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Category: Religious Sites - Vienna Attractions & Activities
Address: Salvatorgasse 12, Vienna 1010
This Gothic church, known as Our Lady on the Steps, is associated with the Czech community in Vienna. The tall, narrow façade displays 15th-century sculptures of St. John the Baptist and St. John the Evangelist. The seven-sided tower features a magnificent spire, which is an example of intricately crafted openwork....
Category: Religious Sites - Vienna Attractions & Activities
Address: Minoritenplatz 2a, Vienna 1010
This part-Gothic and part-19th century structure is known as the Church of the Minorite Order and was originally established by the Minor Friars in the 13th century. The odd shaped tower is a result of damage incurred during the Turkish siege of 1529. The hallmark of the spacious, bright interior is an ambitious...
Category: Vienna Attractions & Activities
Address: Löwelstrasse 20, Vienna 1010
A museum founded in 2005 and displaying nothing but works of art created since 2000. Exhibitions from around the world, but with an emphasis on young European artists producing paintings, sculptures, videos, installations and graphic designs. Great location between the Burgtheater and the Café Landtmann.
Category: Sightseeing - 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...
Category: Art Museums - Vienna Attractions & Activities
Address: Museumsplatz 1, MuseumsQuartier, Vienna 1070
The museum of modern art is dedicated to art of the 20th and 21st centuries, with collections from classical modernism, nouveau réalisme, fluxus, pop-art and Viennese actionism movements. As well as being informative, guided tours challenge visitors to think about and criticize the art. Housed in the big, grey lump in...
Category: Art Museums - Vienna Attractions & Activities
Address: Neue Burg, Vienna 1010
This ethnological museum is situated around an arcaded Italian Renaissance-style courtyard. The collections focus on non-European cultures. The Oriental collection features lacquer screens, garments, furniture, ceramics and musical instruments. Figurines, masks and artifacts include a series of court portraits from...
Museum of the Institute for the History of Medicine of the Univ of Vienna
Category: Science Museums - Vienna Attractions & Activities
Address: Waehringerstrasse 25, Josephinum, Vienna 1090
This military institute of surgery and medicine was founded by Austrian ruler Joseph II and built in the late 18th century. He commissioned Tuscan craftsmen to create a collection of life-sized anatomical wax models as visual aids for future surgeons. Other items on display include antique medical instruments,...
Category: Science Museums - Vienna Attractions & Activities
Address: Burgring 7, Vienna 1010
Vienna's Museum of Natural History is one of the world's largest. It opened in the late 1800s and was designed to reflect the nature of the collections. The museum features wide and varied collections of skeletons, fossils, precious stones, diamonds, meteorites, dinosaur casts and zoological exhibits. The most...
Pathologisch-anatomisches Bundesmuseum
Category: Science Museums - Vienna Attractions & Activities
Address: Uni Campus, Spitalgasse 2, Vienna 1090
View body parts that have undergone pathological changes, human and animal body parts preserved in formaldehyde, body parts cast in wax or paraffin, and old and new medical devices illustrating specific diseases. Founded by Emperor Franz 1 in 1796. Also open 10am-1pm the first Saturday of the month.
Category: Sightseeing - Vienna Attractions & Activities
Address: Vienna 1010
The Plague Pillar dates from the late 17th century and is the centerpiece of Graben, a pedestrian street that was once a Roman moat. Also known as the Trinity Pillar, this Baroque column was built to celebrate the end of the Plague of 1679. Constructed over many years, the carved stone pillar depicts images of...
