we had the Viator guided tour, and our tour guide was possibly the best tour guide ive ever…read moreexperienced!! I think his name was Milor, an emigrant from Macedonia, who has been doing tour guiding for some 15 years but just one year for Schönbrunn, but he provided the most memorable story-telling, complete with sound effects and singing the palace grounds are amazing and the palace was beautiful, but for SURE, it was our tour guide who made the experience exceptional. THANK YOU MILOR (i hope that's your name, i don't remember)

The Palace sits on an amazing land with beautiful gardens. We took a Special tour at 5:30 after…read morehours with a group of around 25 people which included dinner and concert You are given a recorder that plays for each room giving you the history behind each room. It did seem a bit rushed as the workers follow the group to each room. However the palace was gorgeous and definitely worth a visit.

What a treat!!! A beautiful palace, stunning grounds, and a world-class art museum all in one…read more.. WOW!! A must visit while in Vienna. We purchased skip-the-line tickets via Viator and rented the self-guided audio headsets (I think they were around $5 each, maybe a little more). The collection of art is beautiful, spanning many different periods. Their most famous piece is Klimt's The Kiss. I'll be honest -- I didn't know much about Gustav Klimt before, but after seeing his work, I'm now a big fan. After touring the art museum, stroll through the vast gardens. They are beautiful, both in the front and back.

We booked the upper Belvedere only (wanted to see Kimt's Kiss). Booked online through the website,…read moremanaged to snag the only early spot left. Booked that morning over breakfast. Got there 15 mins after our time slot started (9:15). It was great, no line, sailed right in. Noted other time slots had a significant wait. Hands down, it's a gorgeous building. That stair case and grand room took my breath away. Some gorgeous sculptures, paintings, rooms and ceilings. And then a stroll afterwards in the gorgeous gardens. Those gardens would be beautiful to sit with a coffee or a snack on a nice day. Recommend!!

UNBELIEVABLY cool museum. why do y'all have ten Rembrandt just sitting there FIRST of all…read more not going to lie to you, special exhibit on coins or whateva was very small. two display cases. but that's chill lowk. Other special exhibit on those landscape painters was awesome, no-brainer to have those works of Vienna in Vienna are you kidding? phenomenal work team. 10/10 on that one, notes and explanations very informative and explanatory (as they should be) main collection - breathtaking ngl. room after room of masterworks (that ive seen before! ) and had no idea that were here. enormous religious works to chiaroscuro tea and dutch floral still lives and Velasquez Hapsburg portraits and actually good interesting vanitas that isn't just pandering wannabe goth slop yes yes yes. fire. there was one painting of a guy made entirely of fish and that really made my day. good job guys. the organization of the main collection was a little bit crazy but it's completely fine, honestly added to the awe of it all kunstkammer or whatever the fuh the royals' own art collection was genuinely amazing if you guys were forced to pick a floor of this place to save from a fire it better be this one. unfortunately on par/better than the painting collection sorry if that's potentially explosive and controversial. architecture fire and tea, decor excellent roman/greek/egyptian I did NOT get to see because of the closing time... my fault I got there at three mb mb mb . . . . . return that stuff to Egypt tho y'all why is a sarcophagus on the Danube anyways 10.5/10 if you miss this you better not ever forgive yourself

The kunsthistorisches museum Is meant to be one of the largest art museums in Austria…read more The building itself is a work of art and worth seeing the interior. The sweeping staircase is stunning - marble, gold, frescoed ceiling. We went to the picture gallery, upstairs. It's full of paintings by the European old masters. The modernists are more my thing, but this was lovely to see and in a beautiful setting too. Highly recommend for fans of baroque, renaissance, and late gothic art. We bought a few things in the gift shop and wandered off for more Vienna sightseeing.

The Naturhistorisches Museum is an internationally important museum that's definitely worth…read morevisiting if you're in Vienna. The Venus of Willendorf is in her own room. There's an extensive collection of minerals & gemstones, which is very impressive. There are meteorites. There are rooms full of glass cases of taxidermied animals. It can be sad to see, especially when they have many dead individuals from extinct species -- this prompts reflections on how humans have roamed the earth killing so many wonderful beings in the name of science and spectacle. The architecture of the building is beautiful. Major text is often given in English as well as German, though the labels for individual specimens are not necessarily in English.

