Top 100 best museums in Vienna

The Hofburg Palace, located in Vienna, is the largest palace in the city and has a rich history as the residence of most of the Austrian royalty. The Habsburg dynasty, in particular, resided here for over 600 years. This historical significance makes it a fascinating place for tourists interested in history and architecture.

The Schönbrunn Zoo (Tiergarten Schönbrunn, Vienna Zoo) is a zoo in Vienna that is considered to be the oldest surviving zoo in the world. The zoo was founded in 1752 and is located in the gardens of the former Schönbrunn Imperial Palace in Vienna. The eye-catchers of the Vienna Zoo are the giant pan

St. Stephen's Cathedral, also known as Stephansdom, is a Roman Catholic cathedral located in Vienna, the capital of Austria. It serves as the seat of the Archbishop of the Austrian Archdiocese of Vienna. This cathedral is not only a place of worship but also a symbol of Austrian history and identity.

Vienna's Imperial Palace is one of the biggest palace complexes in the world. The oldest parts date to the 13th century, with construction having continued right into the 20th century. The Imperial Palace was the residence and seat of government of the Habsburg emperors until 1918. Today, it is home

The Natural History Museum in Vienna opened in 1889, and while originally it was meant to house the Habsburg's possessions, it became one of the most known museums dedicated to natural history. The figures and statues housed in the museum represent the progress in various fields of science over the

These Baroque gardens cover approximately 120 hectares of land around the Schönbrunn Palace and are listed by UNESCO among the World Heritage sites. Visitors can take a stroll through the carefully designed flowerbeds, or get lost in the local maze. First entered by visitors in 1779, these gardens h

The Albertina in Vienna houses one of the largest print rooms in the world, and used to be the biggest Habsburg residential palace, inhabited by one of Maria Theresa's daughters. The collection, which started in 1776, boasts over a million prints and tens of thousands of paintings dating all the way

The Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna is one of the world’s foremost museums. Experience the rich collections of the Habsburgs, a dynasty that ruled in Austria for more than 600 years, for most of that time as Emperors of the Holy Roman Empire. It boasts exhibits spanning five millennia, from Ancient

The Belvedere Palace Museum is part of the Belvedere palace complex, which was designed by Lukas von Hildebrandt in late Baroque style. The construction took 6 years, until 1723, when the palace was completed. However, it is inside the palace that you will find Upper Belvedere's greatest treasure: a

The Leopold Museum is a museum in Vienna that originated from the private collection of Rudolf and Elisabeth Leopold. The museum includes the largest Egon Schiele collection in the world with around 250 works. With a total of 5400 pieces ,it offers a good overview of the work of the most important r

The Austrian National Library is considered one of the most beautiful libraries in the world, containing 7.4 million items. It is divided into a library and a museum. The library includes all kinds of books from research, history, religion to modern literature. With the oldest book being the Holy Go

The Sisi Museum in Vienna is housed in the Stephan apartments, named after Archduke Stephan Viktor. The museum exhibits personal items that once belonged to Elisabeth that illustrate her personality. The museum exhibits around 300 objects, including parasols, fans, gloves, clothing, beauty preparati

Awaiting you at the Imperial Treasury Vienna in the Hofburg Palace is the Austrian Imperial Crown and the insignia of the Holy Roman Empire with the Imperial Crown and the Holy Lance. Other highlights include the treasure of the Order of the Golden Fleece and parts of the immensely opulent treasure

The Haus des Meeres in Vienna is a former defence tower used to stop bombers with flak cannons that is now turned into an ocean aquarium. Apart from fish and sea creatures, you will also see snakes, tortoises, birds and even monkeys. Climb to the top floor to get one the best views over Vienna from

The Museum of Military History in Vienna (Heeresgeschichtliches Museum) is the museum of the Austrian army. It is the oldest military history museum in the world and the largest built for this purpose. The museum documents the history of the Austrian army from the 16th century until 1955. The museum

Time Travel Vienna is a museum/attraction in Vienna where the 2000 year history of the city is brought to life. Visitors can get a tour through an adventure area of 1,300 square meters, including 5D cinema, animatronic shows, music and special effects.

