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Kindergardens & Preschools

All guided tours are tailored to the needs and skills of preschool children (ages 3 to 6). Children are given the opportunity to not only look at objects and exhibits but to also come up close and touch them. By engaging all the senses of the children we aim to familiarize them with basic scientific concepts. They learn about size, living strategies, adaption, and behavior of living creatures, but equally so about topics from geology, anthropology, and archeology.

Duration:	50 minutes
Price:	€ 5.00 per child, minimum fee € 75.00
Group size:	max. 25 children (3 years and up)
Admission:	free of charge for children; free admission for 2 accompanying adults for every 17 children
Booking:	Recommended three weeks in advance +43 1 52177-335 (Mon 14 - 17; Wed to Fri 9 - 12) Registration for groups without an educational program (e.g. a guided tour) is required through the registration form.

Compilation of tours for preschool children (pdf, 47 kb)

Info sheet Animals in Winter (German only) (pdf, 137 kb)

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Big and Strong

Gorillas, elephants, giraffes, blue whales, golden eagles and giant clams – these are all living creatures of impressive size and strength. Children can compare their own weight with that of various heavyweight animals, test their strength, and even see how they measure up against a whale.

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Favourite Animals

Guided tour à la carte: The group names 4 favourite animals and we accompany the children to the animals. Together we explore where and how they live, what they eat and how they move around. Colourful picture cards and careful observation help us find the answers.

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Forest Animals

Children learn about animals that are native to Austrian forests. Traces of food, excrement, fruits and seeds, leaves and buds gives children the chance to touch and understand this woodland habitat.

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Sea Animals

Together we go in search of animals that are native to the world’s seas. Where do they live? What do they eat? Do they have scales, feathers, or fur? Clam and snail shells, starfish, and cuttlefish bones are waiting to be discovered.

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Animals in Winter

A hunt for tracks in the museum: the traces of animals lead the kids through the museum. Together they can think what strategies different animals have to survive the winter.

Available 13 November 2024 to 28 February 2025.

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Fairytale Animals

On a walk through the museum the children meet many animals familiar to them from fairytales. Is the wolf really so bad? Who is quicker, the hare or the hedgehog? And are all frogs really the sons of kings?

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Our Earth

Fire – water – earth – air – life. This guided tour provides children with lots of exciting knowledge on our planet from our newly renovated Hall 6.

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Dinosaurs

Children can marvel at life-sized models of dinosaurs which they are mostly already familiar with from books and films. Further highlights include touching a real dinosaur bone and learning about other animals and plants that were alive when the dinosaurs roamed the Earth.

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Stone Age

Our journey starts during the Paleolithic, the time of hunter-gatherers. The children can see what the site of the discovery of the Venus of Willendorf would have looked like 30.000 years ago. We continue into the Neolithic, passing through Austria's first farming village. The journey ends in the Copper Age, the time of Ötzi the Iceman. Animations and colorful illustrations reveal to the children how humans used to live.

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Monkeying Around

How much monkey do we have in us? The school children learn how our closest relatives – gorillas, orangutans and chimpanzees – live. In the Department of Anthropology they get the chance to see what early humans looked like, how they moved, and which tools they used.

Terms and conditions for guided tours at the NHM Vienna

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