List of museums in Vienna

This list of museums in Vienna, Austria contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Also included are non-profit art galleries and university art galleries.

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The list

Name Image District Type Summary
21er HausFavoritenArtAustrian art of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries
Academy of Fine Arts ViennaInnere StadtArtFeatures public painting gallery
AlbertinaInnere StadtArtFeatures prints and drawings, graphic works, photographs and architectural drawings
Albertina modernInnere StadtArtModern Austrian art in Künstlerhaus Wien
Alt Wiener SchnapsmuseumHietzingBeverageswebsite, history and manufacture of schnapps
Architekturzentrum WienNeubauArchitectureArchitecture and urban design of the 20th and 21st centuries, located in Museumsquartier
Arnold Schönberg CenterBiographyLife of composer Arnold Schönberg, music culture center
Augarten Porcelain MuseumLeopoldstadtArtwebsite, history of Vienna porcelain and Augarten porcelain
Austrian Film MuseumInnere StadtCinemawebsite
Austrian Museum of Folk Life and Folk ArtJosefstadtArtwebsite, located in the Schönborn Palace, traditional folk art and culture of Austria and its neighbouring countries
Austrian Social and Economic MuseumMargaretenHistorywebsite, economy, business, trade, monetary system
Austrian Theatre MuseumTheatreTheatre history in Austria
Bank Austria KunstforumInnere StadtArtwebsite, Austrian art collection of Bank Austria
Beethoven EroicahausDöblingBiographyMemorial to composer Ludwig van Beethoven's stay in Oberdöbling in the summer of 1803, during which he composed a large part of his Eroica Symphony, operated by the Vienna Museum
Beethoven PasqualatihausInnere StadtBiographyLife in and work of composer Ludwig van Beethoven in Vienna, operated by the Vienna Museum
Beethoven Wohnung HeiligenstadtDöblingBiographyHouse where composer Ludwig van Beethoven wrote the Heiligenstadt Testament, operated by the Vienna Museum
BelvedereLandstraßeHistoric houseInclude two Baroque palaces, museum of Austrian art from the Middle Ages to the present, gardens
BrennpunktTechnologyinformation, history of heating and day-to-day life in the city
Chimney Sweep MuseumTechnologyinformation, history of chimney sweeping
Church of the Teutonic OrderInnere StadtReligiousEcclesiastical artifacts and treasures
DemelInnere StadtFoodArtifacts and history of the historic Imperial chocolate maker
Esperanto MuseumInnere StadtHistoryPart of the Austrian National Library, relationship of man to language
Design Forum WienNeubauArtwebsite, gallery for study of design, located in Museumsquartier
DommuseumInnere StadtArtSacral works of art from St. Stephen‘s Cathedral and other churches in Vienna and Lower Austria
Emperor Franz Joseph Hat MuseumFashionwebsite
Ephesos MuseumInnere StadtHistoryAntiquities from the city of Ephesus in modern-day Turkey, located in a wing of the Hofburg Palace
Ernst Fuchs MuseumPenzingArtwebsite, works by Ernst Fuchs
European Coat of Arms MuseumHistoryinformation, development of coats of arms and heraldry
Fantasy Art MuseumInnere StadtArtwebsite, works by the Vienna School of Fantastic Realism and by important international artists of fantasy, surreal and visionary art
Federal Pathologic-Anatomical Museum ViennaScienceAnatomy and pathology
FoltermuseumHistorywebsite, history of torture and corporal punishment
Funeral Museum ViennaHistoryFunerary customs
Generali FoundationArtWorks by many international artists, mainly from the 1960s to today
GeymüllerschlösselWähringDecorative artsSmall palace with furniture and decorative art from the Biedermeier period and a clock collection, branch of the Museum of Applied Arts
Globe MuseumInnere StadtHistoryPart of the Austrian National Library, terrestrial and celestial globes, lunar and planet globes, and instruments related to globes (armillary spheres, planetaria, telluria)
Haus der MusikInnere StadtMusicHistory of music
HaydnhausMariahilfBiographyLife of composer Joseph Haydn, operated by the Vienna Museum