The Technisches Museum is a museum in Vienna that displays thousands of artifacts organized in different exhibitions about nature, heavy industry, mass production and daily life. On the one hand, the Technisches Musuem Vienna exhibits objects ranging from airplanes and trains to antique typewriters

The Haus der Musik is a museum in Vienna that is dedicated to sound and music that focuses on interaction and multimedia. The museum consists of an area of ​​approximately 5,000 square meters and covers five floors. The first floor is dedicated to the Vienna Philharmonic. The second floor is dedicat

The Third Man Museum is a film museum in Vienna's that displays an extensive collection of original exhibits exclusively around the 1948 international film success "The Third Man", based on the eponymous novel by Graham Greene, on an area of ​​over 400 square meters in 14 rooms. The exhibited exhibi

Madame Tussauds Vienna (Madame Tussauds Wien) is a wax museum in Vienna. In the museum several wax statues of famous people are spread throughout several rooms. Besides wax statues of world famous people such as the President of the United States or James Bond, the museum also has wax statues of fam

The MAK - Austrian Museum of Applied Arts / Contemporary Art is a museum in Vienna that focuses on architecture and contemporary art and arts, crafts and design in general. The museum collects and exhibits furniture, glassware, ceramics, textiles, design and jewelry, among other things. It owns Wien

The Church of Mariahilf, located in Vienna's 6th district, is a Baroque parish church and also the church of the Congregation of Saint Michael the Archangel. This historic church is a significant part of Vienna's architectural and religious landscape.

At the Imperial Carriage Museum Vienna in Schönbrunn, join the company of such illustrious personalities as Empress Maria Theresa, Napoleon and Emperor Franz Joseph, and journey through their life as illustrated by their state coaches and carriages. The prize exhibit is undoubtedly the baroque Imper

The Wien Museum on Karlsplatz will be renovated and expanded over the coming years. The building will be upgraded with additional room for exhibits, generous spaces for educational activities, an event center, and a new restaurant and café.

The Spanish Riding School, or Spanische Hofreitschule, is a renowned institution in Vienna. It is dedicated to horse riding, specifically classical dressage, and is known for two key elements: the Lipizzan breed of horse and the traditional Spanish dressage technique. This combination of elements makes the school unique and a symbol of Vienna's cultural heritage.

The Gemäldegalerie der Akademie der bildenden Künste is an art museum in Vienna. It features a painting gallery that includes around 1600 paintings from early Italian panel painting of the 14th and 15th centuries to painting from the Academy from the 18th and early 19th centuries. They include The L

The Jewish Museum Vienna (Jüdisches Museum der Stadt Wien) is a museum of Jewish history, Jewish culture and Jewish religion in Vienna. The museum has two buildings, the Palais Eskeles and the Misrachi house. The exhibition and event program deals with the past and present of Jewish culture in Austr

The Mozarthaus Vienna is the place where Mozart wrote his opera The Marriage of Figaro here, and also three out of six Haydn Quartets. This museum mainly focuses on his work. Apart from the interior, you will get to see his letters and other items from his private life. It is the biggest and the mos

The Sigmund Freud Museum in Vienna features an exhibition on the history of psychoanalysis and the life of Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) in Freud's former practice and apartment. The collection of the museum includes original items owned by Freud, the practice's waiting room, and parts of Freud's antiqu

The Schmetterlinghaus, the Butterfly House in Vienna is a large historical Jugendstil greenhouse built in 1902 where you can experience hundreds of live free-flying tropical butterflies in a recreation of their tropical environment. It is part of the Imperial Hofburg Palace and open every day of the

The Secessions building (Secessionsgebäude) is a building in Vienna where the artists of the Secession movement (the Austrian Jugendstil), came together. Since these were people who had separated themselves from the "Academy", it was intended to make fun of the ideas of classicism. The dome is an ey

Academy of Visual Arts in Vienna, German: Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien, is a public art academy of applied and visual arts in Vienna. Owning works of world-famous artists (some of which are almost 700 years old), the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna is a place for art lovers. The Academy is infa

The Globe Museum is a museum in Vienna that is housed in the Palais Mollard. It is the only public museum in the world devoted to globes, featuring around 600 terrestrial and celestial globes of which around 200 are on display in the exhibition presented by the Globe Museum. Most of the globes origi

