Vienna Art and History Museums

Jewish Musuem | Museum Judenplatz
11 Dorotheegasse and Judenplatz 8, Vienna 1010 Austria
One Vienna museum with two sites, the Jewish Museum Vienna is both a memorial (at the Judenplatz 8 location) to the 65,000 Austrian Jews murdered in Holocaust and a historical look at Jewish life in Vienna in the Palais Eskeles site. A dynamic wall of holograms depicts archival objects and insights, while holdings such as an original diary and 17th century marriage certificate are viewable by appointment.

Kunstforum
8 Freyung, Vienna Austria
Dedicated to art from the 19th and 20th century, Vienna's Kunstforum museum is also an exhibition space for young and emerging art from Europe and America. Guided tours are available for visitors, and the museum shop sells posters and paraphernalia depicting the museum's permanent collection rotating exhibits.

MAK - Austrian Museum of Applied Arts
Stubenring 5, Vienna
An ultra-modern, theory driven Vienna art museum, the MAK probes a wide scope of contemporary art, from art nouveau to architectural installations to Far East sculpture. The MAK museum is especially notable for working with contemporary artists to display art in unconventional ways, from electronic text displays to spatial effects.

Museum of Fine Arts | Kunsthistorisches Museum
Maria-Theresien Platz, Vienna Austria
Vienna's Museum of Fine Arts houses some of the world's ancient treasures. From the ruins of Esphesus, modern day Turkey, to Egyptian and Roman antiquities, Vienna's Museum of Fine Arts is an opulent resting place for the living relics of great civilizations. Masterful paintings, the result of centuries of princely collecting, are located in the museum's Picture Gallery.

Museum of Military History | Heeresgeschichtiches Museum
Arsenal, Objekt 1, Vienna 1030 Austria
Housed in an imposing building fit for depicting the history of military might, Vienna's Museum of Military History is must for military buffs and war historians. The museum itself was destroyed in World War II and reopened again in 1955 to immortalized army and naval history from 1600 until the mid-20th century.

Museum Quarter | Museumquartier Wien
1 Museumplatz, Vienna 1070 Austria
A cultural district in the heart of Vienna, Vienna's Museum Quarter is an urban oasis of art, greenery, bars and cafes. Both large art museums, including the Leopold and MUMOK museums, as well as smaller, more contemporary exhibition spaces and a children's museum, populate the 15 acre complex where "Baroque meets Cyberspace."

Sigmund Freud Museum
19 Bergasse, Vienna 1090 Austria
Freud lived in this Vienna residence-turned-museum from the late 1800s until 1938, and Freud Museum still retains an air of Dr. Freud's presence. Antiques adorn the walls, and original papers and photographs document the life and work of America's most beloved European psychologist.

—Vienna museum reviews by Erica Pedersen