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Name | Image | District | Type | Summary | 21er Haus | Favoriten | Art | Austrian art of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries |
Academy of Fine Arts Vienna | Innere Stadt | Art | Features public painting gallery |
Albertina | Innere Stadt | Art | Features prints and drawings, graphic works, photographs and architectural drawings |
Alt Wiener Schnapsmuseum | Hietzing | Beverages | [https://web.archive.org/web/20120822001013/http://www.schnapsmuseum.com/index2352.html?lang=EN website], history and manufacture of schnapps |
Architekturzentrum Wien | Neubau | Architecture | Architecture and urban design of the 20th and 21st centuries, located in Museumsquartier |
Arnold Schönberg Center | Biography | Life of composer Arnold Schönberg, music culture center |
Augarten Porcelain Museum | Leopoldstadt | Art | website, history of Vienna porcelain and Augarten porcelain |
Austrian Film Museum | Innere Stadt | Cinema | website |
Austrian Museum of Folk Life and Folk Art | Josefstadt | Art | website, located in the Schönborn Palace, traditional folk art and culture of Austria and its neighbouring countries |
Austrian Social and Economic Museum | Margareten | History | website, economy, business, trade, monetary system |
Austrian Theatre Museum | Theatre | Theatre history in Austria |
Bank Austria Kunstforum | Innere Stadt | Art | website, Austrian art collection of Bank Austria |
Beethoven Eroicahaus | Döbling | Biography | Memorial 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 Pasqualatihaus | Innere Stadt | Biography | Life in and work of composer Ludwig van Beethoven in Vienna, operated by the Vienna Museum |
Beethoven Wohnung Heiligenstadt | Döbling | Biography | House where composer Ludwig van Beethoven wrote the Heiligenstadt Testament, operated by the Vienna Museum |
Belvedere | Landstraße | Historic house | Include two Baroque palaces, museum of Austrian art from the Middle Ages to the present, gardens |
Brennpunkt | Technology | information, history of heating and day-to-day life in the city |
Chimney Sweep Museum | Technology | information, history of chimney sweeping |
Church of the Teutonic Order | Innere Stadt | Religious | Ecclesiastical artifacts and treasures |
Demel | Innere Stadt | Food | Artifacts and history of the historic Imperial chocolate maker |
Esperanto Museum | Innere Stadt | History | Part of the Austrian National Library, relationship of man to language |
Design Forum Wien | Neubau | Art | website, gallery for study of design, located in Museumsquartier |
Dommuseum | Innere Stadt | Art | Sacral works of art from St. Stephen‘s Cathedral and other churches in Vienna and Lower Austria |
Emperor Franz Joseph Hat Museum | Fashion | [https://archive.is/20130131234936/http://www.piaristenkeller.com/english/index.htm website] |
Ephesos Museum | Innere Stadt | History | Antiquities from the city of Ephesus in modern-day Turkey, located in a wing of the Hofburg Palace |
Ernst Fuchs Museum | Penzing | Art | website, works by Ernst Fuchs |
European Coat of Arms Museum | History | [https://web.archive.org/web/20120320055402/http://www.wien.gv.at/english/culture/museums/coat-of-arms.htm information], development of coats of arms and heraldry |
Fantasy Art Museum | Innere Stadt | Art | website, works by the Vienna School of Fantastic Realism and by important international artists of fantasy, surreal and visionary art |
Federal Pathologic-Anatomical Museum Vienna | Science | Anatomy and pathology |
Foltermuseum | History | website, history of torture and corporal punishment |
Funeral Museum Vienna | History | Funerary customs |
Generali Foundation | Art | Works by many international artists, mainly from the 1960s to today |
Geymüllerschlössel | Währing | Decorative arts | Small palace with furniture and decorative art from the Biedermeier period and a clock collection, branch of the Museum of Applied Arts |
Globe Museum | Innere Stadt | History | Part of the Austrian National Library, terrestrial and celestial globes, lunar and planet globes, and instruments related to globes (armillary spheres, planetaria, telluria) |
Haus der Musik | Innere Stadt | Music | History of music |
Haydnhaus | Mariahilf | Biography | Life of composer Joseph Haydn, operated by the Vienna Museum |
Heeresgeschichtliches Museum | Landstraße | Military | Austrian military history from the 16th century to 1945 |
Hermesvilla | Hietzing | Historic house | Imperial castle remodeled by Emperor Franz Joseph I for his wife Empress Elisabeth in the late 19th century, operated by the Vienna Museum |
