Vienna House of Music Entrance Ticket
Description
Visit the House of Music, Vienna’s interactive sound and music museum and dive into the fascinating world of music and sounds on five floors. Visitors not only learn about the history and tradition of Viennese music, they can also experiment with sounds and instruments. Have you ever directed the Vienna Philharmonic or composed your own waltz? Download the free museums app to enjoy a museums tour, and browse the countless musical artifacts while learning about famous classical music composers. The museum is sure to be a winner with all the family, boasting interactive displays and instruments that kids will love.
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House of Music in central Vienna, a museum more off the beaten track, is dedicated to the ‘science’ of sound as well as classical music itself. With all its interactive displays a truly entertaining place for the whole family! Highlights include the historical archives of the Vienna Philharmonic where you can listen to their famous New Year’s Eve concert and the brandnew Sonotopia Universe on the 2nd floor. It´s here where you can create your own sound creature in a VR Lab but also test interactive stations on the physics of sound. If Beethoven, Mozart or the Strauss family are of interest, then head up to the 3rd floor to learn about their lives in the city and the music they created. Grand finale is the virtual conductor exhibit on the 4th floor - test your conducting skills by waving a baton along to a video of Vienna Philharmonic playing. You will even get feedback after having a go! You might want to enrich your visit by downloading the free museum guide on your smartphone.
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Important Information
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Reviews(196)
This is a fantastic museum. We loved that they had evening hours. The museum is very interactive and kept my teen’s attention. We also learned a lot about sound, music, and history. Each floor had unique surprises, culminating in the chance to conduct your own orchestra. Highly recommend for music and history lovers.
Highly recommended even for those who are not passionate about museums or music. The visit of the entire building can be comfortably done in 1 to 1.5 hours, but by taking a little more time, one can fully enjoy all the showcases and interactive works. Particularly fun is the one that lets you try conducting an orchestra.
Was a bit disappointing. Not many activities. Interesting conducting experience and Mozart room with interactive melody creation. And unfortunately, that's all.
If you’re a small child with absolutely no knowledge of music, I’m sure this is an enlightening and engaging experience. Vienna is an expensive city (even for university students despite various discounts), and my money truly should have been spent elsewhere. I would probably come back here as a parent to introduce someone to Viennese composers, but the other exhibitions on what music a frugally is and how it is built came up very short. The games are fun, but again, clearly were designed for children.
Beautiful house of music. We made the tickets on the spot as a period of low attendance. Very comfortable lockers are available at the entrance to leave jackets and backpacks. It's also interesting with kids and teens. There are many interactive and 3D activities that make this museum truly unique. Among other things, you can create your own melody with imaginary dice, play the stairs of the building and conduct the philharmonic. Also to consider the very convenient opening hours. The guys had a great time!
I loved it. Fantastic. Surprised. I walked through the door and entered because it was snowing, while it was a little hot I decided to enter and the surprise was huge. The story of the great Mozart composers. Beethoven among others. At the same time an interesting interaction with multimedia surprises. Really fantastic. I loved it. Congratulations.
very nice experience and the hours also are very good (open until 10pm). super kids friendly. the home also is excellent
It's a must. If you are in Vienna with the children it must be seen. Very interactive.. They flew 2 and a half hours without heaviness and fatigue. They also sell tickets combined with Mozart's House.
The museum is divided into different floors. The first one is more like a typical museum. There are old letters, facts and figures, old artifacts,… The second is more immersive. You learn about sound and get to try a lot of things yourselves. Then there is a whole part dedicated to different Austrian composers. You learn about their work and life. Also a bit more like a typical museum. You end with an opportunity to conduct the wiener philharmonic yourself. We were six adults and had a good time. We have no kids ourselves, but there were several kids running around and having fun. So definitely something you can do with the whole family.
This museum is located in the historic centre and the fact that it stays open until 10pm makes it a great way to maximise the day and do towards the end of the day when other places are closing. The focus is classical music. I wanted to learn more about the great classical composers thus the floor dedicated to the life of Beethoven, Mahler etc were very interesting to me. I got sucked into the computer screens with different menus with different parts of their biography’s. It was evident how much effort has been put in to make it interactive and interesting, e.g you can compose your own waltz, have Mozart mirror your movements and modern technology is used eg the black and white photos of the Strauss family use AI to make them ‘come alive’ and move. The other floors have displays related to sound and how it works. There are many interactive activities eg You can create your own tonal shape called a clong then relax in the chairs watching it move across the ceiling. . For last I saved watching the recording of the last New Yesrs concert by the Vienna Philharmonic, that takes an hour. All in I was there 4 hours: I had a go at all activities even those intended for children and read most things about the composer’s history. If you are not so into classical music it would take you less time. Great place for - those interested in classical music who want to learn more about the lives of the famous composers Combe ted to Vienna. - Occupying children.
