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    4.4 (172 reviews)
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    I bought a couple of art books and a gorgeous brocade flower print pillow case of one of Klimt's paintings.

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    Kunsthistorisches Museum

    Kunsthistorisches Museum

    4.7(126 reviews)
    2.0 kmInnere Stadt

    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

    This museum is not to be missed. Arrive early to avoid the crowds and enjoy the exhibits at a…read morerelaxed pace. Be sure to have lunch at the café--the service was excellent despite how busy it was, and our server was friendly and attentive. The café's beautiful dome was especially captivating and made the dining experience even more memorable.

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    Wien Museum Karlsplatz

    Wien Museum Karlsplatz

    4.0(26 reviews)
    1.1 kmWieden

    The Wien Museum located in Karlsplatz near Karlskirche (St. Charles' Church) is a free museum in…read moreVienna where it goes through the history of the city (until present day!). The permanent exhibition spans 3 floors where they describe and highlight the city's history in chronological order quite thoroughly. The exhibits can be interactive as well and there are many items on display (artifacts, paintings, etc.). The museum also has temporary paid exhibits for a small fee which rotate. The Wien Museum has a restaurant on the ground floor as well as a cafe on the 4th floor overlooking St. Charles Church with ample seating and nice views of the city for you to relax after your museum visit. The museum is modern where the washrooms are clean. We easily spent a few hours here going through the vast exhibit of Vienna's history. Extremely informative and well put together! A definite must visit if you do visit this city!

    I visited the Wien Museum at Karlsplatz a week or so ago when I was visiting Vienna with a friend…read more It's a huge museum, but the reason we were there is for the exhibit, "Vienna. My History." It's the museum's permanent exhibit, and it's free to visit. (When you walk into the the museum, just walk straight, and you end up entering the exhibit. You don't have to pay for admission if you're just visiting for that exhibit. And - wow. What an exhibit. I'm so glad we visited on what was my first visit to Vienna, because the exhibit is incredibly comprehensive. It includes over 1,700 objects, from prehistoric to contemporary times. It spans three levels of the museum and 35,000 square feet. I learned so much about Viennese and Austrian history from the exhibit - it's a great exhibit to visit early on in a visit to Vienna, because it will give context to so much of what you'll see as you walk and explore the city. I highly recommend visiting for this incredible exhibit - what a wonderful thing to make free for visitors!

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    Schatzkammer - Tapestries and more clothing

    Schatzkammer

    4.5(32 reviews)
    2.1 kmInnere Stadt

    I don't know I'd go out-of-my-way for this museum, unless you're really interested in the subject…read morematter, but it was a very nice spot to see artifacts and bling from the Holy Roman Empire and until the Austro-Hungarian empire. I thought the crowns and the various ceremony attire displayed were the most interesting of the items. The museum also contains several religious relics as well. I had the multi-museum pass, so that was the main reason why I came. While I thought this was an interesting visit, if you're pressed for time, you can skip this one.

    There are several different museums within the Hofburg complex, all of which are close to each…read moreother but require separate admissions. This was one of them. It seemed like it might be interesting, and online photos play up the 'crown jewels' type aspects. I bought tickets online. This was not one where you had a timed entry, so it had some flexibility. I don't recall if they required you to check backpacks, as we left ours at the hotel that day due to another associated museum's prohibition on them. My verdict on this was that it was not as interesting as I'd hoped. Their breakdown is roughly: 20% crowns, swords, and jewels. 25% religious items like reliquaries. 50% robes (coronation, etc.). 5% miscellaneous. By far, the most common thing you'll see are robes / clothes. They did have a good audio guide (for a nominal extra charge). But if I'd known exactly what to expect, I don't think I'd have come here. It depends on what you are personally interested in, of course. However, given that most trips have a limited time budget, I think I'd have spent that time at some other museum / attraction instead. We spent about an hour touring the whole place, which was not small.

