Vienna: Specialty Museum

Places and attractions in the Specialty museum category

Kunsthistorisches Museum

Fine arts museum in palatial building Nestled in the heart of Vienna, the Kunsthistorisches Museum is a treasure trove of fine arts and antiquities, standing as a testament to the cultural richness of Austria's capital. This grand museum, established in 1891, was built to house the extensive collections of...

Hofburg

Baroque palace complex with museums Nestled in the heart of Vienna, the Hofburg is a magnificent palace that stands as a testament to the grandeur of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Serving as the official residence of every Austrian ruler since 1275, it now houses some of the most important cultural...

Leopold Museum

Collection of modern Austrian art and cafe Nestled in the heart of Vienna's MuseumQuartier, the Leopold Museum stands as a beacon of Austrian art, housing the most extensive collection of modern Austrian art, including an unparalleled assembly of works by Egon Schiele and Gustav Klimt.

Kaiserappartements

Nestled in the heart of Vienna, the Kaiserappartements stand as a testament to the grandeur of the Habsburg monarchy. This opulent series of rooms within the Hofburg Palace was once the private residence of Emperor Franz Joseph and his wife, Empress Elisabeth, also...

Wien Museum

The Wien Museum, nestled in the heart of Vienna, Austria, offers a deep dive into the city's rich history and culture. This treasure trove of Viennese life showcases an extensive collection ranging from art to historical artifacts, providing visitors with a...

MAK

The MAK – Museum of Applied Arts in Vienna is a beacon of art, design, and architecture in Austria's capital city. Nestled in the heart of Vienna, this museum stands as a testament to the intersection of traditional craftsmanship and contemporary innovation.

21er Haus

The 21er Haus, a distinctive museum nestled in the heart of Vienna, Austria, stands as a beacon of contemporary art and architectural elegance. Originally constructed for the Vienna International Garden Show in 1958, this modernist building was designed by the renowned...

Mozarthaus Vienna

1700s apartment where Mozart composed The Mozarthaus Vienna was Mozart's residence from 1784 to 1787. This building in Vienna's Old Town, not far from St. Stephen's Cathedral, is his only surviving Viennese residence and is now a museum.

Sigmund Freud Museum

The Sigmund Freud Museum in Vienna is a museum founded in 1971 covering Sigmund Freud's life story. It is located in the Alsergrund district, at Berggasse 19. In 2003, the museum was put in the hands of the newly established Sigmund Freud Foundation, which has since received the entire building as an endowment.

Liechtenstein Museum

The Liechtenstein Museum is a private art museum in Vienna, Austria. It contains much of the art collection of its owners, the Princely Family of Liechtenstein, rulers of the principality of Liechtenstein.

Ephesos Museum

The Ephesos Museum in Vienna displays antiquities from the city of Ephesus, in modern-day Turkey. Begun in the late 19th century, the collection includes original works of sculpture and architecture, and belongs to the Kunsthistorisches Museum.

Museum of Art Fakes

The Museum of Art Fakes is a museum of faked and forged artworks that opened in Vienna, Austria in 2005. This small, privately run museum in the Landstraße district is the only one of its kind in the German-speaking world.

Josephinum

The Collegium Medico-Chirurgicum Josephinum or Josephinian Military Academy of Surgery was an academy of military medicine founded in Vienna by Emperor Joseph II in 1784. In 1874 its functions were transferred to other institutions, and its building now houses the Josephinum Medical Museum of the Medical University of Vienna.

Judenplatz

Memorial for Jewish Holocaust victims The Judenplatz Holocaust Memorial also known as the Nameless Library stands in Judenplatz in the first district of Vienna. It is the central memorial for the Austrian victims of the Holocaust and was designed by British artist Rachel Whiteread.

Architekturzentrum Wien

The Architekturzentrum Wien is a museum in Vienna, in the Museumsquartier. It is conceived as a centre for exhibitions, events and research into architecture and related topics, particularly the architecture and urban design of the 20th and 21st centuries.

Imperial Furniture Collection

The Imperial Furniture Collection in Vienna is a furniture museum that houses one of the most important collections of furniture in the world. Today, the museum mainly contains furniture of the Habsburg monarchs.

Narrenturm

The Narrenturm in Vienna is continental Europe's oldest building for the accommodation of psychiatric patients. Built in 1784, it is next to the site of the old Vienna General Hospital, and is now home to the Federal Pathologic-Anatomical Museum Vienna.

Virgilkapelle

The Vergilius Chapel is an underground crypt next to the Stephansdom in Vienna. It is rectangular in form, with six niches. Today, it lies approximately 12 meters beneath the Stephansplatz.

Haus der Musik

High-tech and interactive sound museum The Haus der Musik in Vienna opened in 2000, and is the first museum of sound and music in Austria. Across an exhibition space of 54,000 sq. ft. a range of hi-tech interactive and multimedia presentations introduce the world of music, from the earliest human use of instruments to the music of the present day.

Madame Tussauds Wien

Madame Tussauds Vienna is a wax museum and tourist attraction located at the famous amusement park Wiener Prater in Vienna, Austria. It was founded by Marie Tussaud and is the eleventh location for the Tussauds franchise. It officially opened on April 1st 2011 by the former Austrian president Heinz Fischer.

Esperanto Museum and Collection of Planned Languages

The Esperanto Museum and Collection of Planned Languages, commonly known as the Esperanto Museum, is a museum for Esperanto and other constructed languages in Vienna, Austria.

Schottenstift

The Schottenstift, formally called Benediktinerabtei unserer Lieben Frau zu den Schotten, is a Catholic monastery founded in Vienna in 1155 when Henry II of Austria brought Irish monks to Vienna.

Funeral Museum

The Bestattungsmuseum Wien is a museum in Vienna, Austria. With around 1000 exhibits, the Vienna Funeral Museum gives a comprehensive overview of funeral customs, burial rites, funerary art and the special Viennese perspective on death and provides information on the historical and current funeral services in Vienna.

Museum of Young Art

The Museum Of Young Art founded 2005 in Vienna, Austria, was the first museum worldwide exclusively devoted to 21st-century young art. The MOYA was privately owned, founded & owned by the Swiss and German art historian and art manager Dr. Kolja Kramer.