Heeresgeschichtliches MuseumLandstraßeMilitaryAustrian military history from the 16th century to 1945
HermesvillaHietzingHistoric houseImperial castle remodeled by Emperor Franz Joseph I for his wife Empress Elisabeth in the late 19th century, operated by the Vienna Museum
Hofburg PalaceInnere StadtMultipleIncludes the Imperial Apartments, Silver Collection, Sisi Museum, Kunsthistorisches Museum's collections of arms and armour and musical instruments
Hofburg Wien: KaiserappartementsInnere StadtHistoric housewebsite, located in the Hofburg Palace, rooms used by Emperor Joseph II, includes museum about his wife Sisi and the Imperial Silver Collection
Imperial CryptInnere StadtHistorySarcophagi and tombs of the Imperial family, located below the Capuchin Church
Imperial Furniture CollectionInnere StadtDecorative artFurniture from the 18th to early 20th century, includes the Egyptian room of Empress Maria Ludovica, Biedermeier and Wiener Moderne pieces
Jewish Museum ViennaInnere StadtHistoryJewish history, life and religion in Austria
Johann Strauss WohnungLeopoldstadtBiographyLife of famous waltz composer Johann Strauss II, operated by the Vienna Museum
Kunsthalle WienNeubauArtTemporary exhibitions of contemporary international art, located in Museumsquartier
KunstHausWienLandstraßeArtFeatures works by Friedensreich Hundertwasser and other exhibits
Kunsthistorisches MuseumInnere StadtArtIncludes fine art, Egyptian, Near Eastern, Ancient Greek and Roman antiquities, sculpture and decorative arts, coins
Kunstraum NiederoesterreichArtwebsite, art and project space located in the Palais Niederösterreich
Kuffner ObservatoryOttakringScienceAstronomy
Leopold MuseumNeubauArtModern Austrian art including key paintings and drawings by Egon Schiele and Gustav Klimt, located in Museumsquartier
Liechtenstein Garden PalaceAlsergrundArtPre-booked guided tours of significant collection of European art
Lichtenstein City PalaceHistoric houseBaroque palace under restoration
MAKInnere StadtArtApplied arts and contemporary art
MAK Depot of Contemporary ArtArtwebsite, branch of MAK, exhibits of contemporary art
Money Museum of the Oesterreichische NationalbankNumismaticwebsite, operated by Austria's central bank Oesterreichische Nationalbank, evolution of the monetary system, banknotes, banknote designs, securities and coins
Mozarthaus ViennaInnere StadtBiographyLife in and work of composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in Vienna, operated by the Vienna Museum
MUMOKMuseumsquartierArtModern and contemporary art works
MUSA (Vienna)Innere StadtArtwebsite, City of Vienna's art exhibition space
Museum Aspern EsslingHistorywebsite, history of the 1809 Battle of Aspern-Essling during the Napoleonic Wars
Museum of Illusions
Palais Esterházy, in which the museum is housed. Photographed from the entrance to the U3 subway station Herrengasse.
 Innere Stadt Amusement website, exhibit featuring optical and spatial illusions
museum in progressMariahilfArtSpecialised on extraordinary contemporary art projects in media and public spaces
Museum JudenplatzInnere StadtHistorySocial, cultural and religious life of the Jews of Vienna in the Middle Ages
Museum of Art FakesLandstraßeArtForged art
Museum of Contraception and AbortionSciencewebsite
Museum of EthnologyInnere StadtEthnographyEthnographic and archaeological objects from Asia, Africa, Oceania, and America
Museum of Young ArtArt21st century art
Museum of the History of MedicineAlsegrundSciencewebsite, anatomical and obstetric wax models, operated by the Medical University of Vienna
Natural History Museum of ViennaInnere StadtNatural historyDisplays include geology, paleontology, the animal world from protozoa to insects to highly developed mammals
Neidhart FreskenInnere StadtArtMedieval secular mural paintings that show scenes from the life and work of the minnesinger Neidhart von Reuental
Original Vienna Snowglobe MuseumWähringCommoditywebsite, collection of snowglobes
Österreichische Galerie BelvedereLandstraßeArtLocated in the Belvedere, masterpieces from the Middle Ages and Baroque until the 21st century