The Imperial Furniture Collection (Hofmobiliendepot) is a furniture museum in Vienna and one of the world's largest museums of home decor. The museum's collection mainly consists of furniture of the Habsburg monarchs, from commodes to imperial thrones. However, Austrian furniture designers and archi

The Silberkammer (silver chamber) is part of the Hofburg in Vienna. On display are the holdings of the Hofsilber- and Tafelkammer, which were transferred to the Republic of Austria after the end of the Habsburg monarchy. Valuable objects of glass, silver, porcelain as well as cooking and baking uten

Thee Children's Museum (ZOOM Kindermuseum) in Vienna is an interactive and educative museum where children can touch, hear or smell almost every item in the exhibition. Themes from art, science and everyday culture can be explored in a playful way and tested and explored with all senses in experienc

The Clock Museum in Vienna holds and exhibits one of the most significant collections of time pieces in Europe. The collection of the museum includes 700 clocks from around the world. Spread over three floors, the exhibition illustrates the story of scientific and technological development, social t

The Verkehrsmuseum Remise (Remise Museum of the Vienna Lines) is a museum in Vienna that is dedicated to public transport. It is the largest tram museum in the world that deals with the public transport of a single city. The main focus of the collection of the museum is the complete documentation of

The Collection of Anatomical Pathology in the Madhouse Tower - nhm is a collection that is housed in The Narrenturm (Fool's Tower or Madhouse Tower) in Vienna. It is Europe's oldest building for the accommodation of mental patients that was built in 1784. In the museum the exhibits related to anatom

The Ernst Fuchs Museum in Vienna is devoted to the Austrian painter, draftsman, printmaker, sculptor, architect, stage designer, composer, poet, singer and one of the founders of the Vienna School of Fantastic Realism, Ernst Fuchs. The museum is housed in his Otto Wagner Villa that Fuchs acquired in

The City Palace Liechtenstein is a musuem in Vienna and is one of two palaces in Vienna belonging to the princely family of Liechtenstein, built from 1692 to 1705. The Liechtentein Palace is still used as a private residence by the princely family of Liechtenstein, but it also houses the 19th centur

The Alt-Wiener-Schnapsmuseum is a museum in Vienna where visitors can learn everything about highly alcoholic drinks, with tasting included. The museum still features some original pieces and equipment, including the original interior of the wood-paneled office space, desks, a historic cash register

The Collection of Historic Musical Instruments in Vienna includes the world's most important collection of Renaissance and Baroque instruments. Besides these, in this museum, numerous instruments played by famous musicians and composers are on display. Highlights in the collection include Viennese f

The Esperanto Museum and the Artificial Languages ​​Collection is a museum, library and documentation center and archive in Vienna and with the world's largest linguistic collection of artificial languages. The catalog of this collection is accessible via the internet and contains 35,000 library vol

The Bank Austria Kunstforum Wien is an exhibition building in Vienna, sponsored by Bank Austria, housed in the former bank building. The museum holds and exhibits a collection that mainly focuses on Austrian Art. The collection comprises over 9,000 works. Highlights include works by Ferdinand Georg

The Ephesos Museum in Vienna holds and exhibits a collection that has existed since the end of the 19th century that is part of the collection of antiquities of the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna. Ephesus was one of the largest cities in the ancient world and is today one of the most visited tou

The Hofjagd- und Rüstkammer is the Imperial Armoury in Vienna that illustrates many centuries of European history through its collection of decorated harnesses, saddles and firearms. A highlight in the museum is the golden sword of Maximilian II (1527-1576), one of the most beautiful weapons in the

The Roman Museum at the Hoher Markt in Vienna is a branch of the Wien Museum and specializes in the history of Vienna in Roman times. Due to the limited space, the main focus of the Roman Museum is on the 2nd and 3rd century, the heyday of Vindobona (the Roman military camp located on the site of th

The Funeral Museum Vienna (Bestattungsmuseum Wien) is located on the Vienna Central Cemetery where it presents an overview of funeral customs, burial rites, funerary art and the Viennese perspective on death. The museum's collection contains around 1,000 funeral objects, including coffins, carts and

The Museum of the Johann Strauss Dynasty (Johann Strauss Museum) is a museum in Vienna that is devoted to the Strauss family of musicians, headed by Johann Strauss senior, his sons Johann jr., Josef and Eduard, and his grandson Johan III. The collection of the Strauss Museum in Vienna tells the fami

The Museum for Contraception and Abortion is a museum in Vienna that is is the only museum in the world devoted exclusively to contraception, pregnancy testing and abortion. The collection, archive and library comprise about 2100 objects, 1120 books, 100 letters and more than 500 articles.

