Best Museums in Vienna
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From the classic Natural History Museum Vienna and Hofburg, to lesser-known spots worth adding to your trip.
★ 4.8 · 44,061 reviews
Step inside the Natural History Museum Vienna, a palace of science on Maria-Theresien-Platz. Climb the marble staircase, then work through halls of dinosaur skeletons, minerals and meteorites at your own pace.
★ 4.7 · 60,268 reviews
Step into the Hofburg, the monumental heart of Habsburg Vienna. Walk through its courtyards and gardens, then tour the imperial apartments and silver collection inside.
★ 4.7 · 36,224 reviews
Tour the grand staterooms of a Habsburg palace and see world-class prints and modern masterpieces. A top museum stop in the heart of the city.
★ 4.8 · 36,209 reviews
Wander through gilded halls filled with old master paintings and ancient treasures. One of the great museums of Europe, and a Vienna essential.
★ 4.7 · 91,420 reviews
See Klimt's most famous paintings in a baroque palace surrounded by formal gardens. A must for art and architecture lovers visiting Vienna.
★ 4.7 · 12,184 reviews
See the great Viennese modernists, from Schiele to Klimt, in a bright museum in the MuseumsQuartier. A rewarding stop for art lovers.
★ 4.4 · 20,588 reviews
Step into the Sisi Museum inside the Hofburg and meet Empress Elisabeth through her own belongings. View her letters, personal objects and the imperial silver, porcelain and crystal that set the Habsburg table.
★ 4.6 · 9,052 reviews
See a thousand years of imperial crowns, jewels and sacred treasures in the Hofburg. A highlight for history lovers visiting Vienna.
★ 4.7 · 186,583 reviews
Step into Schönbrunn Palace, the Habsburgs' grand summer residence on Vienna's western edge. Tour the rococo state rooms, then spend time in the formal gardens with their maze and long walks up toward the Gloriette.
★ 4.6 · 34,787 reviews
Dive into Haus des Meeres, the aquarium and tropical house inside a Mariahilf flak tower. Climb through the levels past sharks, crocodiles and snakes, finishing in the humid tropical house among free-roaming animals.
★ 4.2 · 7,381 reviews
Visit the Secession, the Art Nouveau landmark under its golden laurel dome. See contemporary exhibitions upstairs, then descend to Klimt's Beethoven Frieze in the basement.
★ 4.7 · 4,796 reviews
Explore the Wien Museum Karlsplatz, where Vienna's story unfolds from Roman times to the present day. See original city artefacts, 3D models, and paintings by Klimt and Schiele.
★ 4.6 · 11,606 reviews
Play with the science and history of music in a hands-on museum, even conducting a virtual orchestra. A memorable stop for families in Vienna.
★ 4.6 · 9,977 reviews
Step into the colourful, wavy world of Hundertwasser inside a former furniture factory. A quirky art stop that surprises even those who do not know his work.
★ 4.0 · 9,388 reviews
Visit Mozart's apartment, the restored home in the Innere Stadt where he lived and composed. Follow the audio tour past childhood instruments, original letters and recreated rooms.
★ 4.5 · 10,344 reviews
Step into the Lower Belvedere, the elegant baroque palace tucked into Landstraße. Wander through richly decorated halls and painted ceilings while taking in the current exhibitions, then stroll over to the Upper Belvedere nearby.
★ 4.7 · 17,370 reviews
Spend a day at the Vienna Museum of Science & Technology in Penzing, where curiosity gets plenty of room. Wander halls of locomotives, machines and communications history, and join the live demonstrations and interactive displays.
★ 4.6 · 12,932 reviews
Descend into the Imperial Crypt, the final resting place of the Habsburgs. Walk among the sarcophagi of emperors and empresses in a quiet, solemn setting that brings centuries of dynastic history close.
★ 4.0 · 5,753 reviews
Visit the Sigmund Freud Museum in Alsergrund and trace the story of psychoanalysis. Read through exhibits on Freud's life and work and learn how his family was affected by the rise of the Nazis.
★ 4.6 · 14,187 reviews
Walk into the Museum of Military History, set in Vienna's former city arsenal. Follow Austrian military history from the medieval period onwards, with the First World War wing and the architecture of the building as standouts.
★ 4.4 · 886 reviews
Discover medieval Jewish life in Vienna and see the monumental memorial on Judenplatz. A solemn, informative visit for history lovers.
★ 4.0 · 5,785 reviews
Head to mumok, the dark basalt cube in Vienna's MuseumsQuartier devoted to modern and contemporary art. Move through bright, airy floors of Pop Art, photorealism and multimedia works at your own pace.
★ 4.5 · 3,477 reviews
See modern and contemporary Austrian art in a restored nineteenth-century building. Pair it with the main Albertina on a single combined ticket.
★ 4.5 · 5,211 reviews
Explore the MAK, Vienna's museum of applied arts in a grand 19th-century building. Move between fashion, furniture and design in the permanent collection, then step into the design lab and the changing exhibitions.
★ 4.7 · 2,766 reviews
See the gilded carriages that carried the Habsburg family in a museum beside Schönbrunn. A short and fascinating stop for history lovers.
★ 4.7 · 1,225 reviews
Seek out Otto Wagner's Kirche am Steinhof, a white marble art nouveau church on the Baumgartner Höhe. Admire its exterior, step inside for the Secession design, and enjoy the quiet grounds around it.
★ 4.4 · 739 reviews
Step into the Theatermuseum, housed in an elegant baroque palace in the Innere Stadt. Browse stage set models and costumes, meet the puppet collection on the first floor, and linger over the Strauss exhibition.
★ 4.6 · 949 reviews
Step into the Beethoven Museum in Döbling, the apartment where the composer once wrote celebrated pieces. Follow his life from birth to death through documents, music and interactive displays in a quiet, uncrowded setting.
★ 4.6 · 850 reviews
See eighteenth-century wax anatomical models in a historic medical museum. A fascinating, slightly unusual stop for the curious.
★ 4.7 · 1,524 reviews
Enter the Narrenturm, Vienna's former mental hospital turned anatomy museum. Circle the round building to view preserved specimens that trace the history of illness, anatomy and death.
Vienna · 🎨 Museum
Natural History Museum Vienna
2h
Vienna · 🏛️ Landmark
Hofburg
1h30
Albertina
Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien
2h30
Belvedere Palace
Leopold Museum
Sisi Museum
Imperial Treasury
1h15
Schönbrunn Palace
3h
Vienna · 🎭 Entertainment
Haus des Meeres (House of the Sea)
Secession
45 min
Wien Museum Karlsplatz
1h
House of Music
Kunst Haus Wien. Museum Hundertwasser
Wien Museum Mozart apartment
Lower Belvedere
Vienna Museum of Science & Technology
Imperial Crypt
30 min
Sigmund Freud Museum
Museum of Military History
Jüdisches Museum Wien - Judenplatz
mumok - Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien
Albertina Modern
Museum of Applied Arts
Imperial Carriage Museum Vienna
Wien Museum Otto-Wagner-Kirche am Steinhof
Theatermuseum
Wien Museum Beethoven Museum
Josephinum
Pathological-anatomical collection in the Narrenturm
