View across Vienna's Ringstrasse, with the Natural History Museum, Parliament and City Hall
Kuffner Observatory

Kuffner Observatory (Kuffner Sternwarte)

Johann-Staud-Straße 10
1160 Wien

The museum presents the history of crime in Austria, from the Middle Ages to today.

  • Vienna City Card

  • Opening times

    • April to September
      Guided tours: Tue 9 p.m., Sat. 5 p.m. and 9 p.m.; guided tours for groups also available by appointment
    • October to March
      Guided tours: Tue 8 p.m., Sat. 5 p.m. and 8 p.m.; guided tours for groups also available by appointment

  • Accessibility

    • Main entrance
      • (Swinging doors )
    • Further information
      • Seeing eye dogs allowed
    • Comments

      Main and side entrance: steps, single swinging doors, auditorium: 15 steps and 6 steps.

      Main building dome: 74 steps

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