Vienna Furniture Museum

Vienna Furniture Museum – a real insider tip…

The Vienna Furniture Museum is situated in an idyllic green inner courtyard in Neubau, the hip 7th Viennese district, in the middle of cool concept stores and original restaurants and bars. An insider tip for all fans of design and interiors, or those who fancy a break from the everyday Routine in the shady inner courtyard.

The original furniture of the Habsburgs, the largest collection worldwide of Biedermeier and classics of contemporary furniture design: whatever the preference, there’s something for everyone in the Vienna Furniture Museum. 1.50 € discount on the regular admission fee incl. current special exhibition*. Free Audioguide in German, English, Italian, French, Spanish, Mandarin

Empress Elisabeth and Romy Schneider – two women, two fates …

A very special tour of the museum focuses on selected objects associated with Elisabeth, Empress of Austria, known affectionately as Sisi, and with Sissi, the protagonist of the ›Sissi‹ trilogy of films in which Romy Schneider conquered the hearts of cinema audiences in the 1950s.

Director Ernst Marischka kitted his film sets out with genuine imperial furniture from the Hofmobiliendepot. Several scenes have been recreated with original furniture, and the Vienna Furniture Museum is showing the corresponding movie clips. Versions dubbed in various languages show how popular these movies are all over the world – then and now.

The furniture of the imperial family

Many of the exhibits come from Habsburg residences. If furniture could talk, no doubt it could tell an indiscreet tale or two. But as it is, these objects eloquently reveal the tastes of their former imperial owners while demonstrating the design of high-end furniture down the centuries.

Biedermeier – a middle-class style?

Biedermeier was long held to be a middle-class style, disparaged as staid and unadventurous. But its origins lie in the nobility and the courts of the early nineteenth century. Fabrics with vibrant contrasts were preferred to the pale colors traditionally associated with the style. Displays with completely furnished rooms convey a vivid picture of this period.

A design journey into the twenty-first century

Since the year 2000, the museum has given contemporary Austrian furniture design a place where it can be shown in all its variety for the first time. Under the motto ›The expanding collection‹ a new generation of designers are given a space to showcase their latest work.

Permanent exhibitions and special exhibitions

While regular temporary exhibitions explore the development of international furniture design from various perspectives, the museum’s unique history also allows us to put on exhibitions devoted to outstanding personalities from the House of Habsburg and their love of architecture and design.

Your Benefit with EasyCityPass Vienna: 1.50 € discount on the regular admission fee incl. current special exhibition*

*The discount must be redeemed on-site at the checkout. Free Audioguide in German, English, Italian, French, Spanish, Mandarin