Austria
13 Best Museums in Austria
If museums are your reason to travel, this is Austria sorted for you.
Ranked by traveler review volume across 704 tracked places in Austria. Updated monthly.
Schönbrunn Palace
Museum · ViennaFree entrySchönbrunn Palace in Vienna is a UNESCO World Heritage site and one of Austria's most important cultural landmarks.
Read our full guide →Belvedere Palace
Museum · ViennaBelvedere Palace is a magnificent Baroque complex in Vienna, consisting of two palaces, the Upper and Lower Belvedere, set amidst beautifully manicured gardens.
Read our full guide →Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien
Museum · ViennaThe Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien is a treasure trove of art and antiquities, located in a palatial building that is itself a work of art.
Read our full guide →Time Travel Vienna
Museum · ViennaTime Travel Vienna is an immersive, family-friendly attraction that takes visitors on a 90-minute journey through Vienna's past, from the Roman settlement of Vindobona to the present day.
Read our full guide →Kunsthistorisches Museum
Museum · ViennaThe Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien is the largest art museum in Austria, housed in a palatial building on Vienna's Ring Road with an octagonal dome.
Read our full guide →Albertina
Museum · ViennaFree entryThe Albertina is a museum in Vienna's Innere Stadt (First District).
Read our full guide →Natural History Museum, Vienna
Museum · ViennaThe Natural History Museum Vienna is one of the largest natural history museums in Austria, with 39 exhibition rooms covering 8,460 square meters and displaying more than 100,000 objects.
Read our full guide →MuseumsQuartier
Museum · ViennaFree entryThe MuseumsQuartier is an arts and culture complex in Vienna's 7th district, opened in 2001 on the site of the former imperial court stables.
Read our full guide →Neue Burg
Museum · ViennaNeue Burg is a monumental section of the Hofburg Palace complex in Vienna, Austria, built in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Read our full guide →Haus der Musik
Museum · ViennaThe Haus der Musik (House of Music) is a museum of sound and music in Vienna, opened in 2000.
Read our full guide →Mozart Residence (Mozart Wohnhaus)
Museum · SalzburgThe Mozart Residence (Mozart Wohnhaus) is a museum housed in the building where Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart lived from 1773 to 1780.
Read our full guide →Ars Electronica Center
Museum · LinzThe Ars Electronica Center (AEC) in Linz is a world-renowned museum dedicated to the intersection of art, technology, and society.
Read our full guide →Mozart Audio and Video Museum
Museum · SalzburgThe Mozart Audio and Video Museum, located at Makartplatz 8 in Salzburg, offers a modern, multimedia-rich exploration of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's life and music.
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Good to know
What is the best-known of the museums in Austria?
Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna is the most reviewed, with 181,706 traveler reviews and a 4.7 rating. That makes it the safe choice if you are only fitting in one.
Which of Austria's museums is worth going out of your way for?
Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien in Vienna rates highest at 4.8 out of 5 across 35,082 reviews. Smaller crowds than the headline entry usually explain the gap.
Which city in Austria has the most museums?
Vienna, with 10 on this list, ahead of Salzburg on 2. The list spans 3 cities in total, capped at three per city so one big city cannot crowd out the rest of the country.
Are any of these museums free to visit?
Yes, 3: Schönbrunn Palace, Albertina, MuseumsQuartier. That is based on each place's own visiting information, not an assumption about the category.
How is this list of museums ranked?
By how many travelers reviewed each place, filtered to those rated well enough to be worth your time, drawn from 704 tracked places in Austria. No one pays to appear on it, and the order is refreshed monthly as new reviews land.
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