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Kunsthalle
The ever-changing exhibits of the Kunsthalle concentrate on Austrian and international contemporary art with a focus on photography, installation, video, and new media. The Kunsthalle…
Kaiserliche Schatzkammer
The Austro-Hungarian Empire was no less decadent than other royal houses in Europe and the Kaiserliche Schatzkammer (Imperial Treasury) holds what is considered the greatest treasury…
Neue Burg
Besides multiple ballrooms and the Austrian National Library, the Neue Burg houses three museums in the southeast wing of the Vienna Hofburg. The Sammlung Alter Musik Instrumente…
21er Haus
A glass-and-steel, modernist structure designed by Karl Schwanzer was reborn in 2011 as the 21er Haus. It houses exhibitions devoted to 20th- and 21st-century art with a…
KunstHausWien
Near the green banks of the Danube Canal is Vienna's most whimsical museum, showing the imaginative, fantastical works of painter and designer Friedensreich Hundertwasser (1928–2000).…
Secession
This artistic statement was constructed in 1898 and is crowned by a magnificent dome once called "outrageous in its useless luxury." The dome crown, which is covered in triumphal…
Zoom Children's Museum
This is the ultimate hands-on museum. Here kids can touch, play with, and ask questions about anything in the museum. Exhibitions have general themes like the 2014 exhibit on the…
Technisches Museum Wien
Since it opened in 1918, the Technical Museum has been dedicated to advances in the fields of science and technology. Today, more than ever there are plenty of hands-on…
Naturhistorisches Museum Wien
Housed opposite the Art History museum and mirroring its handsome neo-Renaissance style, this is the third-largest natural history museum in the world (after its counterparts in New…
Klimt Villa
This is where Vienna's most famous Secessionist and painter of the famous "Kiss" lived out his last days. In a green corner of Hietzing, a neo-Baroque villa was built at…
Jüdisches Museum
On one of the pedestrian side streets of the Graben, the Jewish Museum's permanent exhibitions trace the major role that Jews played in the history of Vienna from the middle ages…
Museum für Angewandte Kunst (MAK)
What better place to house applied art than in this beautiful red brick building with ornate detailing and stunning interior designs with painted vaulted ceilings and pillars. …
Heeresgeschichtliches Museum (Museum of Military History)
Their slogan is "Wars belong in a museum," and this place has seen many of them. Constructed in the 1850s it is the oldest state museum in Vienna and is a precursor to the Ringstrasse…
Sigmund Freud Museum
The whole neighborhood around Freud's old home has become dedicated to his legacy, but entering the museum, you can almost imagine the good doctor ushering you in and telling you to…
MUMOK
The MUMOK has one of the exceptional collections of contemporary art in Central Europe. It exhibits mainly Nouveau Réalisme, American pop art, and concurrent Continental movements such…
Haus der Musik
This full-scale museum devoted to music is both hands-on and high-tech. Experimenting with sounds and seeing how different instruments and synthesizers create the music we experience…
Wien Museum
This fascinating but little-visited location is a treasure trove for history buffs. The changing exhibits are a great way to gain insight into the city's history beyond what even the…
Kunsthistorisches Museum (KHM)
A visit to these marble halls, painstakingly decorated with frescoes and gold leaf, is an extraordinary experience. Between the KHM and its mirror the Natural History museum, a statue…
Albertina
Once the Habsburg apartments for visiting dignitaries, this Hofburg Museum holds the world's greatest collection of graphic art, spanning six centuries. It emerged from…
Leopold Museum
The highlight of the Museum Quarter, the Leopold Museum is home to the world's largest trove of the works of Egon Schiele (1890–1918), who has been rediscovered by the art world and…
Kaiserappartements (Imperial Apartments)
The Kaiserappartements, on the first floor, are where the emperors and their wives and children lived. To reach the apartments, enter through the rotunda of Michaelerplatz. The…
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (Austrian National Library)
The royal library of the Habsburgs dates from the 14th century; and the library building, developed on the premises of the court from 1723 on, is still expanding to the Neue Hofburg.…
Augustinerkirche (Church of the Augustinians)
This 14th-century church was built within the Hofburg complex to serve as the parish church for the imperial court. In the latter part of the 18th century, it was stripped of its…
Domkirche St. Stephan (St. Stephan's Cathedral)
A basilica built on the site of a Romanesque sanctuary, this cathedral was founded in the 12th century in what was, even in the Middle Ages, the town's center. A 1258 fire that swept…
Schönbrunn Palace
The 1,441-room Schönbrunn Palace was designed for the Habsburgs by those masters of the baroque, the von Erlachs. It was built between 1696 and 1712 at the request of Emperor Leopold I…