Museums for children: an overview
The ZOOM Children's Museum in the MuseumsQuartier is all about questioning, touching, exploring, feeling and playing to one's heart's content. Much of what is on offer is self-explanatory and can be grasped through observation: the ZOOM Ocean is a diverse play and adventure area for toddlers and pre-school children; in the ZOOM Studio, children can try out a wide range of techniques and materials together with artists. Alternating participatory exhibitions are designed to be largely intuitive and often have supporting texts in English.
The Children's Museum Schönbrunn Palace whisks its visitors away to the everyday life of the imperial family. Information sheets in seven languages (English, French, Italian, Spanish, Czech, Hungarian and Slovenian) provide background information. At the end, the children dress up as princes and princesses - a real imperial photo motif! A tip: The nearby Schönbrunn Puppet Theater offers performances of shows such as Mozart's Magic Flute, Hansel and Gretel, the Children's Fledermaus as well as Aladdin and the Magic Lamp. Programs are available in English, Russian, Spanish, French and Italian.
The Museum of Natural History is the place to go for a tour of the magnificent display exhibition rooms and a visit to the Dinosaur Hall. At a morphing station, visitors transform into early humans and can send their "old countenance" to friends via email. Every Sunday at 3:00 pm, visitors aged from 12 years can climb up to the roof of the museum on an English-language tour, from where they can enjoy a wonderful view of the city.
Impressive exhibits, such as steam locomotives, aircraft and a reconstruction of a mining operation, make a visit to the Museum of Technology an unforgettable experience. Waiting for two to six year-olds is the "mini", a play area with fire engine, construction site and screw cylinder.
On a visit to the Kunst Haus Vienna created by artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser, kids can go on the children's tours (held in German) and then design a colorful dream house in the language-independent workshop and even plant out the roof. At the Leo Kinderatelier (Children's Studio) in the Leopold Museum, children can go on a 30-minute children's tour (held in German) and then create their own art works in the workshop held in the studio (language-independent, registration recommended). In the mumok, children can explore the museum on their own with a borrowed KinderkunstTransporter, a children's art holder that contains drawing and craft materials. Non-German speaking children are also welcome at the German-language workshop held here. Registration required.
In the Belvedere and in the Albertina, puzzle rallies in English invite children to go on a journey of discovery through the museum. English audio guides for children provide exciting information in the Kunsthistorisches Museum. Each year during the winter, the Vienna Museum offers free admission to play and learning activities for two to six year-olds. The topics of the play station make reference to the city and the current exhibition program.
At the House of Music, music can be experienced with all the senses. Installations, such as the virtual conducting of the Vienna Philharmonic, the Waltz dice game or the Namadeus name game, in which names are transposed into an original Mozart interpretation, thrill children young and old.
Moreover, at the Dschungel theater for young people in the MuseumsQuartier, the program also includes dance productions, and children from 2 years of age are captivated by the "theater for the very youngest" simply by looking on.
Some museums offer free admission to visitors under 19 years old. The start of a lifelong passion for museums is guaranteed!
Zoom Children's Museum
1070 Vienna
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Vienna City Card
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Benefits of the Vienna City Card: -7%
Additional information on the offer:
8€ instead of 8,50€ per admission (applies to the Studio & Animation Film Studio )
6,50€ instead of 6,50€per admission (applies to the Exhibition & Ocean)
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Opening times
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Information on the current opening hours, tickets and events can be found on the website of the “Zoom” children's museum.
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Accessibility
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Main entrance
- no steps (Double swinging doors 170 cm wide)
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Elevator available
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Further information
- Seeing eye dogs allowed
- Wheelchair accessible restroom available.
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Comments
All rooms without steps, elevator by the steps near the Soundlab.
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Main entrance
Children's Museum Schönbrunn Palace
1130 Vienna
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Vienna City Card
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Benefits of the Vienna City Card: -11%
Additional information on the offer:
Price per person: 8,50€ instead of 9,50€
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Opening times
- Mo, 10:00 - 17:00
- Tu, 10:00 - 17:00
- We, 10:00 - 17:00
- Th, 10:00 - 17:00
- Fr, 10:00 - 17:00
- Sa, 10:00 - 17:00
- Su, 10:00 - 17:00
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Last admission 4 p.m.
Details for themed tours, puzzle hunts and special programs can be found online.
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Accessibility
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Main entrance
- no steps (Double swinging doors 260 cm wide)
- Ramp 1020 cm long , 120 cm high
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Car parks Main entrance
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3
Parking spaces for people with disabilities
at main entrance portal (Schönbrunner Schlossstrasse)
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3
Parking spaces for people with disabilities
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Further information
- Wheelchair accessible restroom available.
