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This list of museums in Vienna, Austria contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Also included are non-profit art galleries and university art galleries.
| Name | Image | District | Type | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Academy of Fine Arts Vienna |  | Innere Stadt | Art | Features public painting gallery |
| Albertina |  | Innere Stadt | Art | Features prints and drawings, graphic works, photographs and architectural drawings |
| Albertina modern |  | Innere Stadt | Art | Modern Austrian art in Künstlerhaus Wien |
| Alt Wiener Schnapsmuseum | Hietzing | Beverages | website, history and manufacture of schnapps | |
| Architekturzentrum Wien |  | Neubau | Architecture | Architecture and urban design of the 20th and 21st centuries, located in Museumsquartier |
| Arnold Schönberg Center | Biography | Life of composer Arnold Schönberg, music culture center | ||
| Augarten Porcelain Museum |  | Leopoldstadt | Art | website, history of Vienna porcelain and Augarten porcelain |
| Austrian Film Museum | Innere Stadt | Cinema | website | |
| Austrian Museum of Folk Life and Folk Art |  | Josefstadt | Art | website, located in the Schönborn Palace, traditional folk art and culture of Austria and its neighbouring countries |
| Austrian Social and Economic Museum | Margareten | History | website, economy, business, trade, monetary system | |
| Austrian Theatre Museum |  | Theatre | Theatre history in Austria | |
| Bank Austria Kunstforum | Innere Stadt | Art | website, Austrian art collection of Bank Austria | |
| Beethoven Eroicahaus | Döbling | Biography | Memorial to composer Ludwig van Beethoven's stay in Oberdöbling in the summer of 1803, during which he composed a large part of his Eroica Symphony, operated by the Vienna Museum | |
| Beethoven Pasqualatihaus |  | Innere Stadt | Biography | Life in and work of composer Ludwig van Beethoven in Vienna, operated by the Vienna Museum |
| Beethoven Wohnung Heiligenstadt |  | Döbling | Biography | House where composer Ludwig van Beethoven wrote the Heiligenstadt Testament, operated by the Vienna Museum |
| Belvedere |  | Landstraße | Historic house | Include two Baroque palaces, museum of Austrian art from the Middle Ages to the present, gardens |
| Belvedere 21 |  | Landstraße | Art | Austrian art of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries |
| Brennpunkt | Technology | information, history of heating and day-to-day life in the city | ||
| Chimney Sweep Museum | Technology | information, history of chimney sweeping | ||
| Church of the Teutonic Order | Innere Stadt | Religious | Ecclesiastical artifacts and treasures | |
| Demel |  | Innere Stadt | Food | Artifacts and history of the historic Imperial chocolate maker |
| Esperanto Museum |  | Innere Stadt | History | Part of the Austrian National Library, relationship of man to language |
| Design Forum Wien | Neubau | Art | website, gallery for study of design, located in Museumsquartier | |
| Dommuseum |  | Innere Stadt | Art | Sacral works of art from St. Stephen's Cathedral and other churches in Vienna and Lower Austria |
| Emperor Franz Joseph Hat Museum | Fashion | website | ||
| Ephesos Museum |  | Innere Stadt | History | Antiquities from the city of Ephesus in modern-day Turkey, located in a wing of the Hofburg Palace |
| Ernst Fuchs Museum |  | Penzing | Art | website, works by Ernst Fuchs |
| European Coat of Arms Museum | History | information, development of coats of arms and heraldry | ||
| Fantasy Art Museum |  | Innere Stadt | Art | website, works by the Vienna School of Fantastic Realism and by important international artists of fantasy, surreal and visionary art |
| Federal Pathologic-Anatomical Museum Vienna | Science | Anatomy and pathology | ||
| Foltermuseum | History | website, history of torture and corporal punishment | ||
| Funeral Museum Vienna |  | History | Funerary customs | |
| Generali Foundation | Art | Works by many international artists, mainly from the 1960s to today | ||
| Geymüllerschlössel |  | Währing | Decorative arts | Small palace with furniture and decorative art from the Biedermeier period and a clock collection, branch of the Museum of Applied Arts |
| Globe Museum |  | Innere Stadt | History | Part of the Austrian National Library, terrestrial and celestial globes, lunar and planet globes, and instruments related to globes (armillary spheres, planetaria, telluria) |
| Haus der Musik |  | Innere Stadt | Music | History of music |
| Haydnhaus |  | Mariahilf | Biography | Life of composer Joseph Haydn, operated by the Vienna Museum |
