Brennpunkt°, Vienna

Brennpunkt° - Museum of Heating Culture Vienna is a museum in the 12th district of Meidling in Vienna. It is located in the building of the Hans-Mandl-Berufsschule at Malfattigasse 4.

The collection was founded in 1985 under the name Heizungsmuseum der Stadt Wien on the initiative of Walter Beer and employees of the Municipal Department 32 and was located at Längenfeldgasse 13-15 until 2009. After a redesign and modernization, a new entrance was created at Malfattigasse.

This is a unique museum in the world on the special collecting field of heating. On display are valuable old stoves, gas heating appliances, kerosene and bathing stoves, laundry and kitchen stoves, boiler systems, refrigeration machines, commercial kitchen equipment, steam heating systems for schools and nurseries, a bread oven, and radiators designed by craftsmen. Other thematic areas include Vienna's energy development, the heating of Vienna's subway stations and the future of the city's energy supply. Interactive play stations on the subject of thermal energy have been set up for children.