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Comments
Guide and assistance dogs allowed
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Main entrance
Marionette Theater at Schönbrunn Palace
1130 Vienna
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Vienna City Card
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Benefits of the Vienna City Card: -20%
Additional information on the offer:
Discount valid on evening performances.
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Accessibility
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Main entrance
- 4 Steps (Double swinging doors 125 cm wide)
- Ramp 200 cm long , 50 cm high
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Car parks Main entrance
- 2 Parking spaces for people with disabilities
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Further information
- Seeing eye dogs allowed
- 9 Wheelchair spaces available (in the first row)
- Wheelchair accessible restroom available.
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Comments
No elevator available. Seeing-eye dogs permitted (prior arrangement).
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Main entrance
Naturhistorisches Museum Vienna (Natural History Museum)
1010 Vienna
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Vienna City Card
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Benefits of the Vienna City Card: -22%
Additional information on the offer:
Standard ticket price: 18€ / Reduced ticket price: 14€
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Prices
- Free admission for young people under 19 years of age
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Opening times
- Th - Mo, 09:00 - 18:00
- We, 09:00 - 20:00
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Guided tours
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Guided rooftop tours (English):
Friday, Saturday, Sunday 3pm
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Accessibility
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Main entrance
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(Swinging doors )
stairs
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(Swinging doors )
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Side entrance
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Entrance for wheelchairs Burgring 7
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Elevator available
- 78 cm wide and 132 cm low , Door 78 cm wide
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Further information
- Wheelchair accessible restroom available.
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Special offers for people with disabilities
Assistance and guide dogs allowed; Guided tours for the blind possible, path for blind and visually impaired people (only in German): 15 free-standing, tangible exhibits from the fields of mineralogy, geology and anthropology. A map and descriptions of the objects are also available in Braille at the information stand.
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Comments
All facilities suitable for wheelchair users (except the roof guide!
Access to restaurant/café: no steps. Seeing-eye dogs permitted in exhibition area.
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Main entrance
Vienna Museum of Technology (Technisches Museum Wien)
1140 Vienna
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Vienna City Card
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Benefits of the Vienna City Card: -20%
Additional information on the offer:
Standard ticket price: 16€ / Available on site and at ticket.viennacitycard.at
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Opening times
- Mo, 09:00 - 18:00
- Tu, 09:00 - 18:00
- We, 09:00 - 18:00
- Th, 09:00 - 18:00
- Fr, 09:00 - 18:00
- Sa, 10:00 - 18:00
- Su, 10:00 - 18:00
- on holidays, 10:00 - 18:00
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Accessibility
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Main entrance
- no steps (Double swinging doors 160 cm wide)
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Car parks Main entrance
- Parking spaces for people with disabilities
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Elevator available
- Door 88 cm wide
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Further information
- Seeing eye dogs allowed
- Wheelchair accessible restroom available.
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Special offers for people with disabilities
Free admission to the museum for visitors with special needs. Rental wheelchairs available, special tours for people with disabilities and special needs, tours for visitors with special needs on request, translator for the hearing-impaired available on request (Reservations: Tel. +43 1 899 98–3001).
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Comments
All rooms accessible with special wheelchair elevators (ask museum staff for assistance).
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Main entrance
Kunst Haus Wien Museum Hundertwasser
1030 Vienna
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Vienna City Card
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Benefits of the Vienna City Card: -30%
Additional information on the offer:
KunstHausWien Ticket: 15€
Also available at ticket.viennacitycard.at
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Opening times
- Mo, 10:00 - 18:00
- Tu, 10:00 - 18:00
- We, 10:00 - 18:00
- Th, 10:00 - 18:00
- Fr, 10:00 - 18:00
- Sa, 10:00 - 18:00
- Su, 10:00 - 18:00
- on holidays, 10:00 - 18:00
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Accessibility
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Main entrance
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3 Steps
Revolving doors
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3 Steps
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Side entrance
- no steps (Automatic sliding doors 152 cm wide)
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Further information
- Seeing eye dogs allowed
- Wheelchair accessible restroom available.
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Comments
The elevator to all exhibition levels may only be used when accompanied by museum staff.
Uneven floors.
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Main entrance
Leopold Museum
1070 Vienna
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Vienna City Card
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Benefits of the Vienna City Card: -14%
Additional information on the offer:
Standard ticket price: 17€ /
With Vienna City Card: 14,50€ / Vienna City card holders are entitled to use the fast lane at the Leopold Museum
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Opening times
- Mo, 10:00 - 18:00
- We, 10:00 - 18:00
- Th, 10:00 - 18:00
- Fr, 10:00 - 18:00
- Sa, 10:00 - 18:00
- Su, 10:00 - 18:00
- on holidays, 10:00 - 18:00
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Open daily between June and August.
