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• Albertina
• Belvedere
• Kunsthistorisches Museum
• Museum für Völkerkunde (Museum of Ethonology)
• Österreichisches Theatermuseum (Austrian Theatre Museum)
• MAK - Österreichisches Museum für angewandte Kunst (Austrian Museum of Applied Arts)
• MuseumsQuartier Wien
• Architekturzentrum Wien (Centre of Architecture)
• Leopold Museum
• MUMOK - Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien (Austrian museum for modern and contemporary art)
• ZOOM Kindermuseum (Children’s museum)
• Naturhistorisches Museum (Natural History Museum)
• Technisches Museum Wien (Technical Museum)
• Österreichische Mediathek
• Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (Austrian National Library)
• Österreichisches Museum für Volkskunde (Austrian Museum of Folk Life and Folk Art)
• Gemäldegalerie der Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien (Picture Gallery of the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts)
• Pathologisch-anatomisches Bundesmuseum (Federal Pathological-Anatomical Museum)
• Heeresgeschichtliches Museum (Museum of Military History)

Named after its founder Duke Albert von Sachsen Teschen, the Albertina is one of the world’s largest and most valuable graphic art collections. It comprises about 70,000 drawings and more than one million prints from all eras and styles. The art holdings include world-famous works by artists such as Dürer, Raphael, Leonardo, Michelangelo, Rembrandt, Rubens, art from the Biedermeier, Art Nouveau and Expressionism. Special exhibitions, photographic and architectural collection, history of the building, Habsburg state rooms.

Opening hours: Daily 10.00-18.00, WED 10.00-21.00, open from 08.00 for school classes Contact: 1010 Vienna, Albertinaplatz 1, Phone: +43/1/534 83, E-Mail: info@albertina.at, www.albertina.at

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The museum is housed in the Belvedere Palace, which Prince Eugene of Savoy had built as a summer residence in the 18th century. The collections of the 19th and 20th centuries are housed in the Oberes or Upper Belvedere with works by Biedermeier artists (e.g. Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller, Jakob Alt etc.), French Impressionists (e.g. Claude Monet, Auguste Renoir) and art around 1900 (including masterpieces by Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele, Oskar Kokoschka, van Gogh).
In the Unteres or Lower Belvedere visitors can find the Baroque Museum, art from the 17th and 18th centuries (including works by Martino Altomonte, Paul Troger, Franz Anton Maulbertsch, Georg Raphael Donner, Franz X. Messerschmidt), and the Museum of Medieval Art (Orangerie), art from the 14th to the 16th century.

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Opening hours: THU-SUN 10.00-18.00 Contact: Oberes Belvedere, 1030 Vienna, Prinz-Eugen-Straße 27 (D Belvederegasse, 71 Salesianergasse), Unteres Belvedere, Barockmuseum und Museum mittelalterlicher Kunst (Orangerie); 1030 Vienna, Rennweg 6 und 6a Phone: +43/1/795 57-134, Fax: +43/1/795 57-136, Taped information: Phone: +43/1/795 57-333, E-Mail: public@belvedere.at, www.belvedere.at

Other institutions associated with the Belvedere

Atelier Augarten (contemporary arts centre); 1020 Vienna, Scherzergasse 1a (1 Heinestraße, 5 Taborstraße, N Am Tabor), Phone: +43/1/795 57-134; F -136; Opening hours: THU-SUN 10.00-18.00

Gustav Klimt: Beethoven Frieze (loan by the Belvedere) at the Secessionsgebäude; 1010 Vienna, Friedrichstraße 12; Opening hours: THU-SUN 10.00-18.00, THU 10.00-20.00

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The collections largely reflect the tastes of the Habsburgs. The building on Vienna’s Ringstrasse, by Semper and von Hasenauer, was inaugurated in 1891. It houses collections of objects from ancient Egypt, ancient Greece and Rome, the Middle Ages and the modern era (notably Renaissance and Baroque art).

picture gallery
The permanent collection of paintings from the 15th to the 18th century features the world’s largest collection of Bruegels and works by Caravaggio, Dürer, van Dyck, Raphael, Rembrandt, Rubens, Tintoretto, Titian, Velázquez and Vermeer.

