Naturhistorisches Museum

The Naturhistorisches Museum is an internationally important museum that's definitely worth visiting if you're in Vienna.

The Venus of Willendorf is in her own room.

There's an extensive collection of minerals & gemstones, which is very impressive. There are meteorites. There are rooms full of glass cases of taxidermied animals. It can be sad to see, especially when they have many dead individuals from extinct species -- this prompts reflections on how humans have roamed the earth killing so many wonderful beings in the name of science and spectacle.

The architecture of the building is beautiful.

Major text is often given in English as well as German, though the labels for individual specimens are not necessarily in English.

Spent around 2 hours and half here and was able to see it fully- really nice, informative, and chill if you just want to walk around a see cool things. Perfect for any type of outing (intimate or casual/alone or group) and all ages.
The gift shop is adorable and has some really cool items. (it was a little warm and stuffy inside, was hot by the end of it.)

Husband's favorite place on our whole trip. Do yourself a favor and go first thing in the morning and race through to see everything without people. Then do the whole thing a second time more slowly. Pictures are amazing without people in them. Make sure to get the Venus of willendorf and the animatronic dinosaur. It's a huge museum and gorgeous. The building itself is worth the trip. My husband really enjoyed the mineral specimens and the huge collection of meteorites. I liked the dinosaurs! But the stuffed animals (real animal specimens) were interesting too. There is even a digital planetarium.

It does get hot in here, so go on a cool day. I think it must be unbearable on very hot days.

Truly the best natural history museum in the world! The American Museum of Natural History in NYC and the Smithsonian one in Washington, D.C. don't even come close!

A temporary exhibit, 'Krieg' (war) is amazing. It deals with the origins of warfare from the earliest humans and then until the Thirty Years War.

The Meteorite Room is to die for!!

The museum was great, the exhibitions were amazing and we spent almost 2 hours there just walking around taking in everything from the mineral collection to the beautiful building.

It would have been a more informative and interesting for us if more of the information about the items in the exhibition had been in English. I thought we missed quite a lot by not understanding everything that was written about the items we saw.

We also had a small coffee break in the café where the lady that worked there tried to charge us more for the coffee by giving us back the wrong amount of change and helping herself to tips that we would never have dreamed of giving her. We noticed that the people at the table behind us had the same problem when they were paying. So pay attention.

Coming here was a bit of a risk for me. I did not really know what to expect, and did not think I would be very interested by what I would inside.

I was wrong. The museum is amazing, beautiful, large, well organized, and has a good variety of exhibits. Maine them were minerals, animals, dinosaurs (including one that moved and roared).

There were so some interesting interactive exhibits related to volcanoes, evolution, and Continental drift.

So...why only 4 stars and not 5? Well, first I felt there were a few too many exhibits dedicated to human related things and not natural things for such a museum. Second, while it is large, I would have liked more variety of exhibits. While minerals and animals are awesome, when a massive portion of the museum is dedicated to that, you don't get to experience the same amount of natural history

I have visited the Natural History Museum in Vienna several times over the years and it is definitely one of the things you should see there The Museum itself is housed in an ornate building that appears to date from the later part of the nineteenth century. The building itself is almost worth price of admission. There is a nice cafe where you can get coffee, some of those fantastic Viennese pastries and sit down for a while. When I was there last they had a special exhibit on war in which they had, based on archaeological evidence, reconstructed the types and frequency of wounds suffered by soldiers at the Battle of Lutzen during the Thirty Years War. It was fascinating and made you glad you weren't a participant. They also have exhibits on pre-modern humans such as Neanderthals which makes you think that they weren't that much different from us. It seems that a modern trend in museums is to dumb things down. This isn't the case in the Natural History Museum. There is a lot to see and it is presented in a way that doesn't insult your intelligence. BTW signage is in English as well as German. We were there with my grandchildren who were 6 and 9 and they enjoyed the Museum also.

What an amazing museum! I love just museum of natural history, and this one is one of the best that I had visit so far. Vienna Museum of Natural History offers a really huge collection and amazing architecture.

One thing I like to mention first, this museum building opened in 1889 at the same time as the Kunsthistorisches Museum, which located opposite side. Maria Theresien Platz is in the middle separated both buildings. These two museums building have identical looks, even some part of the museum inside just look familiar to the other. They built for the huge collection of the Habsburgs. Our friend he went to the other one which the collection of art was much more interesting for him. But my partner and I just picked this one.

I was so impressed by how the museum look when I first walked in, I mean, I was already impressed before I walked in, but inside was just breathtaking beautiful. I keep looking at the top of the building for awhile, so many details. Then I followed this grand stairway, get to the café at the upper floor. This whole area was just brilliant. We started from this area and went around the whole museum. Many different collect and organized really by the themes. My favorite are the areas of insert, animal in ocean and the whole animal in the wild, the part I think it could improve was the area about astronomy, which there were mostly just pictures here, they could of find a way which more interactive to explain the planet. At the ground floor, I also like the area about the dinosaur, which they got one built could moves like a really one, pretty badass. The Geologic temperature was also really interesting. They showed how thing went on earth from past to now with modern technology, not just paper and data. And the collection of rock just fascinating

I think the museum is really great for family visit, student who doing related study or simply just like it as hobby and like to know more. This museum has huge and various collection. They didn't use a traditional and education way to showcase the topic in their theme, instead of, there adopted some creative ways to do so in order to make it interested for all different age. It reminds some great museum like In Belgium, New York City, Berlin that I have been. I could spend the whole day here.

A good sized museum full of tons of animals and specimen! The museum consists of two big floors. The walking path is easy to follow and it assures you'll see everything the museum has to see. I also thought it was nice most the informational plaques were both in German and English. I went on a Wednesday night where they are open til 9pm. The museum wasn't very crowded which made my visit pretty peaceful. There's a lot to see so come with plenty of time. I spent about three hours there but easily could stayed longer. Adult entrance fee is €12. I didn't give all five stars because I was hoping for more interactive things. I still enjoyed seeing the many animals though.

A remarkable collection which includes a 25,000 year old relic which is incredible. The museum has also gone out of its way to cater to kids, so a great place for the family.