| Heeresgeschichtliches Museum |  | Landstraße | Military | Austrian military history from the 16th century to 1945 |
| Hermesvilla |  | Hietzing | Historic house | Imperial castle remodeled by Emperor Franz Joseph I for his wife Empress Elisabeth in the late 19th century, operated by the Vienna Museum |
| Hofburg Palace |  | Innere Stadt | Multiple | Includes the Imperial Apartments, Silver Collection, Sisi Museum, Kunsthistorisches Museum's collections of arms and armour and musical instruments |
| Hofburg Wien: Kaiserappartements |  | Innere Stadt | Historic house | website, located in the Hofburg Palace, rooms used by Emperor Joseph II, includes museum about his wife Sisi and the Imperial Silver Collection |
| Imperial Crypt |  | Innere Stadt | History | Sarcophagi and tombs of the Imperial family, located below the Capuchin Church |
| Imperial Furniture Collection |  | Innere Stadt | Decorative art | Furniture from the 18th to early 20th century, includes the Egyptian room of Empress Maria Ludovica, Biedermeier and Wiener Moderne pieces |
| Jewish Museum Vienna |  | Innere Stadt | History | Jewish history, life and religion in Austria |
| Johann Strauss Wohnung | Leopoldstadt | Biography | Life of famous waltz composer Johann Strauss II, operated by the Vienna Museum | |
| Kunsthalle Wien |  | Neubau | Art | Temporary exhibitions of contemporary international art, located in Museumsquartier |
| KunstHausWien |  | Landstraße | Art | Features works by Friedensreich Hundertwasser and other exhibits |
| Kunsthistorisches Museum |  | Innere Stadt | Art | Includes fine art, Egyptian, Near Eastern, Ancient Greek and Roman antiquities, sculpture and decorative arts, coins |
| Kunstraum Niederoesterreich | Art | website, art and project space located in the Palais Niederösterreich | ||
| Kuffner observatory |  | Ottakring | Science | Astronomy |
| Leopold Museum |  | Neubau | Art | Modern Austrian art including key paintings and drawings by Egon Schiele and Gustav Klimt, located in Museumsquartier |
| Liechtenstein Garden Palace |  | Alsergrund | Art | Pre-booked guided tours of significant collection of European art |
| Lichtenstein City Palace | Historic house | Baroque palace under restoration | ||
| Madame Tussauds Vienna | Wax | |||
| MAK |  | Innere Stadt | Art | Applied arts and contemporary art |
| MAK Depot of Contemporary Art | Art | website, branch of MAK, exhibits of contemporary art | ||
| Money Museum of the Oesterreichische Nationalbank | Numismatic | website, operated by Austria's central bank Oesterreichische Nationalbank, evolution of the monetary system, banknotes, banknote designs, securities and coins | ||
| Mozarthaus Vienna |  | Innere Stadt | Biography | Life in and work of composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in Vienna, operated by the Vienna Museum |
| MUMOK |  | Museumsquartier | Art | Modern and contemporary art works |
| MUSA (Vienna) | Innere Stadt | Art | website, City of Vienna's art exhibition space | |
| Museum Aspern Essling | History | website, history of the 1809 Battle of Aspern-Essling during the Napoleonic Wars | ||
| Museum of Illusions |  | Innere Stadt | Amusement | website, exhibit featuring optical and spatial illusions |
| museum in progress | Mariahilf | Art | Specialised on extraordinary contemporary art projects in media and public spaces | |
| Museum Judenplatz |  | Innere Stadt | History | Social, cultural and religious life of the Jews of Vienna in the Middle Ages |
| Museum of Art Fakes |  | Landstraße | Art | Forged art |
| Museum of Contraception and Abortion | Science | website | ||
| Museum of Ethnology | | Innere Stadt | Ethnography | Ethnographic and archaeological objects from Asia, Africa, Oceania, and America |
| Museum of Young Art | Art | 21st century art | ||
| Museum of the History of Medicine | Alsegrund | Science | website, anatomical and obstetric wax models, operated by the Medical University of Vienna | |
| Natural History Museum of Vienna |  | Innere Stadt | Natural history | Displays include geology, paleontology, the animal world from protozoa to insects to highly developed mammals |
| Neidhart Fresken | Innere Stadt | Art | Medieval secular mural paintings that show scenes from the life and work of the minnesinger Neidhart von Reuental | |
| Original Vienna Snowglobe Museum | Währing | Commodity | website, collection of snowglobes | |
| Österreichische Galerie Belvedere | | Landstraße | Art | Located in the Belvedere, masterpieces from the Middle Ages and Baroque until the 21st century |
| Otto Wagner Hofpavillon Hietzing |  | Hietzing | Transportation | Railway pavilion built for the Emperor and his court, operated by the Vienna Museum |