egyptian-oriental collection
The exhibits, shown in halls with colossal ancient Egyptian columns, include sarcophagi, burial gifts, statues and reliefs.

collection of greek and roman antiquities
The exhibition of Greek and Roman Antiquities consists of sculptures, bronzes, statuettes, vases, glassware and goldsmith’s work dating from the third millennium BC to 1,000 AD.

collection of sculpture and decorative arts
This exhibition, boasting Italian bronze sculpture, mediaeval and Baroque ivory filigree, goblets crafted from ostrich eggs and coconuts, and gilt and jewel-encrusted ceremonial vessels, is being renovated and reopens in 2008.

coin cabinet
The Cabinet has more than 700,000 objects, from natural money and coins of the ancient world through to minted money, and medals.

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Opening hours: THU-SUN 10.00-18.00, THU until 21.00 only for special exhibitions Contact: 1010 Vienna, Burgring 5, entrance: Maria-Theresien-Platz (U2 Mariahilfer Straße, U2, U3 Volkstheater, Ringstraße tramway lines, 57A Babenbergerstraße); Phone: +43/1/525 24, E-Mail: info@khm.at, www.khm.at

Other institutions associated with the KHM

Ephesus Museum
The treasures of the City of Ephesus have been under excavation since 1895 under the guidance of Austrian archaeologists. Precious finds from the early digs are now displayed at this unique museum. For instance, there is a chance to admire sculptures and architectural models, as well as a 40-meter section of the so-called Parthian Monument. This frieze is considered the most important relief of the Roman period in Asia Minor (2nd century AD). 1010 Vienna, Neue Burg, Heldenplatz (57A, Ringstraße tramway lines, 2A Babenbergerstraße), Phone: +43/1/525 24-4902, Opening hours: WED-MON 10.00-18.00

Hofjagd- und Rüstkammer (Collection of Arms and Armour)
collection of arms and armour The collection is home to Maximilian II’s (1527–1576) gold dagger – one of the most beautiful weapons in the world, as well as the magnificent riding armour of King Ferdinand of Aragon (1452–1516). Many of these beautifully decorated suits of armour, saddles, fire and ceremonial arms, dating from between the 15th and early 20th centuries, bear witness to events of great political moment, such as military campaigns, parliaments, swearings of allegiance, coronations and weddings. Almost all West European ruling houses are represented in the collection. 1010 Vienna, Neue Burg, Heldenplatz (57A, Ringstraße tramway lines, 2A Babenbergerstraße), Phone: +43/1/525 24-4502, Opening hours: WED-MON 10.00-18.00

Sammlung alter Musikinstrumente (Collection of Ancient Musical Instruments)
collection of ancient musical instruments The collection boasts the zithers of Anton Karas (The Third Man), the grand piano Clara Schumann played at the opening of Musikverein’s Brahms Hall, and the pianino Hugo Wolf used when working on his Goethe Lieder and the Italian Song Book. This unique collection likewise includes a collection of Renaissance instruments, as well as the violin from the estate of Leopold Mozart. 1010 Vienna, Neue Burg, Heldenplatz (57A, Ringstraße tramway lines, 2A Babenbergerstraße), Phone: +43/1/525 24-4602, Opening hours: WED-MON 10.00-18.00

Weltliche und Geistliche Schatzkammer (Treasury)
Visit the world’s greatest treasury and experience invaluable jewels and insignia from a thousand years of European history. In this oldest part of the Hofburg (13th century), you will find the crown of the Holy Roman Empire (around 962) and the later Austrian Imperial crown (1602), as well as the remaining items of the 15th century Burgundian Inheritance, and the treasures of the Order of the Holy Fleece. The Ecclesiastical Treasury comprises liturgical items, relics and paraments that testify to the piety of the Habsburgs. 1010 Vienna, Hofburg, Schweizerhof, Phone: +43/1/525 24; Opening hours: WED-MON 10.00-18.00

