Vienna boasts about 100 museums and collections – from very little ones to very big ones. There is something for children to enjoy too. Boring museums are a thing of the past – off to the art! Looking and joining in is on the cards.
Numerous museums focus on topics that excite the whole family – from technology to nature, the imperial age, art and music to chocolate . Exploring on your own is always possible – we recommend joining in the popular educational programs for children and families (registration is usually required).
Current dates of children's activities in the museums for children can be found in our event database
The best museums for children
Just for kids: The ZOOM Children's Museum in the MuseumsQuartier is all about questioning, touching, exploring, feeling, and playing to one's heart's content on an area of 1,600 square meters – in the "Ocean", in the studio, and in the interactive exhibition, depending on age. Really great workshops!
– © ZOOM Kindermuseum/J. J. Kucek
The Museum of Technology is a world unto itself. Interactive objects and experiments make technology literally tangible. Off to the children's adventure areas "Mini" and "Mini Mobil", to the mine, to the high-voltage or steam locomotive demonstration!
– © Technisches Museum Wien
The 16 children of Maria Theresa wandered the rooms and corridors of the palace. Nowadays, the Schloss Schönbrunn Children's Museum whisks visitors away to the everyday life of those times: with fan language, quadrille dancing, and dressing up in Baroque clothing.
– © Schloß Schönbrunn Kultur- und Betriebsges.m.b.H, Foto: Reza Sarkari
House of Music: The musical world of adventure invites visitors to marvel, play, experiment, and explore with giant instruments and state-of-the-art technology. Fantastic: The waltz-dice game, the musical stairs, and conducting the Vienna Philharmonic virtually.
– © Hanna Pribitzer
The interactive Museum of Illusions has holograms, stereograms, and optical illusions for the whole family to enjoy. Defy gravity in an inclined room, watch others shrink, or serve a head on a silver platter. Photos allowed!
– © Museum der Illusionen Wien
Look at dinosaurs in the Naturhistorisches Museum Vienna: The allosaurus even moves and roars. Specially for kids: Guided tours, microtheater, and the digital planetarium. And what about a night in the museum?
– © Naturistorisches Museum
The Chocolate Museum (SchokoMuseum) of Confiserie Heindl recounts the sweet story of chocolate – from cacao cultivation to the making of exquisite pralines (Sissi Coins! Mozart Balls!). Chocolate cinema, three chocolate fountains, and workshops get the sweet-toothed purring.
– © Heindl
Just for kids: The ZOOM Children's Museum in the MuseumsQuartier is all about questioning, touching, exploring, feeling, and playing to one's heart's content on an area of 1,600 square meters – in the "Ocean", in the studio, and in the interactive exhibition, depending on age. Really great workshops!
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© ZOOM Kindermuseum/J. J. Kucek
The Museum of Technology is a world unto itself. Interactive objects and experiments make technology literally tangible. Off to the children's adventure areas "Mini" and "Mini Mobil", to the mine, to the high-voltage or steam locomotive demonstration!
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© Technisches Museum Wien
The 16 children of Maria Theresa wandered the rooms and corridors of the palace. Nowadays, the Schloss Schönbrunn Children's Museum whisks visitors away to the everyday life of those times: with fan language, quadrille dancing, and dressing up in Baroque clothing.
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© Schloß Schönbrunn Kultur- und Betriebsges.m.b.H, Foto: Reza Sarkari
House of Music: The musical world of adventure invites visitors to marvel, play, experiment, and explore with giant instruments and state-of-the-art technology. Fantastic: The waltz-dice game, the musical stairs, and conducting the Vienna Philharmonic virtually.
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© Hanna Pribitzer
The interactive Museum of Illusions has holograms, stereograms, and optical illusions for the whole family to enjoy. Defy gravity in an inclined room, watch others shrink, or serve a head on a silver platter. Photos allowed!
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© Museum der Illusionen Wien
Look at dinosaurs in the Naturhistorisches Museum Vienna: The allosaurus even moves and roars. Specially for kids: Guided tours, microtheater, and the digital planetarium. And what about a night in the museum?
