History 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.

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

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 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 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 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

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

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 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 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

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 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 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 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 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 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 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

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 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 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

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

The memorial Eroicahaus recalls Beethoven's stay in Oberdöbling in the summer of 1803, during which he composed a large part of his 3rd Symphony, the Eroica. Beethoven never lived in this specific house however.