Wagenburg (Carriage museum)
On display at the world-famous collection of imperial vehicles and harness are more than 60 carriages, sedan-chairs and sleighs from the Baroque period to 1918. The collection presents an picture of the many different aspects of court life, from the pomp of stately occasions to everyday transport, leisure activities (hunting and sport), children‘s games, death and funerals. 1130 Vienna, Schönbrunn Palace (U4, 58, 15A Schönbrunn), Phone: +43/1/525 24-4702, Opening hours: April - October Daily 09.00-18.00, November – March Tuesday – Sunday 10.00 – 16.00

Schloss Ambras
The collection at Ambras Castle is a chance to explore the life and passion for collecting of the Renaissance Archduke Ferdinand II (1529–1595). Discover his Kunstkammer and Wunderkammer (Art Cabinet and Cabinet of Curiosities), his armoury and his antiquarium. More than 200 portraits are on show, including priceless masterpieces by Lukas Cranach, Giuseppe Arcimboldo, Peter Paul Rubens, Anton van Dyck and Diego Velázquez. 6020 Innsbruck, Schlossstraße 20, Phone: +43/1/525 24-4802, Opening hours: Daily 10.00-17.00, In August to 7pm, Closed in November

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The Museum of Ethnology boasts one of the greatest collections of bronzes and ivory pieces from the golden age of the Kingdom of Benin (West Africa, today’s Nigeria) between the 15th and 17th century, a collection of objects from the peoples of the Pacific islands and the West Coast of North America as well as unique 16th century objects from Mexico. Currently the Museum of Ethnology is undergoing extensive renovations. A special exhibition with a show of courtly art from Benin started in May 2007. The permanent display collections will reopen in 2008.

Opening hours: WED-MON 10.00-18.00 Contact: 1010 Vienna, Neue Burg, Ringstraßentrakt (U3, 57A, Ringlinien, 2A Babenbergerstraße), Phone: +43/1/525 24, E-Mail: info@ethno-museum.ac.at, www.ethno-museum.ac.at

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Take a tour through the world of the theatre. On display are the most interesting items from a collection of over 1.7 million objects. The themes range from Commedia dell’Arte through to twenties avant-garde Russian theatre, from Rococo horse ballet to Jugendstil figure theatre, and from the Imperial grandeur of Baroque productions to the earthy realism of Vienna popular theatre. You will also find a rich array of stage designs, costumes, photographs and hand puppets, along with a host of surprises for children.

Opening hours: THU-SUN 10.00-18.00 Contact: 1010 Vienna, Lobkowitzplatz 2 (U1, U2, U4 Karlsplatz, 62, 65, Ringstraße tramway lines, 59A, 3A Oper), Phone: +43/1/525 24, E-Mail: info@theatermuseum.at, www.theatermuseum.at

Associated institutions of the Theatermuseums

Children’s theatre museum at Palais Lobkowitz; Opening hours: guided visits on advance reservation; without guide THU-SUN 10.00-10.30, 14.00-14.30

Memorial rooms; Anna Bahr-Mildenburg, Hermann Bahr, Josef Kainz, Emmerich Kálmán, Caspar Neher, Teo Otto, Max Reinhardt, Hugo Thimig, Fritz Wotruba, Carl Michael Ziehrer, Contact: 1010 Vienna, Hanuschgasse 3, Phone: +43/1/512 24 27, Opening hours: TUE-FRI 10.00-12.00 und 13.00-16.00; SAT,SUN 13.00-16.00

Wotruba study centre, 1010 Vienna, Hanuschgasse 3, Phone: +43/1/512 24 27, use upon prior notice

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The museum was built between 1866 and 1871 based on a design by Heinrich Ferstel in the Italian Renaissance style. In addition to the permanent exhibitions on applied and contemporary art, the museum hosts symposia, lectures and film screenings on topical issues of contemporary art, as well as other events. The gardens of the museum are publicly accessible. Study collection, Design-Info-Pool and research projects.

Opening hours: TUE (MAK-NITE) 10.00-24.00, WED-SUN 10.00-18.00, closed MON Contact: 1010 Vienna, Stubenring 5 (U3, U4, 1, 2, 1A, 74A), Phone: +43/1/711 36-0, taped information: +43/1/712 80 00, Programme information: Phone: +43/1/71136-298, E-mail: presse@MAK.at, www.MAK.at

Other institutions associated with the Museum für angewandte Kunst

MAK-Geymüllerschlössel closed to the public until further notice; special guided tours available on advance reservation.