The Josephinum was a medical-surgical academy in Vienna for the training of military doctors for the Austrian army. Today, the Institute of Medical History of the Medical University of Vienna is housed in the buildings as well as other institutes. The Josephinum houses a large number of collections

The Johann Strauss Wohnung is a museum in Vienna that is dedicated to Johann Strauss Jr. (1825-1899). Johann Strauss and his wife Jetty lived here from 1863 to 1870 and he wrote his most famous piece An der schönen blauen Donau here. The museum shows a large number of pieces from and about his life,

Neurologist and psychiatrist Viktor Frankl, founder of the "Third Viennese School of Psychotherapy", lived in Mariannengasse 1 until his death in 1997. There he completed his theses on man as a spiritually gifted being. Today, this Frankl site is a museum where visitors are introduced to the art of

The Museum of Art Fakes (The Fälschermuseum Wien) is a private museum for art forgeries in Vienna. The museum includes works by Vermeer counterfeiter Han van Meegeren and the London restorer Tom Keating, who claimed to have faked more than 2000 works by more than one hundred artists. Also on display

The Hermesvilla in Vienna is a palace located in the Lainzer Tiergarten, a former fenced-in hunting ground for the Habsburg nobility. Emperor Franz Joseph made Empress Elisabeth a present, in the hope to keep her in Vienna more often. In a five-year construction period, architect Carl von Hasenauer

The Theatermuseum in Vienna is housed provides a basic overview of what happens backstage in theatres and has hundreds of costumes and other props on display that all have a role in creating the perfect theatre play. One of the highlights of the exhibition is a collection of puppets.

The Belvedere 21 (or 21er Haus) is a building that was built in 1958 as an Austrian pavilion for Expo 58 in Brussels and used in Vienna from 1962 to 2001 as a museum of the 20th century. The museum is now a museum of both modern and contemporary art an has Austrian art of the 20th and 21st centuries

The MUSA Museum Startgalerie Artothek (MUSA Museum Artothek Art Gallery) is a museum in Vienna that holds the collection of contemporary art of the cultural department of the city of Vienna. The currently approximately 20,000 objects by 3,500 artists offer an overview of Viennese art development sin

The Chocolate Museum Vienna's aim is to entertain and educate young and adult chocolate lovers in the different sections of the museum. The Museum is divided into the following main sections: History, Jungle, Games, Workshops, Sculptures and Pepper.

The Vergilius Chapel (Virgilkapelle) is an underground crypt that is located next to the Stephansdom in Vienna. The chapel is rectangular in form with six niches and lies around 12 meters beneath the ground. A small exhibition gives a historical outline of medieval Vienna. It is possible to look int

The Beethoven Wohnung Heiligenstadt is the house where famous composer Beethoven lived and where he wrote several of his well-known symphonies. Walk through the intriguing exhibition of this small apartment house and learn more about the life and work of this remarkable man. If interested, you can j

The Schönbrunn Desert House is a desert botanical exhibit in Vienna that is located in the Sundial House that was built in 1904 and commissioned by Emperor Franz Joseph I based on designs by the architect Alfons Custodis for the overwintering of his botanical specimens from Australia and South Afric

The Kuffner Observatory is a public observatory in Vienna that was founded in 1884 as a well-equipped private observatory with a research institute attached to it. The Kuffner Observatory contains four main telescopes, but its highlight is the heliometer, an instrument originally designed for measur

The Circus and Clown Museum in Vienna illustrates the history of local and international entertainers such as clowns, artists, wizards and freaks. Visitors can learn interesting facts about their places of work, such as the Vienna Prater and circuses. The Circus and Clown Museum regularly organizes