| Otto Wagner Pavilion Karlsplatz |  | Innere Stadt | Biography | Life and work of Viennese architect Otto Wagner, operated by the Vienna Museum |
| Papyrus Museum |  | Innere Stadt | History | Part of the Austrian National Library, exhibits of papyrus from its collections |
| Peace Museum Vienna | Innere Stadt | Peace | website, street museum highlighting 150-plus peace heroes in Windows for Peace project, part of the International Network of Museums for Peace | |
| Pharmacy and Drugstore Museum Vienna | Wieden | Science | website, development of the profession and the history of the drugstore | |
| Prater Museum | Leopoldstadt | Amusement | History of Vienna's largest amusement park, the Wurstelprater, operated by the Vienna Museum | |
| quartier21 | Neubau | Art | website, contemporary art and culture gallery, located in Museumsquartier | |
| Red Vienna in the Laundry |  | Döbling | History | website, history of the Red Vienna government of Austria from 1919 to 1934, located in the Karl Marx-Hof |
| Römermuseum |  | Innere Stadt | History | History and culture of Ancient Rome in Vienna, operated by the Vienna Museum |
| Schatzkammer |  | Innere Stadt | Art | Part of the Hofburg Palace, features the Kunsthistorisches Museum's collections of royal treasures and religious relics |
| SchokoMuseum | Food | website, chocolate | ||
| Schönbrunn Palace | 125px | Hietzing | Multiple | Includes the Rococo palace, gardens, museum of carriages in the Wagenburg, children's museum |
| Schottenstift Museum | Art | Benedictine monastery with major paintings, furniture, tapestries, vestments and liturgical objects and vestments | ||
| Schubert Geburtshaus |  | Alsergrund | Biography | Birthplace of composer Franz Schubert, operated by the Vienna Museum |
| Schubert Sterbewohnung |  | Wieden | Biography | House where composer Franz Schubert lived until his death, operated by the Vienna Museum |
| Scout Museum | Mariahilf | Scouting | website, history of the Boy Scouts in Austria | |
| Secession Building |  | Innere Stadt | History | Changing exhibits of contemporary art, features the Beethoven Frieze by Gustav Klimt |
| Sigmund Freud Museum |  | Alsergrund | Biography | House, life and work of Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis |
| Strauss Museum | Alsergrund | Biography | Life and work of the Strauss Family Johann I, Johann II, Josef, Eduard and Johann III Strauss. | |
| State Hall of the Austrian National Library |  | Innere Stadt | Library | 18th century Baroque library room |
| Technisches Museum Wien |  | Penzing | Science | History of science in industry, including astronomy, physics, mining, iron, steel, energy, communications and media, transportation, music |
| Third Man Museum | Media | website, collection of memorabilia related to the 1949 film noir The Third Man , which was filmed in Vienna in 1948 | ||
| Urania (Vienna) |  | Innere Stadt | Science | Astronomy |
| Uhrenmuseum |  | Innere Stadt | Horology | Clocks, operated by the Vienna Museum |
| Vienna Crime Museum | Leopoldstadt | Law enforcement | Wiener Kriminalmuseum website, includes the Vienna Police Department Museum, history of judicial and police system and the proceeds from crime by the late Middle Ages to the present | |
| Vienna Undertakers Museum | History | Bestattungsmuseum Wien website, information, funeral and cemetery items and customs | ||
| Vienna Museum Karlsplatz |  | Innere Stadt | History | History, art and culture of the city, main location of the Vienna Museum |
| Vienna Observatory |  | Währing | Science | Astronomy |
| Vienna Schuhmuseum | Josephstadt | Fashion | website, development of shoe-making and orthopedic shoe-making | |
| Vienna Transport Museum Remise |  | Landstraße | Transport | website, collection of trams, buses and light rail vehicles, operated by Wiener Linien |
| Viktor Frankl Museum |  | Alsergrund | Insight and education | Opened 26 March 2015. website Viktor E. Frankl was a neurologist and psychiatrist. |
| Wagenburg |  | Hietzing | Transport | Located on the grounds of Schönbrunn Palace, carriages and horse-drawn vehicles and equipment |
| Wiener Werkstätte Museum | Decorative arts | website, designs and examples of Wiener Werkstätte furniture and decorative arts | ||
| ZOOM Kindermuseum | Neubau | Children's | website, located in Museumsquartier | |
Friedrich Stowasser, better known by his pseudonym Friedensreich Regentag Dunkelbunt Hundertwasser, was an Austrian visual artist and architect who also worked in the field of environmental protection.
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