MAK reading room, bookshop Prachner at the MAK, Opening hours: THU-SUN 10.00-18.00

MAK Design-Info-Pool, E-Mail: design@MAK.at, www.MAK.at/design; Opening hours: TUE (MAK-NITE) 10.00-24.00, WED-SUN 10.00-21.00

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The MuseumsQuartier is one of the world’s ten largest cultural facility neighbourhoods. The wide range of institutions includes the Leopold Museum with the Egon-Schiele collection and the Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien (MUMOK) as well as exhibition premises for contemporary art such as Kunsthalle Wien or festivals such as the Vienna Festival and ImPulsTanz.

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Contact: 1070 Vienna, Museumsplatz 1/5 (U2 Babenbergerstraße, U3, 49, 48A Volkstheater, 2A Museumsplatz), Phone: +43/1/523 58 81-0, Informationen: +43/ 0820 600 600, www.mqw.at MQ Point - Info - Tickets - Shop: Daily 10.00-19.00; Phone: +43/1/523 58 81-1731

Other institutions associated with the Museumsqartier

designforumMQ; MON-FRI 10.00-18.00, SAT-SUN 11.00-18.00, Phone: +43/1/524 49 49-0

KUNSTHALLE Wien
E-Mail: office@kunsthalle.at; Opening hours: Daily 10.00-19.00, THU 10.00-22.00
Kunsthalle Wien Shop, Lomo Shop: daily 10.00-19.00, THU 11.00-22.00; Café Halle: daily 10.00-02.00

quartier21
quartier21 is a contemporary culture cluster that offers a home to more than 40 autonomous cultural initiatives. The range of issues addressed includes digital culture, fashion and design, audio art and electronic music, art journals and television and radio programmes. Opening hours of the individual institutions vary, public areas open to the public daily from 10.00, Phone: +43/1/523 58 81-1730

Dschungel Wien - Theatre for young audiences, 1070 Vienna, Museumsplatz 1, Phone: +43/1/522 07 20-20, Fax: +43/1/522 07 20-30, E-Mail: tickets@dschungelwien.at

wienXtra-kinderinfo, Opening hours: TUE, WED, THU 14.00-19.00. FRI, SAT, SUN 10.00-17.00; 1070 Vienna, Museumsplatz 1, Phone: +43/1/40 00-84400, E-Mail: kinderinfowien@wienXtra.at

Tanzquartier Wien;
Visitor information and advance ticket sales at TQW / Studios: MUN to SAT 10.00-19.00 (except holidays), opening hour library, media library, journal gallery: TUE 12.00-16.00, WED to FRI 16.00-20.00 1070 Vienna, Museumsplatz 1, Phone: +43/1/581 35 91, E-Mail: tanzquartier@tqw.at

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The Architekturzentrum Wien presents temporary exhibitions with thematic focuses.

Opening hours: Daily 10.00-19.00, WED 10.00-21.00 Library: MON,WED,FRI 10.00-17.30, SAT,SUN 10.00-19.00, Shop: daily 10.00-19.00, WED 10.00-21.00,Café Una: daily 10.00-24.00, SUN 10.00-19.00 Contact: 1070 Vienna, Museumsplatz 1, Staatsratshof, Phone: +43/1/522 31 15, E-Mail: office@azw.at, www.azw.at

The Leopold Museum houses the formerly private collection of Rudolf Leopold. It presents Austrian works of art from the 19th and 20th centuries and artwork from Vienna around 1900, including masterpieces by Gustav Klimt, Richard Gerstl, Koloman Moser, Oskar Kokoschka and the comprehensive Egon Schiele collection.

