Natural History Museum (Naturhistorisches Museum), Vienna Region, Austria

5Jay 5:00 PM Jan 12, 2023

Information heaven!
People under the age of 19 have free entry. Great for families. We entered at 3:57pm expecting to finish going through the museum before the closing time (6:30pm). We were wrong. By the time the museum closed, we had only finished 1/4 of the museum. The exhibits contained detailed information and was enjoyable to look at. The interior design was also great. I definitely recommend coming here and make sure to have enough time to look through all the exhibits!

4Leddacate 5:00 PM Aug 18, 2022

Amazing mineral collection, good for younger kids and teens, kids go free
First off it was not free to get in, but my daughter was free (kids under 18). Secondly we visited on the hottest day of the year and the mineral collection is not air conditioned (or it was broken)! Despite the punishing heat the collection was so amazingly interesting (I do like shinny things though) we managed to stagger around the highlights. Each mineral has an old fashioned label with its country of origin. I presume labeled in the early 20th century as many of the countries don't use those names anymore (e.g. Czechoslovakia), so it was an exercise in geology and geography! As we walked further round the museum things cooled off. My daughter is a teen and into science and anthropology so it was great. There were families with young children and the young ones were enjoying it immensely. There are some interactive displays and of course an animatronic dinosaur, rawww! I was excited to see the Venus of Willendorf. She has her own room as befits her status as a body positive icon. Not as excited as one lady who nearly passed out with joy and was literally squeaking with delight. The hot weather got the better of us and we ended up retreating to the cool of a near by ice cream shop. It was well worth a look and would be a great place to be on a rainy winter day!