Wien Museum

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    505 87 47 0
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    underground rail: U1, U2, U4 Karlsplatz
tram: D, J, 1, 2, 62, 65
bus: 4A

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Lonely Planet review

The Wien Museum provides a snapshot of everything on offer in the city. It also gives a detailed rundown on the development of Vienna from prehistory to the present day and does a pretty good job of putting the city and its personalities in context, without needing words.

Exhibits occupy three floors. The ground floor covers the period from 5600 BC to the end of the Middle Ages, and features medieval helms with bizarre ornamentations (one with a dragon, another has a woman with fish for arms) and artefacts from Stephansdom. The 1st floor moves on to the Renaissance and baroque eras; both Turkish sieges are well represented, but the spoils of the second siege (1683), with its curved sabres and colourful banners, steal the show. The model of the Innere Stadt, capturing the city in its medieval heyday, is quite fascinating.

The second floor begins with the Biedermeier era and works its way through the 20th century. Biedermeier-painter Waldmüller is well represented, and Klimt's Emilie Flöge (1902) hangs on the wall next to Schiele's Arthur Roessler (1910) and Self Portrait (1911). The reconstructed rooms from the homes of Adolf Loos and Franz Grillparzer are also worth a peek.