Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien
Key facts at a glance
- Assistance dogs allowed
- Reduced admission
- Special tours & offers
- Tactile orientation aids
- Rental of rollator/wheelchair
Information
- Burgring 5
- 1010 Vienna
- Vienna
- Open address in Google Maps
- Tue-Sun 10:00-18:00
- Thu 10:00-21:00
- open daily from June to August
- € 18 for people with a disability card
- free for assistant
Contact
Description
The Kunsthistorisches Museum is one of the most important museums in the world. The collections include almost 4 million works of art from over 5,000 years. Highlights include objects from ancient Egypt, the treasures of the Kunstkammer and paintings by masters of the Renaissance and Baroque periods, such as Pieter Bruegel and Caravaggio.
Physical accessibility
Entrance: barrier-free side entrance Burgring 5
Inside the building: all exhibition rooms, cloakroom, 2 lifts, 5 toilets, café, shop
In exhibitions: barrier-free floor, space for wheelchair users, seating, orientation aids, plans in Braille on site, plans as audio files on the website for download
Accessible information and content
In Easy/Simple Language: Themed tours every 3rd Friday of the month at 15:00
To listen: Audio guide
In sign language: Videos in sign language (ÖGS and IS) about special exhibitions and selected works of art on YouTube and in the online database
In Braille and to touch: tactile orientation plans, publication to borrow or buy: “Seeing things differently together” (texts in Braille optical, haptic and auditory elements)
Multimedia: interactive multimedia guide, app KHM Stories
Miscellaneous: Big Letter Books with object descriptions in large print for special exhibitions
Inclusive Art and Culture Education
Target group-specific tours:
Barrier*FREE*Day:
• Tactile tour every 1st Friday of the month
• Guided tour with translation into sign language every 2nd Friday of the month
• Guided tour in simple language every 3rd Friday of the month
• Guided tour for people with dementia or forgetfulness and companions every 4th Friday of the month
Start: 15:00, duration approx. 60 minutes, admission and guided tour free, summer break in July and August
Target group-specific workshops: Workshops for people with dementia or forgetfulness can be booked on request; inclusive mediation program for young people with and without learning difficulties
Sensory mediation aids: are used in guided tours
Seal of approval
- Hunger auf Kunst und Kultur
- Austrian Museum Quality Seal