Hofburg Palace | Innere Stadt | Multiple | Includes the Imperial Apartments, Silver Collection, Sisi Museum, Kunsthistorisches Museum's collections of arms and armour and musical instruments |
Kaiserappartements | Innere Stadt | Historic house | website, located in the Hofburg Palace, rooms used by Emperor Joseph II, includes museum about his wife Sisi and the Imperial Silver Collection |
Imperial Crypt | Innere Stadt | History | Sarcophagi and tombs of the Imperial family, located below the Capuchin Church |
Imperial Furniture Collection | Innere Stadt | Decorative art | Furniture from the 18th to early 20th century, includes the Egyptian room of Empress Maria Ludovica, Biedermeier and Wiener Moderne pieces |
Jewish Museum Vienna | Innere Stadt | History | Jewish history, life and religion in Austria |
Johann Strauss Wohnung | Leopoldstadt | Biography | Life of famous waltz composer Johann Strauss II, operated by the Vienna Museum |
Kunsthalle Wien | Neubau | Art | Temporary exhibitions of contemporary international art, located in Museumsquartier |
KunstHausWien | Landstraße | Art | Features works by Friedensreich Hundertwasser and other exhibits |
Kunsthistorisches Museum | Innere Stadt | Art | Includes fine art, Egyptian, Near Eastern, Ancient Greek and Roman antiquities, sculpture and decorative arts, coins |
Künstlerhaus Wien | Innere Stadt | Art | Exhibition centre for painting, sculpture, architecture and applied art |
Kunstraum Niederoesterreich | Art | website, art and project space located in the Palais Niederösterreich |
Kuffner Observatory | Ottakring | Science | Astronomy |
Leopold Museum | Neubau | Art | Modern Austrian art including key paintings and drawings by Egon Schiele and Gustav Klimt, located in Museumsquartier |
Liechtenstein Garden Palace | Alsergrund | Art | Pre-booked guided tours of significant collection of European art |
Lichtenstein City Palace | Historic house | Baroque palace under restoration |
MAK | Innere Stadt | Art | Applied arts and contemporary art |
MAK Depot of Contemporary Art | Art | [https://web.archive.org/web/20120501100207/http://www.mak.at/e/aussenstellen/f_aussenstellen.htm website], branch of MAK, exhibits of contemporary art |
Money Museum of the Oesterreichische Nationalbank | Numismatic | [https://www.oenb.at/en/About-Us/Money-Museum.html website], operated by Austria's central bank Oesterreichische Nationalbank, evolution of the monetary system, banknotes, banknote designs, securities and coins |
Mozarthaus Vienna | Innere Stadt | Biography | Life in and work of composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in Vienna, operated by the Vienna Museum |
MUMOK | Museumsquartier | Art | Modern and contemporary art works |
MUSA (Vienna) | Innere Stadt | Art | [https://web.archive.org/web/20111229170621/http://www.musa.at/en.html website], City of Vienna's art exhibition space |
Museum Aspern Essling | History | website, history of the 1809 Battle of Aspern-Essling during the Napoleonic Wars |
Museum of Illusions | Innere Stadt | Amusement | [https://museumderillusionen.at/en/ website], exhibit featuring optical and spatial illusions |
museum in progress | Mariahilf | Art | Specialised on extraordinary contemporary art projects in media and public spaces |
Museum Judenplatz | Innere Stadt | History | Social, cultural and religious life of the Jews of Vienna in the Middle Ages |
Museum of Art Fakes | Landstraße | Art | Forged art |
Museum of Contraception and Abortion | Science | website |
Museum of Ethnology | Innere Stadt | Ethnography | Ethnographic and archaeological objects from Asia, Africa, Oceania, and America |
Museum of Young Art | Art | 21st century art |
Museum of the History of Medicine | Alsegrund | Science | [https://web.archive.org/web/20120120082024/http://www.meduniwien.ac.at/histmed/medhistmus_wachspraep_english.htm website], anatomical and obstetric wax models, operated by the Medical University of Vienna |
Natural History Museum of Vienna | Innere Stadt | Natural history | Displays include geology, paleontology, the animal world from protozoa to insects to highly developed mammals |
Neidhart Fresken | Innere Stadt | Art | Medieval secular mural paintings that show scenes from the life and work of the minnesinger Neidhart von Reuental |
Original Vienna Snowglobe Museum | Währing | Commodity | website, collection of snowglobes |
Österreichische Galerie Belvedere | Landstraße | Art | Located in the Belvedere, masterpieces from the Middle Ages and Baroque until the 21st century |
