en/museums/globe-museum.
Sea House:
Address: Fritz-Grünbaum-Platz, 1 (Esterházypark), U3 metro line, stop Neubaugasse. Official website: www.haus-des-meeres.at.
Tower of Madmen (Museum of Pathological Anatomy):
Address: Spitalgasse 2, next to Narrenturm. Official website: www.nhm-wien.ac.at/narrenturm.
Museum of Forensic Science:
Address: Große Sperlgasse, 24, next to the Taborstraße metro station. Official website: www.kriminalmuseum.at.
Museum of Clocks and Clockworks:
Address: Schulhof, 2. Official website: www.wienmuseum.at.
Weapons Museum:
Address: Hofburg, Neue Burg, Heldenplatz. Official website: www.khm.at.
Schnapps Museum:
Address: Wilhelmstraße 19-21. Official website: www.schnapsmuseum.com.
There are many other museums in Vienna. I tried to satisfy your interest at least a little.
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