Technisches Museum Wien

The most important things at a glance

  • Audio guides, apps, multimedia, listening stations
  • Accessible toilets
  • Accessible entrance
  • Accessible reception
  • 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

  • address
    Mariahilfer Straße 2121140 ViennaVienna
    Open 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

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.

Hearonymus Audio Guide

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