Time spent visiting a natural history museum in any city is never time wasted, especially one of…read morethis size and spectre. Prices were reasonable for entry and the exhibits were very well done, with not a lot of dinosaur skeletons on exhibit, you can see a wonderful selection of rocks and minerals.

If you're in Vienna 1st district, have short spare time and don't want to walk or transport far for…read morea world class museum visit, Albertina fits the bill perfectly. Currently they have a selection of "Monet bis Picasso" exhibit that is definitely worth the visit. Small gallery, well curated, crowded depending on the time, but nowhere near Belvedere or Louvre craziness.

It's not a huge museum, but the Albertina packs a lot of world-class stuff. If you're into…read moreImpressionist art, you'll find a good amount here. The "Monet to Picasso" exhibit is well-curated and you'll definitely enjoy their collection. The special exhibit they had during my visit was a modern art one, which isn't much my interest but definitely a change from their regular exhibits. Additionally, the museum has staterooms from the old Habsburg days. If you only have time for one small museum in Vienna, this one would be a very good choice.

If you've ever been in the Museum of Science in Boston, and in the Smithsonian Air and Space…read moremuseum, this seems like a better-fied combination of the two. It is also, in my opinion much bigger, and its collections far vaster. There are plenty of interactive exhibits and things kids would enjoy, but not everything in here is a kid magnet... Therefore, with some exhibits, you may not find yourself competing with a group of children on a school trip to see or experiment with a certain exhibit. The collection of exhibits is really neat though. Some, are just artifacts behind glass, for instance, old radios, TVs, uranium glass, lasers, etc. Some are computer simulations, like the one of the enigma machines, and others let you actually experience something... I particularly liked the exhibit in the organ and piano room where a demo let you see different organ switches in action, and play a few keys. This half-crosses out the bucket list item of "play a pipe organ" It is very small scale, but similar in principle. I also went to the High Voltage Demonstration. Unfortunately, I was not impressed by this, but to no fault of the museum. The demonstration includes a Van de Graaff generator, which produces large, loud sparks, and they have a "Singing Tesla Coil" which produces notes to songs with its electricity. Had I not been in the "Theater of Electricity" in Boston's Museum of Science, my opinions would differ. Thing is, MoS also had a Van de Graaff generator, only it is three times as big, and produces larger, louder, awesome "sparks". As for the signing Tesla coil, while I found it quite cool, I was somehow expecting something out of the film "The Sorcerer's Apprentice". Even so, it was cool to see music from a Tesla coil. Caution: I have been able to go through the entire MoS and Smithsonian Air and Space in a day, I need at least a third day for this place... IF you are staying in Vienna for a short time, then find out beforehand which exhibits will interest you the most, and come at opening. If, however, your stay in Vienna is more extended, then consider an Annual Pass, they are (I believe) 26 Euro, and will pay for themselves after three visits.

I found the Technisches Museum Wien to not be very well organized in terms of the visitor…read moreexperience. There were large walls/dividers that made it unnecessarily difficult to get around -- they would block movement between sections, for no apparent purpose, since they weren't leading the visitor to look at exhibits in any particular sequence that made sense. Note that this museum is more of a History of Technology museum than a Technology/Technical museum. Some parts of the museum just feel like an old department store from a few decades ago; it feels like they haven't updated the exhibits on some tech in 30 years. There are some interactive exhibits, although some of them do not appear to work properly. More interactive exhibits would be better. They do have many impressive artifacts on display, including trains, automobiles, & musical instruments. A particular highlight was the train car of Empress Elisabeth. Unless you have a special interest in a particular exhibit, or you are already in the area and have nothing better to do, I would not think it's worth making the trip.

Hofburg Palace is a MUST-visit in Vienna. Chances are, if you're going to visit a museum as a…read moretourist, at least one of them will likely be at Hofburg Palace or within its vicinity. The Sisi Museum was one that I visited, and all day long, the palace grounds are teeming with tourists. Even if you don't enter the palace, you can walk through the grounds, enjoy the garden, people watch, and enjoy watching the horse-drawn carriages. Baroque architecture heaven!

