War museums in Vienna

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 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