The Kaffeemuseum Wien (The Coffee Museum Vienna) was founded in 2003 on the ground floor of the building of the Austrian Museum of Social and Economic Affairs. Access is via the main museum. The objects, mostly from the private collection of its founder Edmund Mayr, cover every aspect of coffee. The

The SchokoMuseum (Chocolate Museum Vienna) is a museum in Vienna that illustrates 3000 years of chocolate history, from the Olmeken's Xocolatl to today's praline. The museum shows the cultivation, the different varieties and recipes of chocolate and shows current production, through exhibits and pic

The Zeiss Planetarium of Vienna is considered one of the most modern planetariums in the world. A lot of astronomic shows and projections take place at this planetarium where visitors can discover the secrets of the universe.

The Neidhart Frescoes (Neidhart Fresken) is the oldest secular mural paintings in Vienna. It was commissioned by the merchant Michael Menschein and show scenes from the life and work of the minne singer Neidhart von Reuental (circa 1180 to 1240), illustrating daily life and festive culture of the Mi

Each month Quartier21 (Q21) introdues its visitors to one of the more than 50 art and culture initiatives housed at Q21 fir that month. It shows temporary internationally curated group exhibitions with free admission.

Peace Museum Vienna was founded on June 21, 2014, on the anniversary of the death of Bertha Von Suttner, the first woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. It is located at Blutgasse 3/1. The central belief for the museum is that peace education is essential for creating a more peaceful world. P

The Kunsthalle Wien Karlsplatz is the second location of Kunsthalle Wien. It is a glass cube that is described to function as a test tube for artistic expressions, an accelerating machine for an art scene that will never feel right in marble halls and stucco halls.

The Austrian Museum of Folk Life and Folk Art (Österreichisches Museum für Volkskunde) is Austria's largest folk science museum, located in Vienna. The collections cover all areas of Austria-Hungary, but also includes items from numerous other European countries (such as the Eugenie Goldstern collec

The Weltmuseum Wien is one of the world’s leading ethnographical museums, situated in the Hofburg Palace on Vienna’s Ringstrasse. In 14 distinct exhibition galleries, the focus is on unique cultural treasures from all over the world. The aim is to communicate to visitors the cultural diversity, stor

The Kunsthalle Wien is a municipal contemporary exhibition space for modern and contemporary art in Vienna that opened in 1992. The art hall organizes themed group exhibitions and solo presentations of various contemporary artists from both the Austrian as well as the international art scene.

The Geymüllerschlössel is a small castle in Vienna, located north of the Pötzleinsdorfer castle park. The museum holds and exhibits a collection of furniture and decorative art from the Biedermeier period (it is furnished with original furniture from the first half of the 19th century) as well as th

The Architekturzentrum Wien is the national architecture museum of Austria, located in Vienna. It is a center for exhibitions, events and research in architecture and related topics, with a focus on architecture and urban design of the 20th and 21st centuries. The permanent exhibition in the Archite

In Schubert's apartment in Kettenbrückengasse in Wieden, which belonged to his brother Ferdinand, the composer spent the last two and a half months of his life. The exhibits in the museum document the last weeks of his life, Schubert's death, the funeral, and the grave of the composer. The exhibits

The Museum für mittelalterliche Rechtsgeschichte (Museum of Medieval Legal History, or Torture Museum) is a museum in Vienna that covers the history of European law with a focus on torture methods from the Middle Ages to the early modern period. The entrance of the museum leads to a bomb shelter fro

The Vienna Crime Museum is a museum in Vienna that consists of 20 rooms that present the history of the judiciary, the police and crime from the Middle Ages to the present. It shows the medieval penal system and the last public executions in Vienna. Furthermore, criminal cases such as the poisoner H

mumok is one of Europe’s largest and leading museums featuring art produced since the advent of modernity, which it collects, explores, and exhibits to a wide art-loving audience. In addition to such renowned stars as Pablo Picasso, Andy Warhol, Maria Lassnig, and Cosima von Bonin, the presentation

Discover IKONO, the new immersive experience located in the heart of Vienna. Immerse yourself in enchanting worlds where art, play, and wonder meet to create unforgettable moments to share with those you love. Explore more than 12 interactive spaces, each serving as a canvas for your inner creativit