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Category: History Museums - Vienna Attractions & Activities
Address: Heldenplatz, Neue Burg, Vienna 1010
This archaeological museum displays Greek and Roman artifacts from the site of Ephesus in Turkey and the island of Samothrace in the Aegean Sea. These include architectural fragments of Corinthian columns, tombs, and the library of Celsius, along with bronze and marble sculptures rivaling those found in Istanbul and London. The most outstanding...
Category: History Museums - Vienna Attractions & Activities
Address: Haydngasse 19, Vienna 1060
Composer Joseph Haydn built this house in 1797 and lived here until his death in 1809. Haydn composed some of his finest works here, including "The Creation" and "The Seasons." The museum contains original manuscripts, copies of documents and scores, personal memorabilia, a piano and a clavichord. One room features furniture and keepsakes...
Category: History Museums - Vienna Attractions & Activities
Address: Arsenal, Objekt 1, Vienna 1030
The Military History Museum is situated in the Arsenal, a military complex that resembles a medieval-style fortress. Displays and exhibits are arranged in chronological order and feature historic weapons, artillery, armor, campaign maps, flags, standards, paintings of battle scenes, sculptures of the empire's famous generals, and scale models of...
Category: History Museums - Vienna Attractions & Activities
Address: Heldenplatz, Neue Burg, Vienna 1010
One of the world's most extensive collections of weapons and armor of Europe's royal families since the 15th century. Everything from armored saddles to bags for carrying bows and arrows, early cannon to ornately decorated shields.
Jüdisches Museum der Stadt Wien
Category: History Museums - Vienna Attractions & Activities
Address: Dorotheergasse 11, Vienna 1010
Housed in the Palais Eskeles, this museum features a study center, archives, a large library and three floors of exhibition space that document the important role Jews played in the financial, intellectual and cultural development of Europe. An interesting holographic display on the first floor features large glass panels whose contents include...
Category: History Museums - Vienna Attractions & Activities
Address: Domgasse 5, Vienna 1010
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and his family lived here between 1784 and 1787, possibly his most joyous and productive years in Vienna. Here he wrote his famous opera "The Marriage of Figaro," along with the Haydn quartets and several piano concerti. On display are lithographs, engravings, portraits, letters, documents and copies of scores. Like many...
Sammlung Alter Musikinstrumente
Category: History Museums - Vienna Attractions & Activities
Address: Neue Burg, Heldenplatz, Vienna 1010
On display at this museum are rare and exquisite musical instruments dating from the early 16th century, a collection of the finest musical instruments from the Renaissance era, and pianos that once belonged to Haydn, Beethoven and Schubert. A network of headphones allows visitors to hear musical excerpts that relate to the period and theme of a...
Category: History Museums - Vienna Attractions & Activities
Address: Nussdorfer Strasse 54, Vienna 1090
Franz Schubert was born in this apartment in 1797. It served as his home until age five, when he became a member of the Vienna Boys Choir. The two-room apartment overlooks the inner courtyard and is typical of Biedermeier styling. It remains largely unchanged to this day. The composer's manuscripts, along with drawings, paintings and other...
Category: History Museums - Vienna Attractions & Activities
Address: Karlsplatz, Vienna 1040
Vienna's history, from prehistory to present, is documented in the Historical Museum of the City of Vienna. Displays in this multi-level structure include artifacts from Roman times, architectural fragments and stained glass windows from medieval buildings, old engravings and city plans, objects from the Wiener Werkstätte arts and craft studio,...
Österreichisches Theatermuseum
Category: History Museums - Vienna Attractions & Activities
Address: Lobkowitzplatz 2, Vienna 1010
The Austrian Theatre Museum is housed in a palace originally built for a 17th-century count. Exhibits reflect the history of theater design from the Baroque era to the mid-20th century. Models show the first Hofburg theatre and Eroica-Saal, an important venue of Beethoven's work, along with important stage sets that made an impact on Viennese...
