The Museum of Natural History is one of the most esteemed museums in Vienna. With an impressive collection of over 30 million specimens and artefacts it’s one of the city’s most popular attractions.


Visit: Natural History Museum (Naturhistorisches Museum), Burgring 7 Maria Theresien Platz, Vienna 1010 Austria

The museum is home to world-famous and unique objects, such as the 29,500-year-old Venus of Willendorf, the Steller’s sea cow that became extinct over 200 years ago, and enormous dinosaur skeletons. Further highlights in the 39 exhibit halls include the world’s largest and oldest public collection of meteorites, including the spectacular “Tissint” meteorite from Mars, as well as the permanent anthropological exhibition on the origins and development of humans, and the new prehistoric exhibition with the Venus Cabinet and the Gold Cabinet.

Behind the scenes, collections comprising some 25 million specimens and artefacts are the essential basis for the work of over 60 staff scientists.