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Accessibility
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Main entrance
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no steps
(Double swinging doors )
stepless via elevator at the back of the Leopold Museum
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no steps
(Double swinging doors )
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Car parks Main entrance
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4
Parking spaces for people with disabilities
The Parking Spaces can be reached via the main entrance (=corner of the Volkstheater).
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4
Parking spaces for people with disabilities
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Elevator available
- 89 cm wide and 210 cm low , Door 90 cm wide
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Further information
- Seeing eye dogs allowed
- Wheelchair accessible restroom available.
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Comments
Main entrance, access to all exhibition rooms and restaurant/café: no steps.
wheelchairs can be borrowed free of charge from the checkroom at the main entrance to the Leopold Museum (early booking required).
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Main entrance
mumok – Museum of Modern Art Ludwig Foundation Vienna
1070 Vienna
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Vienna City Card
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Benefits of the Vienna City Card: -20%
Additional information on the offer:
Discount valid on the applicable ticket price.
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Opening times
- Tu, 10:00 - 18:00
- We, 10:00 - 20:00
- Th, 10:00 - 18:00
- Fr, 10:00 - 18:00
- Sa, 10:00 - 18:00
- Su, 10:00 - 18:00
- on holidays, 10:00 - 18:00
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Accessibility
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Main entrance
- no steps (Swinging doors 120 cm wide)
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Elevator available
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Further information
- Wheelchair accessible restroom available.
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Comments
Main and side entrance as well as restaurant/café: accessible via elevator.
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Main entrance
Upper Belvedere (Oberes Belvedere)
1030 Vienna
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Comments
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Please note: If visiting the Upper Belvedere, you must make a free reservation for a time slot for group travelers (from 10 people). https://www.belvedere.at/en/tourism-b2b
Monday to Sunday, 9.00 am - 6.00 pm
Email: booking@belvedere.at
Telephone: +43 1 795 57-333
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Vienna City Card
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Benefits of the Vienna City Card: -9%
Additional information on the offer:
- 1,50€ on the current entry ticket price (Upper Belvedere)
- 2,50€ on the current entry ticket price (Upper and Lower Belvedere)
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Opening times
- daily, 09:00 - 18:00
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Accessibility
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Main entrance
- no steps (Swinging doors 102 cm wide)
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Car parks Main entrance
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Parking spaces for people with disabilities
Parking space for visitors with disabilities in front of the entrance at Prinz-Eugen-Strasse 27, Parking: 10 am – 6 pm
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Parking spaces for people with disabilities
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Elevator available
- Door 150 cm wide
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Further information
- Seeing eye dogs allowed
- Wheelchair accessible restroom available.
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Special offers for people with disabilities
Reduced admission for people with disabilities and assistants. "See differently" guided tours (tactile tours) in the Upper Belvedere for blind and visually impaired visitors. Video guides in Austrian Sign Language (OGS) and International Sign are available for deaf visitors.
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Comments
2 elevators reachable via a ramp (staff will provide assistance), wheelchairs available at the cloakroom.
Shop/café: a few steps (staff will provide assistance).
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Main entrance
Albertina
1010 Vienna
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Vienna City Card
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Benefits of the Vienna City Card: -10%
Additional information on the offer:
Standard ticket price: 19,90€ / Savings: 2€ off the daily valid sales price at the museum cash desk (special offers excluded)
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Opening times
- Mo, 10:00 - 18:00
- Tu, 10:00 - 18:00
- We, 10:00 - 21:00
- Th, 10:00 - 18:00
- Fr, 10:00 - 21:00
- Sa, 10:00 - 18:00
- Su, 10:00 - 18:00
- on holidays, 10:00 - 18:00
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Accessibility
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Main entrance
- no steps (Double swinging doors 190 cm wide)
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Elevator available
- Door 150 cm wide
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Further information
- Seeing eye dogs allowed
- Wheelchair accessible restroom available.
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Special offers for people with disabilities
Wheelchair rental (prior arrangement necessary: Tel. +43 1 534 83–540). Guided tours in sign language available (prior arrangement necessary: Tel. +43 1 534 83–540). Guided tours for blind people available as well as for people with slight to moderate dementia and their escorts (prior arrangement necessary: Tel. +43 1 534 83–540). Please inform Art Mediation department about wheelchair uses in advance. Reduced admission for persons with special needs
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Comments
Access to all exhibition rooms, to the restaurant / café and to the Shop: no steps. All rooms are wheelchair-accessible.
Wheelchair-accessible restrooms on levels 1 and -1, restroom on level 1: door width: 90 cm, room dimensions: 180 x 110 cm.
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Main entrance
Kunsthistorisches Museum (Art History Museum)
1010 Vienna
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Vienna City Card
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Benefits of the Vienna City Card: -5%
Additional information on the offer:
Standard ticket price: 21€ /
Savings: 1 € /
Audioguide 5€ instead of 6€
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Opening times
- Mo, 10:00 - 18:00
- Tu, 10:00 - 18:00
- We, 10:00 - 18:00
- Th, 10:00 - 21:00
- Fr, 10:00 - 18:00
- Sa, 10:00 - 21:00
- Su, 10:00 - 18:00
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Open on Saturdays until 9 p.m. for the duration of the Rembrandt exhibition (until January 12, 2025).
