Wien Museum 2026: All 17 Locations, Prices and What's Currently Closed

The Wien Museum is more than the building on Karlsplatz. The city's museum family has 17 locations: composers' apartments, the Otto Wagner buildings, the Hermesvilla, the Prater Museum, Roman ruins beneath Hoher Markt. Because of city budget cuts, however, several of them are closed in 2026 or only open in summer. If you know a location from an earlier visit, you may easily find the door locked. We've put together the situation as of November 2026.

In short: The main museum on Karlsplatz stays free. Also open all year are musa, the Roman Museum, the Clock Museum and the two Beethoven sites. The Otto Wagner buildings, the Hermesvilla and the Prater Museum only open in season. Six locations are temporarily closed, most of them until 2028.

What stays free

• The permanent exhibition on Karlsplatz: "Wien. Meine Geschichte" (Vienna. My History) is free, and you don't need a ticket. Museum director Matti Bunzl has ruled out that this will change because of the budget cuts.
• musa: The venue for contemporary art at Felderstraße 6–8 is free as well.
• Under 19: Free admission to all locations.
• First Sunday of the month: All locations are free, including the special exhibitions. You can't reserve for that day. Next dates: December 6, 2026 and January 3, 2027.

More museums with free days are in Free museums in Vienna.

Open all year

• Wien Museum Karlsplatz (4th district): Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday 9:00 to 18:00, Thursday 9:00 to 21:00, Saturday and Sunday 10:00 to 18:00. Closed on Mondays.
• musa (1st district, Felderstraße 6–8): Tuesday to Sunday 10:00 to 18:00, free.
• Roman Museum (1st district, Hoher Markt 3): remains of an officers' house from the Vindobona legionary camp. Tuesday to Friday 9:00 to 17:00, Saturday and Sunday 10:00 to 17:00. €9, reduced €7.
• Clock Museum (1st district, Schulhof 2): Since July 2026 only Friday to Sunday, 10:00 to 17:00. €9, reduced €7.
• Beethoven Museum (19th district, Probusgasse 6): This is where Beethoven wrote the Heiligenstadt Testament in 1802. Tuesday to Sunday 10:00 to 13:00 and 14:00 to 17:00. €9, reduced €7.
• Beethoven Pasqualatihaus (1st district, Mölker Bastei 8): Beethoven's apartment on the old city wall. Tuesday to Sunday 10:00 to 13:00 and 14:00 to 17:00. €6, reduced €5.

Seasonal only

Since 2026 these locations are closed in winter. The season is shorter than before: it now starts in early May instead of mid-March and ends on September 30 instead of the end of October.

• Otto Wagner Church at Steinhof (14th district): early May to the end of September, Tuesday to Saturday 10:00 to 17:00, Sunday 11:00 to 17:00. €6, reduced €5.
• Otto Wagner Pavilion Karlsplatz and Imperial Pavilion Hietzing: early May to the end of September, Friday to Sunday 10:00 to 13:00 and 14:00 to 17:00. €6 each, reduced €5.
• Hermesvilla (13th district, in the Lainzer Tiergarten): early May to the end of September, Friday to Sunday 10:00 to 17:00. €9, reduced €7. You can only reach the villa on foot through the Tiergarten, so watch the gate times. New: a free audio tour with 11 stops.
• Prater Museum (2nd district): open like the Wurstelprater, from mid-March to October 31, Friday to Sunday 11:00 to 18:00. €9, reduced €7. Winter break until March 14, 2027.

Otto Wagner combination ticket: For €15 you get one visit to each of the three Otto Wagner sites – Steinhof, the Karlsplatz Pavilion and the Imperial Pavilion in Hietzing. The ticket is valid for 7 days, so it only makes sense in season. Separately you'd pay €18.

Which other sights take a winter break is in Winter closures in Vienna.

Temporarily closed

• Schubert's death apartment (4th district, Kettenbrückengasse 6): since January 1, 2026.
• Haydn House with the Brahms memorial room (6th district): since March 2, 2026.
• Johann Strauss Apartment (2nd district, Praterstraße 54): since March 2, 2026.
• Neidhart Festsaal with Vienna's oldest secular wall paintings (1st district, Tuchlauben 19): since March 2, 2026.
• Schubert's birthplace (9th district, Nußdorfer Straße 54): closed for renovation since March 2, 2026. It is being made barrier-free and will reopen in 2028, for the 200th anniversary of Franz Schubert's death, with a new exhibition.
• Virgil Chapel (Stephansplatz U-Bahn station): closed for restoration, with no reopening date.

The Wien Museum closed the first four for two years because of the budget cuts; according to ORF they are due to reopen in 2028. There is no exact date yet. The museum has also dropped the Musicus ticket for all the composers' apartments.

Prices since October 1, 2026

Since October almost every location costs one euro more:

• Special exhibitions on Karlsplatz: €13, reduced €11, or €9, reduced €7, depending on the exhibition. Both current special exhibitions together: €18.
• Beethoven Museum, Hermesvilla, Prater Museum, Roman Museum, Clock Museum: €9, reduced €7 (previously €8 and €6).
• Smaller locations such as the Pasqualatihaus and the Otto Wagner buildings: €6, reduced €5 (previously €5 and €4).
• Otto Wagner combination ticket: €15 (previously €12).
• Digital annual pass: €32, for all locations including special exhibitions.

Reduced prices apply to, among others, seniors, students, apprentices, people doing military or civilian service and holders of the Vienna City Card. The cloakroom and audio guide are free everywhere. All prices compared with other museums are in our price index.

Currently on Karlsplatz

• Farbenspiel – Mode aus vier Jahrhunderten (a play of colors: four centuries of fashion): until March 28, 2027, €13, reduced €11.
• Franz West und Wien (Franz West and Vienna): until May 2, 2027, €9, reduced €7.

Our tip: the old-town loop at the weekend

Three open locations in the 1st district are just a few minutes' walk apart. On a Friday, Saturday or Sunday they fit easily into an afternoon:

1. Roman Museum on Hoher Markt: the walls of Vindobona beneath the square.
2. Clock Museum in the Schulhof, a five-minute walk: tower clocks, pocket watches and curious timepieces.
3. Pasqualatihaus on the Mölker Bastei, about ten minutes further: Beethoven's apartment on the old city wall.

On the first Sunday of the month this loop costs nothing, otherwise €24 per person. If you're under 19, you never pay.

Status: November 2026. Sources: wienmuseum.at (location pages, admission prices and visitor information), wien.ORF.at and vienna.at. Opening hours and seasons can change – check the Wien Museum's website before your visit.