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Museums and exhibitions in Vienna

Vienna has more than 100 museums. These include important collections of world renown as well as small establishments that impress with original exhibits. Artists of the century, such as Gustav Klimt and Egon Schiele, meet the stars of contemporary Vienna.

Current Exhibitions

Upper Belvedere

Vienna's museums awake

The longing for art is great – slowly but surely, the first museums are now opening their doors again.

Woman standing in the recreation of Cabaret Fledermaus

Willkommen, Bienvenue, Welcome!

Come closer! Come on in! And be seduced by the Avant-Garde in the Night Café. Because with immediate effect, the Lower Belvedere is showing …

Cindy Sherman, 1980

Cindy-fluenced

Cindy Sherman inspires. She influences onlookers as well as artists with her art. From the end of January, the Bank Austria Kunstforum shows the influence …

Colorful neon sign by Optical Illusionens.

On striving for happiness and a good life

Cars are climate killers, food is becoming scarce and peace continues to hang in the balance across large parts of the world. …

Egon Schiele portrayed by Hundertwasser.

Hundertwasser meets Schiele

Painter, designer and eco-pioneer: Friedensreich Hundertwasser left his mark on 20th century art far beyond the borders of Austria. Less known, …

Otto Prutscher in einem Sessel neben einem Baum sitzend

Multitalented star of Vienna Modernism

Wiener Werkstätte designer, architect of monumental residential buildings, as well as an influential art professor and above all a …

Painting of a mountain, Untitled, 2001

Naturally on a large scale

Nature dominates the work of Herbert Brandl. The Belvedere 21 now presents his oeuvre with a focus on the last twenty years.

Hedy Lamarr

Lady Bluetooth

Hedy Lamarr was much more than just a pretty face. In its exhibition "Lady Bluetooth", the Judenplatz Museum presents the hidden talents that slumbered in …

Female model with fashion from Austria

Show of Austrian fashion

The MAK – Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna, takes visitors on a journey through time of Austrian fashion design from the 1980s to the present day. …

Netsuke

On the trail of the Ephrussi family

The strong ties between the Ephrussi family and Vienna can be traced and seen in a special exhibition in the Jewish Museum Vienna from …

Painting of an open train window, with throngs of people hanging out of it, EXILES 1, 2017

Hausner in the House

The internationally successful Austrian artist Xenia Hausner shows her large-scale paintings in the Albertina.

Upper Belvedere

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Look up

What do you do when almost all the city's museums are closed? That's right, you quickly create your own outdoor museum: welcome to the Museum of Looking Up.

View of the renovated Künstlerhaus from the front

Modern, postmodern, Albertina modern

Vienna has a new museum for modern and contemporary art. And what a museum it is! The Albertina modern, an annex of the world-famous …

Even more art

Albertina

Top museums in Vienna

Vienna's museums show works by world-famous artists such as Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele, Albrecht Dürer and Pieter Bruegel, as well as contemporary art …

mumok, Museum of Modern Art, exterior shot, MuseumsQuartier

Contemporary Art in Vienna

Lots of contemporary art is on presentation in Vienna alongside Baroque opulence. The creative Austrian and international art scene has long …

Six museum treasures in Vienna that are all worth a visit

Vienna's museums are home to some very special treasures. A unique feather headdress from the time of the Aztecs, …

Little Girl in ZOOM Childrens Museum

Museums for children

Vienna boasts about 100 museums and collections - from very little ones to very big ones. And some of them are ideal for children.

Albertina

Art in the Evening

From the Albertina to the House of Music: Many Viennese museums keep their doors open for visitors until late in the evening.

Vienna Now

Dive into Vienna's art scene – with VIENNA / NOW

VIDEO: Experience the classics of art history and discover highlights of the avant-garde ...

Gigantic mural by Golif on Vienna's Gürtel

Art on the fringe

The biggest repositories of art and most galleries are found in the center of Vienna. But there is alss a flourishing art scene closer to the capital's …

Street art in Vienna

Street Art | VIENNA/NOW Tours

Some of the best street artists in the world have immortalized themselves on many of Vienna's walls. Go on a Vienna street art tour.

Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Relief

Approaching art from a new angle

Vienna’s museums have found a number of ingenious ways to make their exhibitions more accessible to visually impaired and deaf visitors.

Some lamps in a room in front of a window

So much art in one city

Vienna serves up a packed program of events in the autumn of art: the Long Night of Museums, the art fair viennacontemporary, the gallery festival …

Memorial of the Austrian Jewish Victims of the Shoah by Rachel Whiteread

Art in the public domain

Works of art can not only be seen in Vienna’s museums and galleries. Many corners of the city are dotted with art in the public domain – from …

Extraordinary museums

Seven unusual museums in Vienna

What do chimney sweeps, magic and torture have in common? They all have their own museum in Vienna and are thus on our list of seven unusual …

Sitting casket

Magnificently curious: Vienna's unusual museums

Whether trying out lying in a casket, Otto Wagner's Stadtbahn toilet or bricks from around the world: Vienna has a whole …

Collection of Anatomical Pathology in the Madhouse Tower

Collection of Anatomical Pathology in the Madhouse Tower – NHM

The museum is housed in the so-called Fool's Tower. This round building, known for its form and former use, …

View inside the exhibition hall Museomania

Weltmuseum Wien

Following extensive renovations, the Weltmuseum Wien on Heldenplatz now shows valuable treasures from around the world in 14 rooms. The collection's …

Front view of the Museum of Military History

Museum of Military History

The Museum of Military History examines the history of the Habsburg Monarchy from the end of the 16th century to the end of the monarchy in 1918, …

The Third Man Museum

The Third Man Museum

The Third Man Museum is a meeting place for people interested in film and a door-opener to Vienna’s post-war history. In addition to the extensive …

Technical Museum, exterior view

Museum of Technology

The Vienna Museum of Technology offers extraordinary insights into the world of technology in a space of 22,000 square meters.

Funeral Museum

Funeral Museum

The Funeral Museum at Vienna's Central Cemetery gives insights into the funeral and cemetery culture of past centuries.

Trams in the Transport Museum

"Remise" Transport Museum

The new Transport Museum of Wiener Linien was created in the former Erdberg depot in 2014. It shows historic and modern vehicles and offers …

Woman with a blindman's stick

Dialogue in the Dark

Anyone who has ever wanted to know how blind people perceive the world now has the opportunity to learn about it in Vienna's Schottenstift during …

Three women in an inclined position

Museum of Illusions

This extraordinary museum has holograms, stereograms and optical illusions for the whole family to enjoy.

Figure of “Vanity”

Porcelain Museum in the Augarten

A museum in the former imperial pleasure building in the Augarten illustrates the history of Viennese porcelain from its beginnings to …

House of Music. The Sound Museum

House of Music

Vienna, the city of music, there is also a place where you will be "all ears."

Literature Museum

The Literature Museum of the Austrian National Library presents the history of Austrian literature from the 18th century until today.

Grandstand with people in front of posters in the House of Austrian History

House of Austrian History

A hundred years after the founding of the First Republic, the new House of Austrian History on Heldenplatz casts light on our country's eventful …

Exhibition view

Dom Museum Wien

The Dom Museum Wien right next door to St. Stephen's Cathedral shows precious church treasures and contemporary art.

Jewish museums

Old room with upholstered furniture

Sigmund Freud Museum

For almost half a century, from 1891 to 1938, the founding father of psychoanalysis lived at Berggasse 19. Freud was forced to emigrate in 1938 after …

Teaser photo for Jewish Vienna Tour

VIENNA/NOW: Jewish Vienna Tour

In this video, we go with Adia on a tour of Jewish Vienna. Discover Jewish life of the past and present.

Jewish Museum

Jewish Museum

Having been extensively renovated, the Jewish Museum on Dorotheergasse has a redesigned display depot, and since November 2013 a new permanent exhibition as …

Memoral on Judenplatz

Museum Judenplatz Vienna

Judenplatz is considered a singular place of remembrance; it combines three things: Rachel Whiteread's Memorial, the excavations of a medieval …

Viktor Frankl Museum

A museum is dedicated to the world-famous founder of logotherapy and existential analysis, Viktor E. Frankl, in the 9th district.