The Hofburg is a giant complex of museums, government buildings, the Austrian president's home, and…read moreso much more. Much of it is open to the public and the grounds are free to walk around on. Everything else is either closed to the public or requires an entrance fee. There is something for everyone here: the Sisi Museum, the national Library, the Spanish Riding school (home to the famous Lipizzaner horses), a Butterfly house.....you couldn't possibly see everything in a day! It's quite possibly THE most visited spot in all of Vienna, and you will more than likely find yourself here at some point during your visit. Good luck choosing what to see first! 68/2025

Okay, what was I doing in a chocolate museum last week? I don't really like chocolate very much…read more(give me fruits or nuts any day) but the people I was giving a tour of Vienna to had read about the Schocko Museum at the Heindl and Pischinger Chocolate Factory located in Liesing in the deep south of Vienna and wanted to go. It's kind of hard for me to rate this experience. Here's what you see. You visit two production rooms in the factory itself which you view through glass panels. Okay this part is not like visiting Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory. Then there is a movie as much about the history of Heindl's as it is about making chocolate. But the best part of the museum is the exhibition on the history and production of chocolate. In the middle of this exhibition is a chocolate fountain where you can taste the flowing assortments of dark, milk, and white chocolates. For me I found that chocolate tastes better as a liquid flowing from a fountain than it does in a cake or ice cream. There were lots of Heindl's and Pischinger's chocolate candies around to sample and there's also a company store where you receive a discount if you show your museum ticket. Most importantly, the people I was providing a tour of Vienna to enjoyed themselves at the Schocko Museum so that made me happy as well.

Another tourist trap! The tour is 5 euro a person...unless you want it "guided" which consists of a…read morestaff person reading from the German or English signs located throughout the museum for an extra 2 euro (NOT WORTH IT). You see a movie which is pure advertising for the company and little history about the actual chocolate process. Then you go through 2 small rooms that display pictures of the actual process of chocolate making and molds of the different shapes of chocolates made, also here you can sample drips of chocolate from encased fondue fountains of white, milk, or dark. You go through the door to another small area of the factory where there is minimal work being done..a few people are putting chocolates in bags from the conveyer belt. They give you a 10% coupon to visit their shop to so you can spend more money on their chocolate. This place is over advertised and expensive for what is seen. The chocolate is not fair trade..which I find disappointing.

Honestly, as a classical music enthusiast, this might've been one of my favorite museums I've been…read moreto. So many rooms of so many different arrangements and they make a lot of parts interactive and engaging. Theirs rooms where you can select most famous works by a composer, hear what it's like to hear from the womb, conduct an orchestra, etc. I felt like a little child again

The Haus der Musik is a museum dedicated to sound and music. It's large (four floors) and has…read moreseveral interactive exhibits and displays. I enjoyed the exhibit on the Vienna Philharmonic (with artifacts from the Philharmonic and a screening room where you can watch/listen to concerts); Sonotopia (an interactive exhibit with experiments relating to sound); and a room with large instruments, where you can learn about how the instruments generate their sounds. The museum was fun, because it was so interactive and because its exhibits explore a range of issues and information relating to sound and music. We didn't have a ton of time to explore, but we had a good time. I think it would be fun and interesting for a range of people (from kids to older fans of classical music). If you need a break from art museums and palaces, Haus der Musik might be a nice change of pace!

Coming to the Mozarthaus was an absolutely incredible museum experience…read more We got to learn SO much about the works of Mozart and enjoy the experience with so many people that love music and his masterpieces. It was an amazing bonding experience with people I've never seen or will ever see before. Just being in the same room with people sharing the same interest and love for such a legend, was truly humbling. We spent a couple of hours here and really enjoyed everything about it. There were some interactive elements and it was so cool getting to be in the same HOUSE that Mozart lived in and composed. 10/10 recommend if you're in Vienna, even if you don't know much about Mozart, it's something you'll walk our from feeling so rich.

Mozarthaus (the apartment building where Mozart lived) was a worthwhile visit on my last day in…read moreVienna. It was on my nice-to-visit-but-won't-cry-if-I-run-out-of-time itinerary. It was interesting to see that this was where he lived. There were multiple rooms and displays with information about his life and career. While I enjoy classical music, I'm not terribly well-versed, though I'm sure Mozart nerds will enjoy exploring the rooms. Was able to walk through Mozarthaus under 1 hour. It's a short walk from St Stephen's Cathedral and easy to find with the help of Google Maps.