Otto Wagner Hofpavillon Hietzing | Hietzing | Transportation | Railway pavilion built for the Emperor and his court, operated by the Vienna Museum |
Otto Wagner Pavilion Karlsplatz | Innere Stadt | Biography | Life and work of Viennese architect Otto Wagner, operated by the Vienna Museum |
Papyrus Museum | Innere Stadt | History | Part of the Austrian National Library, exhibits of papyrus from its collections |
Peace Museum Vienna | | Innere Stadt | Peace | website, 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 Vienna | Wieden | Science | website, development of the profession and the history of the drugstore |
Prater Museum | Leopoldstadt | Amusement | History of Vienna's largest amusement park, the Wurstelprater, operated by the Vienna Museum |
quartier21 | Neubau | Art | website, contemporary art and culture gallery, located in Museumsquartier |
Red Vienna in the Laundry | Döbling | History | [https://web.archive.org/web/20120317085328/http://dasrotewien-waschsalon.at/in/ website], history of the Red Vienna government of Austria from 1919 to 1934, located in the Karl Marx-Hof |
Römermuseum | Innere Stadt | History | History and culture of Ancient Rome in Vienna, operated by the Vienna Museum |
Schatzkammer | Innere Stadt | Art | Part of the Hofburg Palace, features the Kunsthistorisches Museum's collections of royal treasures and religious relics |
SchokoMuseum | Food | website, chocolate |
Schönbrunn Palace | Hietzing | Multiple | Includes the Rococo palace, gardens, museum of carriages in the Wagenburg, children's museum |
Schottenstift Museum | Art | Benedictine monastery with major paintings, furniture, tapestries, vestments and liturgical objects and vestments |
Schubert Geburtshaus | Alsergrund | Biography | Birthplace of composer Franz Schubert, operated by the Vienna Museum |
Schubert Sterbewohnung | Wieden | Biography | House where composer Franz Schubert lived until his death, operated by the Vienna Museum |
Scout Museum | Mariahilf | Scouting | website, history of the Boy Scouts in Austria |
Secession | Innere Stadt | History | Changing exhibits of contemporary art, features the Beethoven Frieze by Gustav Klimt |
Sigmund Freud Museum | Alsergrund | Biography | House, life and work of Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis |
Strauss Museum | Alsergrund | Biography | Life and work of the Strauss Family Johann I, Johann II, Josef, Eduard and Johann III Strauss. |
State Hall of the Austrian National Library | Innere Stadt | Library | 18th century Baroque library room |
Technisches Museum Wien | Penzing | Science | History of science in industry, including astronomy, physics, mining, iron, steel, energy, communications and media, transportation, music |
Third Man Museum | Media | website, collection of memorabilia related to the 1949 film noir The Third Man, which was filmed in Vienna in 1948 |
Urania (Vienna) | Innere Stadt | Science | Astronomy |
Uhrenmuseum | Innere Stadt | Horology | Clocks, operated by the Vienna Museum |
Vienna Crime Museum | Leopoldstadt | Law enforcement | Wiener 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 Museum | History | Bestattungsmuseum Wien website, information, funeral and cemetery items and customs |
Vienna Museum Karlsplatz | Innere Stadt | History | History, art and culture of the city, main location of the Vienna Museum |
Vienna Observatory | Währing | Science | Astronomy |
Vienna Schuhmuseum | Josephstadt | Fashion | [https://web.archive.org/web/20111229185035/http://www.schuhmuseum.at/engl/index_e.html website], development of shoe-making and orthopedic shoe-making |
Vienna Tramway Museum | Landstraße | Transport | [https://web.archive.org/web/20111126222526/http://www.wienerlinien.at/eportal/ep/programView.do?channelId=-17260&programId=11307&pageTypeId=10226 website], collection of trams, buses and light rail vehicles, operated by Wiener Linien |
Viktor Frankl Museum | Alsergrund | Insight and education | Opened March 26, 2015. website Viktor E. Frankl was a neurologist and psychiatrist. |
Wagenburg | Hietzing | Transport | Located on the grounds of Schönbrunn Palace, carriages and horse-drawn vehicles and equipment |
Wiener Werkstätte Museum | Decorative arts | website, designs and examples of Wiener Werkstätte furniture and decorative arts |
ZOOM Kindermuseum | Neubau | Children's | website, located in Museumsquartier |
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1. ^Visiting Vienna: Lipizzaner Museum, accessed 3/20/2012