Open daily from October, 8 2024 until January, 6 2025.
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Accessibility
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Main entrance
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5 Steps
(Double swinging doors 300 cm wide)
on Maria-Theresien-Platz, no ramp
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5 Steps
(Double swinging doors 300 cm wide)
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Side entrance
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Barrier-free entrance: Burgring 5 via porter, visitor service accompanies you to the elevator and into the building
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Car parks Main entrance
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5
Parking spaces for people with disabilities
on Heldenplatz
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5
Parking spaces for people with disabilities
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Elevator available
- Door 99 cm wide
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Further information
- Wheelchair accessible restroom available.
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Special offers for people with disabilities
Wheelchair rental possible (please reserve one day in advance). Special tours for visitors with dementia, in easy language, in sign language as well as guided touch tours (Tel. +41 1 525 24-5202 or email: kunstvermittlung@khm.at), Three masterpieces of the Renaissance collection of the painting gallery, selected objects of the Kunstkammer, the Egyptian-Oriental collection and the collection of antiquities are available to the blind and visually impaired as castings for touching. A brochure with image descriptions of this in Braille is available.
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Comments
Wheelchair users who visit the museum via Burgring 5 can purchase their tickets at the shop in the lobby.
Induction loop available at the audio guide stand.https://www.khm.at/en/learn/art-education/inclusive-art-education/
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Main entrance
Wien Museum Karlsplatz
1040 Vienna
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Vienna City Card
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Benefits of the Vienna City Card: -25%
Additional information on the offer:
Discount valid on special exhibitions
Standard ticket price: 12€ or 8€ (depending on the exhibition) / reduced ticket price: 10€ or 6€
Tickets available online and on sitePlease book here to get your Vienna City Card discount:
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Prices
- The permanent exhibition is accessible free of charge. Free admission to the special exhibitions on the upper floor for all under 19 and every first Sunday of the month.
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Opening times
- Tu, 09:00 - 18:00
- We, 09:00 - 18:00
- Th, 09:00 - 21:00
- Fr, 09:00 - 18:00
- Sa, 10:00 - 18:00
- Su, 10:00 - 18:00
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Closed on January 1; May, 1 and December, 25.
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Accessibility
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Main entrance
- no steps
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Car parks Main entrance
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Parking spaces for people with disabilities
Maderstrasse 2 (directly behind the museum) and Resselgasse 2
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Parking spaces for people with disabilities
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Elevator available
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Further information
- Seeing eye dogs allowed
- Wheelchair accessible restroom available.
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Special offers for people with disabilities
Wheelchair for rental, seats available. Guided tours in simple language, Austrian sign language, multi-sensory tours (e.g. touch, smell, hearing, sight) and slow tours.
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Comments
All areas of the Wien Museum on Karlsplatz are accessible without steps and with a tactile floor guidance system.
Touch stations, overview plans, signposts and door signs are labeled in Braille and in tactile normal writing.
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Main entrance
House of Music (Haus der Musik) The Sound Museum
1010 Vienna
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Vienna City Card
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Benefits of the Vienna City Card: -24%
Additional information on the offer:
Standard ticket price: 17€ / reduced ticket price: 13€
Available on site and at ticket.viennacitycard.at
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Opening times
- daily, 10:00 - 22:00
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24.12. 10a.m. - 6 p.m., 23.03. 10a.m. - 6p.m. (5p.m. last admission)
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Accessibility
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Main entrance
- no steps (Automatic sliding doors )
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Side entrance
- no steps
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Elevator available
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Further information
- Seeing eye dogs allowed
- Wheelchair accessible restroom available.
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Special offers for people with disabilities
Tours in sign language on request, as well as tours for blind and visually impaired people.
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Comments
Access to all exhibition rooms and café: no steps (via elevator).
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Main entrance
Dschungel Vienna Theatre for a young audience
1070 Vienna
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Opening times
- Kassaöffnungszeiten Mo - Fr, 16:00 - 18:00
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Die Kassa ist außerdem ab 1,5 Stunden vor Vorstellungsbeginn geöffnet.
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Accessibility
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Main entrance
- no steps (Swinging doors )
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Further information
- Seeing eye dogs allowed
- 5 Wheelchair spaces available (in first row, prior arrangement necessary)
- Wheelchair accessible restroom available.
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Special offers for people with disabilities
Special offers for guests with disabilities and special needs depending on the schedule.
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Comments
Seeing-eye dogs only permitted in coffee shop.
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Main entrance