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Austria's largest tech & science museum offers extraordinary insights into the world of innovation & technology with its extensive exhibition & events programme for both children & adults. Open until 18:00
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The Vienna Technical Museum (German: Technisches Museum Wien) is located in Vienna , in the Penzing district, at Mariahilferstraße 212. The decision to establish a technical museum was made in 1908, and construction of the building started in 1909.
The Vienna Museum of Science and Technology devotes 22,000 square meters of exhibition space to extraordinary insights into the world of technology. There are lots of interactive stations to try out – a great tip for families!
- Mariahilfer Straße 212, Vienna, 1140
- 01 899980
Bring some tech in your mailbox! Discover our children's play areas & special exhibitions for teenagers & adults devoted to the history of technology & cutting-edge innovations.
- The Depth
- The Interactivity
- The Kid-Friendly Exhibits
- The Sensitivity
- The Humanity
- The Special Exhibitions
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The museum contains a universe of possibilities, with more exhibits, displays, and experiences than you can fit in a black hole. Almost too much (we’ll come back to that issue later). Everything from microscopes to giant steam locomotives. And the museum continually expands and updates its displays and collections.
(The performance stage in the new Music Lounge dedicated to electronic music) Dozens of hands-on displays let you experience and explore technological principles, processes, and histories in a more memorable manner. For example, you might “ride” a cable car, sit in a wheelchair simulator, take a VR flight, send a message by morse code or perform on...
The Technisches Museum remains one of Vienna’s best places for entertaining the kids. Many of the interactive experiences specifically target children, plus two play & activity areas (these require a separate timeslot ticket) help burn away the energy of the youngest family members.
The explanations and excitement around the technology sit alongside an awareness of the associated social responsibility. (3D projection on the museum façade: an animation produced by AI; photo © Technisches Museum Wien) So the museum talks about recycling of plastics, environmental impacts of energy production, how technology helped totalitarian r...
The displays cover (of course) the technological aspects of a particular theme, but often explore the human element, too. So an exhibition on work also looks at the impact of stress, while one on household items addresses cultural biases in advertising.
(Cloud City in the 2024 Smart World exhibition; press photo © Technisches Museum Wien) Finally, the temporary exhibitions at the museum always prove entertaining and informative (see belowfor the current schedules). I’ve enjoyed all the recent main exhibitions, such as: 1. BioInspiration 2. AI(back before ChatGPT!) 3. Foodprints 4. Special Effects
All this excellence comes at a price…tired feet and minds. With so much to see, poke, press, and read, a visit can be rather overwhelming. So it perhaps makes more sense to focus your time only on those sections that interest you most. Alternatively, do a quick run through to admire some of the more spectacular exhibits and then narrow your interes...