Opening hours: MON, WED 10.00-19.00, THU 10.00-21.00, FRI-SUN 10.00-19.00, holidays 10.00-19.00 Café Leopold: daily 10.00-02.00, TUE 16.00-02.00, Shop: daily except TUE 10.00-19.00, FRI 10.00-21.00 Contact: 1070 Vienna, Museumsplatz 1, Phone: +43/1/525 70-0, Fax: +43/1/525 70-1500, Information and reservations: +43/1/525 70-1525, E-Mail: office@leopoldmuseum.org, www.leopoldmuseum.org

The Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien owns Austria’s largest collection of modern and contemporary art. Artists include Pablo Picasso, Robert Rauschenberg, Andy Warhol, Nam June Paik, Daniel Spoerri, Günter Brus and Hermann Nitsch, and the focus areas of the collection, classical Modernism, Pop Art, Fluxus, Nouveau Réalisme and Vienna Actionism, are presented in temporary exhibitions.

Opening hours: THU-SUN 10.00-18.00, THU 10.00-21.00 Library: TUE-THU 10.00-15.30, Shop: THU-SUN 10.00-18.00, THU 10.00-21.00, Café im MUMOK: MON-SUN 10.00-01.00 (Phone: +43/1/525 00-1440) Contact: 1070 Vienna, Museumsplatz 1, Phone: +43/1/525 00-0, Fax: +43/1/525 00-1300, E-Mail: info@mumok.at, www.mumok.at

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Permanent exhibitions and virtual collection, media lab and interactive media environment, animated film workshop, studio for art activities, Zoom-Ocean for children from 0-6.

Contact: 1070 Vienna, Museumsplatz 1, Phone: +43/1/524 79 08, E-Mail: info@kindermuseum.at, www.kindermuseum.at

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The Naturhistorisches Museum, the architectural twin and opposite number of the Kunsthistorisches Museum, was built between 1872 and 1881 under Emperor Francis Joseph. The museum houses eight departments: the vertebrates collection, the insect collection, the invertebrates collection, the botanical collection, the mineralogical-petrographical collection, the geological-palaeontological collection, the precious-stones institute and the departments of speleology and ecology. The museum holdings comprise more then twenty million objects. Highlights include the dinosaur skeletons, the Venus of Willendorf and a giant 117 kg topaz.

Opening hours: MON,THU,FRI,SAT,SUN 09.00-18.30, WED 09.00-21.00, TUE closed. Contact: 1010 Vienna, Burgring 7, Entrance: Maria Theresien-Platz (U2, U3 Volkstheater, Ringstraße tramway lines, 46, 49, 48A Dr. Karl Renner-Ring, 3A), Phone: +43/1/521 77, E-Mail: waswannwo@nhm-wien.ac.at, www.nhm-wien.ac.at

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Exhibits from the past to the present, text documents, films and experiments illustrate the interaction between technological progress and society. In conjunction with the media library and the Strasshof Railway Museum the museum offers visitors an insight into the world of technology.
New department: "medien.welten". The history of communication from antiquity to the present. Virtual information room demonstrating the many possibilities offered by the new digital media.
Small children’s zone “Das Mini“: see, hear, feel, touch – the “Mini” area is devoted to visitors between 2 and 6 who are to be given an exciting introduction to technology which appeals to all of their senses.

Opening hours: MON-FRI 09.00-18.00, SAT,SUN, holidays 10.00-18.00 Contact: 1140 Vienna, Mariahilfer Straße 212; Phone: +43/1/899 98-0, E-Mail: museumsbox@tmw.at, www.technischesmuseum.at

Part of the organisational strucutre of the Technisches Museum Wien. Houses the Bundesanstalt für audivisuelle Medien, a media library, audiovisual media archives; offers programmes for groups and events.

Opening hours: MON, WED, THU: 12.00-18.00, TUE 12.00-20.00, FRI 10.00-15.00 Contact: 1060 Vienna, Gumpendorfer Straße 95, Marchettischlössl, 2nd floor; Phone: +43/1/597 36 69-23, E-Mail: mediathek@mediathek.at, www.mediathek.ac.at

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Roughly 6 million objects in the collection make the Austrian National Library Austria’s largest library. Ten specialised collections: papyruses, manuscripts, old and valuable prints, maps, globes, portraits, graphic art, autographs, pamphlets and posters.

