Amazing museum, especially for anyone with an interest in early music. Your ticket grants you…read moreadmission to 2 other museums, which you can use on any other day ( Rustkammer and Ephesus Museums). There is a free audio guide which excellent, ask for it at the ticket booth. Not only does it provide background information on the exhibit, but you can hear the sounds of the various instruments. I was able to see actual Instruments that I've only read about in books. For example there are several barytons, a cello-like instrument that Haydyn composed more than 100 pieces for. Lots of rare and wonderful historical instruments, a unique exhibit well worth your time.

We absolutely loved our visit to the Historical Musical Instruments galleries in the Neueberg. It's…read morea small museum (maybe 10-12 galleries) and included in your ticket with the Rustkammer and Ephesus Museum. We've visited similar collections in Munich, Prague and NY and felt that Vienna's museum was one of the best. First, the collection is very comprehensive and thoughtfully presented. The audioguide is thorough (almost to a fault - it can drag a litlle) and explains the history of many of the items. For me, the absolute best part is that the audioguide also allows you to hear some of the instruments being played - to me, that's a huge bonus and something I haven't experienced elsewhere. We also were lucky enough to come across a conservator tuning one of the antique spinets during our visit. I was amazed at how rich and powerful the sound was considering the instrument in question was well over 300 years old! My only disappointment is that the galleries with pianos played by Mozart and Beethoven were closed during our visit. Otherwise, this museum is well worth your time especially if you are a music lover.

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.

Expansive museum exploring a range of topics including transportation, energy, automation, and…read moremovement. There are enough interactive exhibits to engage kids, but it's not a US-style science center that's entirely for kids; there's much more informational displays that adults can learn a lot from. And unlike some museums in this part of the world that have literal walls of text, the information is presented in just the right depth and spread around artifacts. Who knew I'd be interested in European train coupling or the evolution of domestic cleanliness? Where at all possible, content is local, so the museum has a strong sense of place. For example, there's some depth around how Austria specifically generates & distributes electricity, and the Vienna Airport growth is a case study in transportation challenges. To explore everything in the museum could take 4 hours; 2 hours would be a more manageable visit. As you get further from the center core, some of the less-visited exhibits could be skipped, unless you have a particular interest in for example printing presses.

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!

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!

Stumbled into this cozy alley and stayed for over an hour outside starring up at the tiled wall. I…read moreordered a cup of coffee and took a deep breath to examine every tile. This is a refreshing break. I sat outside among the leaves. The gift shop is super cool as well with amazing books in multiple languages on freidensreich hunderstwasser. Amazing life, incredible man- I left inspired!

Kunst Haus Wein is probably out of your way as a tourist, but a short cab ride or a nice, leisurely…read morewalk to the water will get you here -- and it's worth it. The Hunderwasser movement and style was totally new to me, but I got a detailed and beautiful look at the history. The collection is really amazing, and you could spend a long time being mesmerized by the pieces. The building itself is worth a visit. There are lots of random mosaics, interesting use of glass, a few straight corners. Also, the floors aren't flat!