Otto Wagner Hofpavillon HietzingHietzingTransportationRailway pavilion built for the Emperor and his court, operated by the Vienna Museum
Otto Wagner Pavilion KarlsplatzInnere StadtBiographyLife and work of Viennese architect Otto Wagner, operated by the Vienna Museum
Papyrus MuseumInnere StadtHistoryPart of the Austrian National Library, exhibits of papyrus from its collections
Peace Museum ViennaInnere StadtPeacewebsite, street museum highlighting 150-plus peace heroes in Windows for Peace project, part of the International Network of Museums for Peace
Pharmacy and Drugstore Museum ViennaWiedenSciencewebsite, development of the profession and the history of the drugstore
Prater MuseumLeopoldstadtAmusementHistory of Vienna's largest amusement park, the Wurstelprater, operated by the Vienna Museum
quartier21NeubauArtwebsite, contemporary art and culture gallery, located in Museumsquartier
Red Vienna in the LaundryDöblingHistorywebsite, history of the Red Vienna government of Austria from 1919 to 1934, located in the Karl Marx-Hof
RömermuseumInnere StadtHistoryHistory and culture of Ancient Rome in Vienna, operated by the Vienna Museum
SchatzkammerInnere StadtArtPart of the Hofburg Palace, features the Kunsthistorisches Museum's collections of royal treasures and religious relics
SchokoMuseumFoodwebsite, chocolate
Schönbrunn PalaceHietzingMultipleIncludes the Rococo palace, gardens, museum of carriages in the Wagenburg, children's museum
Schottenstift MuseumArtBenedictine monastery with major paintings, furniture, tapestries, vestments and liturgical objects and vestments
Schubert GeburtshausAlsergrundBiographyBirthplace of composer Franz Schubert, operated by the Vienna Museum
Schubert SterbewohnungWiedenBiographyHouse where composer Franz Schubert lived until his death, operated by the Vienna Museum
Scout MuseumMariahilfScoutingwebsite, history of the Boy Scouts in Austria
SecessionInnere StadtHistoryChanging exhibits of contemporary art, features the Beethoven Frieze by Gustav Klimt
Sigmund Freud MuseumAlsergrundBiographyHouse, life and work of Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis
Strauss MuseumAlsergrundBiographyLife and work of the Strauss Family Johann I, Johann II, Josef, Eduard and Johann III Strauss.
State Hall of the Austrian National LibraryInnere StadtLibrary18th century Baroque library room
Technisches Museum WienPenzingScienceHistory of science in industry, including astronomy, physics, mining, iron, steel, energy, communications and media, transportation, music
Third Man MuseumMediawebsite, collection of memorabilia related to the 1949 film noir The Third Man, which was filmed in Vienna in 1948
Urania (Vienna)Innere StadtScienceAstronomy
UhrenmuseumInnere StadtHorologyClocks, operated by the Vienna Museum
Vienna Crime MuseumLeopoldstadtLaw enforcementWiener Kriminalmuseum website, includes the Vienna Police Department Museum, history of judicial and police system and the proceeds from crime by the late Middle Ages to the present
Vienna Undertakers MuseumHistoryBestattungsmuseum Wien website, information, funeral and cemetery items and customs
Vienna Museum KarlsplatzInnere StadtHistoryHistory, art and culture of the city, main location of the Vienna Museum
Vienna ObservatoryWähringScienceAstronomy
Vienna SchuhmuseumJosephstadtFashionwebsite, development of shoe-making and orthopedic shoe-making
Vienna Tramway MuseumLandstraßeTransportwebsite, collection of trams, buses and light rail vehicles, operated by Wiener Linien
Viktor Frankl MuseumAlsergrundInsight and educationOpened March 26, 2015. website Viktor E. Frankl was a neurologist and psychiatrist.
WagenburgHietzingTransportLocated on the grounds of Schönbrunn Palace, carriages and horse-drawn vehicles and equipment
Wiener Werkstätte MuseumDecorative artswebsite, designs and examples of Wiener Werkstätte furniture and decorative arts
ZOOM KindermuseumNeubauChildren'swebsite, located in Museumsquartier

Defunct museums
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References
  1. Visiting Vienna: Lipizzaner Museum, accessed 3/20/2012
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