Videoclip from Hello Austria - Hello Vienna / ©Scheiderbauer Production

Prunksaal; Opening hours: TUE,WED,FRI-SUN 10.00-18.00; THU 10.00-21.00 Contact: 1010 Vienna, Josefsplatz 1 (U1, U2, U3, U4, Ringstraße tramway lines, 2A, 3A), Phone: +43/1/534 10, E-Mail: oeffentlichkeitsarbeit@onb.ac.at, www.onb.ac.at

Other institutions associated with the Austrian National Library

Papyrusmuseum, 1010 Vienna, Heldenplatz, Neue Hofburg, central gate, Phone: +43/1/534 10-323, E-Mail: papyrus@onb.ac.at ; Opening hours: MON,WED-FRI 10.00-17.00

Globenmuseum, 1010 Vienna, Herrengasse 9, Palais Mollard (U3 Herrengasse), Phone: +43/1/534 10-710, E-Mail: globen@onb.ac.at; Opening hours: MON-WED,FRI,SAT 10.00-14.00; THU 15.00-19.00

Esperantomuseum, 1010 Vienna, Herrengasse 9, Palais Mollard (U3 Herrengasse), Phone: +43/1/534 10-730, E-Mail: esperanto@onb.ac.at; Opening hours: MON-WED,FRI,SAT 10.00-14.00; THU 15.00-19.00

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The Österreichisches Museum für Volkskunde is located at the former Schönborn garden palace and illustrates the multifarious forms of Austrian culture. The exhibitions document all aspects of life and work. The comprehensive collections of implements, furniture and folk art give a lively impression of the changing forms of social contexts in past centuries.

Opening hours: THU-SUN 10.00-17.00 Contact: 1080 Vienna, Laudongasse 15-19 (5, 33, 13A Laudongasse, 43, 44 Lange Gasse/Spitalgasse), Phone: +43/1/406 89 05, E-Mail: office@volkskundemuseum.at, www.volkskundemuseum.at

Other institutions associated with the Museums für Volkskunde

Sammlung religiöser Volkskunst in der alten Klosterapotheke (Collection of religious folk art), 1010 Wien, Johannesgasse 8, Opening hours: WED 10.00-17.00

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European painting from the 15th to the 19th centuries. Collection of Dutch (Rubens, Rembrandt, Jacob van Ruisdael etc.), Italian (Titian, Francesco Guardi, Tiepolo) and German painters.

Closed from 1st September to 15 Dezember 2008! Opening hours: TUE – SUN, holidays 10.00–18.00 Contact: 1010 Vienna, Schillerplatz 3 (U1, U2, U4 Karlsplatz, 62, 65, Ringstraße tramway lines, 59A Oper), Phone: +43/1/58 816-225; Fax: +43/1/586 33 46, E-Mail: gemgal@akbild.ac.at, www.akademiegalerie.at

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Founded in 1796, the museum owns a collection of about 50,000 preparations. It is housed in the former Narrenturm (“madhouse”) of the old General Hospital. In the former cells visitors are presented exhibits of medical interest such as skeletons and pathologically changed human organs.

Opening hours: WED 15.00-18.00, THU 08.00-11.00, every 1st SAT of the month 10.00-13.00; guided tours on advance reservation Contact: 1090 Vienna, Spitalgasse 2, access from Van Swietengasse (43, 44 Spitalgasse), Phone: +43/1/406 86 72, E-Mail: pat@narrenturm.at, www.narrenturm.at

Collections from the 16th to the 20th centuries. Historical military vehicles, history of the Habsburg monarchy, army and navy history, artillery halls (cannonry from the 14th to the 20th centuries).

Opening hours: Daily except FRI 09.00-17.00 Contact: 1030 Vienna, Arsenal, Objekt 18 (Schnellbahn, D, O, 18, 13A Südbahnhof), Phone: +43/1/79 561-0, Fax: +43/1/79 561-17707, E-Mail: hgm16@bmlv.gv.at, www.hgm.or.at

Further links

Austrian museums on the Internet
Daily museums schedule (German only)
Future exhibitions (German only)
Museumshighlights in Vienna (pdf, 716KB)
Austrian Museums (Official catalogue of ICOM)

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