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© Naturistorisches Museum
The Chocolate Museum (SchokoMuseum) of Confiserie Heindl recounts the sweet story of chocolate – from cacao cultivation to the making of exquisite pralines (Sissi Coins! Mozart Balls!). Chocolate cinema, three chocolate fountains, and workshops get the sweet-toothed purring.
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© Heindl
For the artists of tomorrow Vienna is rich in visual art – from Rubens to Dürer, Monet and Klimt, to the present day. And it can also inspire the youngest of visitors. Excitingly conveyed by experts, for self-exploration and discovery, and above all with the possibility to get creative . Whether on studio courses or guided tours and workshops (accompanied or alone). Dip the paintbrush in the paint pot!
Art for kids: Museums with a family program
In the Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna, marvel at what the Habsburg emperors collected, such as paintings, golden treasures, and mummies. There are audio guides for children as well as guided children's tours on Saturdays and creative activities in the Children's Studio on Sundays.
– © Kunsthistorisches Museum
Off to the art adventure in the Albertina, to masterpieces from Monet to Picasso! Interactive tours, creative workshops, and art courses for the grand masters of tomorrow teach art in an easily accessible way. Tip: The private Family & Friends tours.
– © WienTourismus/Paul Bauer
Discover art in the Belvedere: Entertaining museum tours relax and inspire the whole family. The studios offer the possibility to try out materials and techniques for yourself. Specially for young parents: The popular parents and children tour "In the museum with baby" (Mit Baby im Museum).
– © Belvedere, Wien, Foto: Natascha Unkart
Children's afternoons in the Leopold Museum: After a short tour of the masterpieces of the Leopold collection (Egon Schiele!), everyone can paint, draw, knead, shape, tear, cut, push, and glue to their heart's content in the LEO Children's Studio.
– © Leopold Museum
The mumok – museum of modern art ludwig foundation vienna conveys modern and contemporary art, above all to join in with: At children's workshops, in the Sunday studio for the whole family, on studio courses, and in the Scratch Lab, where digital artworks are produced.
– © mumok / Niko Havranek
The youngest visitors explore the MAK – Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna, in playful fashion – at MAK4Family, on the Mini MAK Tour, and at MAK Design Kids. The past, present, and future of art, handicrafts, and design become tangible in the MAK!
– © MAK/Nathan Murell
In the Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna, marvel at what the Habsburg emperors collected, such as paintings, golden treasures, and mummies. There are audio guides for children as well as guided children's tours on Saturdays and creative activities in the Children's Studio on Sundays.
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© Kunsthistorisches Museum
Off to the art adventure in the Albertina, to masterpieces from Monet to Picasso! Interactive tours, creative workshops, and art courses for the grand masters of tomorrow teach art in an easily accessible way. Tip: The private Family & Friends tours.
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© WienTourismus/Paul Bauer
Discover art in the Belvedere: Entertaining museum tours relax and inspire the whole family. The studios offer the possibility to try out materials and techniques for yourself. Specially for young parents: The popular parents and children tour "In the museum with baby" (Mit Baby im Museum).
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© Belvedere, Wien, Foto: Natascha Unkart
Children's afternoons in the Leopold Museum: After a short tour of the masterpieces of the Leopold collection (Egon Schiele!), everyone can paint, draw, knead, shape, tear, cut, push, and glue to their heart's content in the LEO Children's Studio.
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© Leopold Museum
The mumok – museum of modern art ludwig foundation vienna conveys modern and contemporary art, above all to join in with: At children's workshops, in the Sunday studio for the whole family, on studio courses, and in the Scratch Lab, where digital artworks are produced.
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© mumok / Niko Havranek
The youngest visitors explore the MAK – Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna, in playful fashion – at MAK4Family, on the Mini MAK Tour, and at MAK Design Kids. The past, present, and future of art, handicrafts, and design become tangible in the MAK!
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© MAK/Nathan Murell
And there's more Clearly, that is only a selection of museums for children – we'd like to offer you so much more. Here are some tips for families with children :
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