Technisches Museum Wien

The most important things at a glance
- Audio guides, apps, multimedia, listening stations
- Assistance dogs allowed
- Reduced admission
- for people with dementia
- for people with visual impairments
- in easy or simple language
- Culture Pass: Hunger for art and culture
- Special tours & offers
- Rollator/wheelchair rental
information
- addressMariahilfer Straße 2121140 ViennaViennaOpen address in Google Maps
- Opening hours
- Mon-Fri 9:00-18:00
- Sat, Sun and public holidays 10:00-18:00
- July/August daily 10:00-18:00
- Entrance
- € 14.50 for people with a disability card
- free for assistant
Contact
- E-mail addresswissensvermittlung@tmw.at
- websitetechnischesmuseum.at/besuchen/barrierefreier_besuch
Description
Located near Schönbrunn Palace, the Vienna Technical Museum offers a diverse program for the whole family. Unique exhibits describe technological developments in their historical and social context. Numerous interactive and multimedia elements allow for individualized access to technology.
Physical accessibility
- Entrance: Barrier-free access below street level via wide concrete ramps, automatic wheelchair-accessible glass revolving door, directions for visually impaired people on the website, two barrier-free parking spaces for cars in front of the main entrance
- In the building: all exhibition levels, except the historic mine, barrier-free toilets on every floor except E1, wheelchair-accessible lift (internal dimensions 140 x 100 cm, door width: 90 cm), two electric stair lifts
- In exhibitions: Audio stations without induction loops, seating, increased noise due to interactive elements, exhibition texts in German and English
Accessible information and content
- In easy/simple language: Puzzle Rally Generator with questions and tasks across all exhibitions in simple German
- To listen: The TMW ToGo app offers tours with audio texts; listen to them on your smartphone or on TMW rental tablets (info desk).
- In sign language: No
- In Braille and tactile: no
- Multimedia: Media stations, TMW ToGo app
Inclusive art and cultural education
- Target group-specific tours: • Guided tours in simplified language with interactive elements and objects to touch • Tactile tours for blind and visually impaired people with the opportunity to touch selected historical objects using cotton gloves • Dementia-friendly offerings on-site and digitally
- Target group-specific workshops: on request at +43-1-89998-3001 or by email to wissensvermittlung@tmw.at
- Sensory mediation aids: Tactile models, olfactory and auditory stations as well as hands-on objects

