Cultural landscape and museums
Duration:
By destination and agreement
Accompanied by an art historian,
cultural treasures and collections come to life.
This is just a selection to get you started. Vienna’s cultural and museum scene has much more to offer. Come and explore!
Join me on a journey of discovery!
Schönbrunn Palace: UNESCO World Heritage Site. A journey through time into the imperial world of Maria Theresa and her great-grandson Franz Josef, whose wife Sisi became an icon.
Imperial Treasury: Coronation regalia and imperial crowns, treasures of the Order of the Golden Fleece, a legendary agate bowl and a ‘unicorn’ are among the treasures.
Imperial Crypt: The burial place of a ruling dynasty. Amidst symbols of power and faith in God, the individual stories touch the heart.
Sisi Museum and Imperial Apartments: The life of an empress who became an icon; a glimpse into the world of the imperial couple.
Ceremonial Hall of the National Library: A Baroque gem, one of the most beautiful library halls in the world.
Kunsthistorisches Museum: Masterpieces of European painting, treasures from cabinets of curiosities, art treasures from antiquity and the realm of the pharaohs.
Belvedere: The Baroque complex is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The State Treaty was signed in the Marble Hall in 1955. The highlight of the collection is Klimt’s ‘The Kiss’.
Albertina: State rooms transport visitors back to the age of Classicism, whilst its collections take them into the world of graphic art.
Leopold Museum: Vienna around 1900, Klimt, Schiele & Co.
Freud Museum: In the footsteps of the founder of psychoanalysis.
Jewish Museum Vienna: On Judaism and the history of the Jewish Vienna.
Wien Museum: High-quality exhibits on the history of the city.
Museum of Applied Arts: A showcase for design.
Kunsthaus Wien, Hundertwasserhaus: Here, Hundertwasser’s work and vision come to life.
Josephinum Vienna: A jewel of classical architecture and a paradise for doctors and natural scientists.
Mozarthaus: Where The Marriage of Figaro was composed.
State Opera House: Temple of Music
Burgtheater: Where Gustav Klimt painted theatre history
Military History Museum: The history of the Austrian army and navy, and the assassination in Sarajevo, set against a backdrop of Byzantine and Gothic architectural elements.
Vienna Central Cemetery: Over a thousand mausoleums and graves dedicated in honour of great figures of the past.