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    In diesem eher unscheinbaren Schrank befinden sich Schlüssel zu den Särgen in der Kapuzinergruft

    Schatzkammer - Ceremonial church garments

    Ceremonial church garments

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    MAK

    MAK

    4.4(26 reviews)
    1.9 kmInnere Stadt

    MAK is an excellent Museum of Applied Arts. They do an excellent job getting guest curators and…read moreartists to engage with the collection in inventive and dynamic ways to highlight various items & how they relate to each other. This makes the collection come alive, and it becomes much more interesting to experience, compared to the standard, more static, approach I see in many museums. One highlight was the stunning 1907 gesso panels, Seven Princesses by Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh. You need to see it in person to appreciate its subtle beauty and impressive scope. Apparently, the Seven Princesses only survived WW1 because a curator hid the piece to keep it safe. The curator brought it down to the museum's basement, put the panels into three crates along the wall, then built a brick wall in front of them, which was painted to match the existing walls. They stayed hidden like this until they were discovered in 1990. Another highlight was an installation from Superflux called Invocation for Hope, which featured hundreds of dead trees burned from a forest fire that were installed around some live plants & moss around a 'pool'. When I visited, they also had a lot of environment & sustainability related projects on display -- there were some really interesting projects there. The building itself also has lovely architectural features.

    I happened to go to MAK on free night which is Tuesday from 6 PM to 10 PM so I had a really good…read moretime. Does it compare to the Victoria & Albert in London, NO.... but then again what does. Also this museum building has a lot of space, a lot of space that they don't really utilize very well. There could be a whole lot more on display. But anyway my favorite part was the permanent collection which is on the top floor, lots of decorative items from around 1890 into 1940's.

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    Jüdisches Museum Wien

    Jüdisches Museum Wien

    4.5(19 reviews)
    2.0 kmInnere Stadt
    €€

    I visited Vienna for the first time a few weeks ago, and I knew I wanted to visit the city's Jewish…read moreMuseum during my stay. What you need to know: The museum is actually two museums - one on Dorotheergasse and one at Judenplatz. The Judenplatz museum explores the history of Vienna's medieval Jewish community and its annihilation and expulsion in 1420/21. It also houses the remains of the destroyed medieval synagogue in its basement. The Dorotheergasse museum explores the history of Vienna after the medieval period (16th-20th century). The purchase of tickets includes admission to both museums. If you can't visit both locations in one day, your ticket is valid for 7 days after purchase, but the museums are just a short walk apart from each other. The museum has a fascinating history, too. It was founded in 1893 and opened in 1895, making it - according to the museum - the world's oldest Jewish museum. It moved several times, but in 1938 after the Anschulss, the museum was closed and some of its contents used in an anti-Semitic exhibit put on by the Natural History Museum. A new Jewish museum was established in 1986. The museums are both incredible. I learned a lot. The permanent exhibits on Vienna's Jewish history are impressive - comprehensive and meticulously curated. The Dorotheergasse museum's permanent collection includes Judaica that was looted, damaged, destroyed, or removed violently from their original locations during the November Pogroms of 1938, which was hard to stomach, but I'm very glad I saw. The synagogue ruins in the basement of Judenplatz museum was also something incredible to see in person. It would easily be worth it to visit the museums based on the permanent collection alone, but there was also incredible temporary exhibits in both museums. These museums were one of the highlights of my time in Vienna, and I'm so glad I made sure to include time in our itinerary to visit both. Vienna has so much to offer, but these museums educate visitors about some of Vienna's less beautiful history, and that's worth exploring as a tourist, too. I highly recommend a visit to both if you have time during your trip to Vienna.

    A few negative comments regarding Jüdisches Museum Wien is that there's not much singular focus on…read morethe Holocaust. But as I walked the multiple floors of this museum, I appreciated this museum's historical approach to the Austrian Jewish Community within a particularly antisemitic national culture that included lots of twists, turns, immigrant growth, and international tragedy. I thought of it more as a bottoms-up approach, rather than a "hit you over the head" tops down strategy. As such, I spent a fair amount of time here, and more than I sometimes do in any Jewish museum institution. And yet (and I couldn't put my finger on it) there was a feeling of something missing after I left. Maybe visiting their 2nd Museum on Judenplatz might have helped. That facility hosts a small special exhibition and the permanent Our Medieval City! exhibition, which includes the remains of a medieval synagogue. Or maybe that since it was between Yom Kippur and Sukkot, I was looking for something to fill in some blanks in real time. Anyway, if you're in Vienna, you should come. And because we're Jewish, we can all be a critic, while immersing ourselves in this unique historical experience.

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