Austrian Theater Museum
The Theater Museum brings together collections on all topics of the performing arts and is one of the biggest and most important documentation centers of its kind in the world. Objects of contemporary Austrian and international stage art from spoken and musical theater via dance and film to figure and puppet theater are kept in the archives and scientifically researched, published and presented in exhibitions.
The museum evolved from the Theater Collection of the Austrian National Library, whose origins go as far back as the Baroque era. In 1923, the collection was enlarged when the theater collection of the famous actor and former director of the Vienna Burgtheater, Hugo Thimig (1854-1944), was bought.
A separate department of the museum is devoted to children where they are introduced to the stage-world in a playful way. The Theater Museum also houses a grand concert hall, the "Eroica Hall", called after Beethoven's Third Symphony, dedicated to the composer's patron and owner of the palace, Franz Joseph Maximilian Prince Lobkowitz. Subsequently many of Beethoven’s compositions were performed at the Lobkowitz Palace.
Picture Gallery a guest of the Theatre Museum
By 2020, the Picture Gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts (which is being renovated) will be presented in a new hanging scheme in the adapted rooms of the Theatre Museum. Alongside Bosch’s Last Judgment triptych, other highlights from the 15th to 19th centuries can be seen, including leading works of European painting from Lucas Cranach the Elder, Titian, Rubens, Van Dyck and Rembrandt through to Tiepolo, Guardi and Füger.
Picture Gallery in the Theatre Museum
View of Room 1: Old Dutch and Old German of the 15th and 16th centuries (with Last Judgment triptych by Hieronymus Bosch)
Picture Gallery in the Theatre Museum
View of Room 1: Old Dutch and Old German of the 15th and 16th centuries (with Last Judgment triptych by Hieronymus Bosch)
Picture Gallery in the Theatre Museum
View of Room 5: 17th century Flemish painting
Picture Gallery in the Theatre Museum
View of Room 7: Austrian painting of the Baroque and Classicism periods in the vicinity of the Wiener Akademie
Theatre Museum
Lobkowitzplatz 2 , 1010 Wienwww.theatermuseum.at
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Prices
- Your benefit with the Vienna City Card: 1€ off
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Opening times
- We - Mo, 10:00 - 18:00
- Presentations, tours and workshops by appointment
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Accessibility
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Main entrance
- no steps (Double swinging doors 120 cm wide )
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Elevator available
- 130 cm wide and 150 cm low , Door 130 cm wide
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Further information
- Seeing eye dogs allowed
- Wheelchair accessible restroom available.
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Special offers for people with disabilities
Wheelchair rental (by prior arrangement: at least two days ahead of time). Tours for visitors with disabilities and special needs on request (Tel. +43 1 525 24–5310).
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Comments
Exhibition area on ground floor: with portable ramp placed by staff as required. Intercom system at the main gate (front door or box office), staff will take you to the elevator.
Seeing-eye dogs permitted (please register at the box office, Tel. +43 1 525 24-3460).
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Main entrance
Theater Museum for Children and Young People:
Performances, guided tours and workshops by prior arrangement
Tel. +43 1 525 24-5310
www.theatermuseum.at