Museum of the Johann Strauss Dynasty

The Museum of the Johann Strauss Dynasty is the first museum in the world to present the family history and creative works of the entire Strauss family. Waltz king Johann Strauss, as well as his eponymous father and his brothers Josef and Eduard, conquered the world back then with their music. Even today, their more than 1,500 works represent Viennese music like no others. In 2017, a special exhibition focuses on the 150th anniversary of the waltz "On the Blue Danube".

The music of the "Strausses" has lost none of its fascination down the years. Their waltz and operetta melodies resound in concert houses and at the traditional New Year's concert, which is broadcast to the whole world from Golden Hall of the Musikverein. In the Museum of the Johann Strauss Dynasty, which was opened in 2015, music lovers will find an opulent wealth of original historic pictures and documents from the period of the Viennese Biedermeyer to the Ringstrasse era of the late nineteenth century.

Several audio stations offer undisturbed, high-quality musical enjoyment. The show is arranged into 15 themed areas that can be perused as the mood takes you:

The Strauss family tree
The triumphal march of the waltz. Joseph Lanner and Johann Strauss Sr.
Cheerful even in serious times. Vienna dances in the Biedermeier period
From suburban violinist to manager and chief conductor
The concert travels of the first waltz king in musical history, Johann Strauss Jr. From Dommayer debut to the taking over of his father's orchestra
Josef Strauss - The genius who didn't want to be one
Johann, Josef and Eduard. The triumvirate of the 1960s
Music knows no bounds. The triumph of the second waltz king in Europe, Russia and America
Imperial Ball music director Eduard Strauss continues the family tradition
The Vienna World Exhibition of 1873 and "Die Fledermaus"
Johann Strauss Jr as operetta composer
Musical contemporaries of the Strauss family
Industrial Revolution and the 'Gründerzeit' of the Danube monarchy reflected in Straussian works
Strauss and Habsburg. The family of the waltz king and the Austrian imperial house
Vienna's Ringstrasse as an overall work of art.

2017: "150th anniversary of the waltz - On the Blue Danube"

This special exhibitions celebrates the jubilee of a piece of music known throughout the world. (Feb. 16 to Dec. 23, 2017). The permanent exhibition on Strauss family´s life remains open.