Welcome to the museum
The NHM Vienna is a big building with many halls and thousands of exciting objects. In this welcome tour we get to know the museum and pay a visit to animals, bones, and rocks. We hear about the many departments of the museum and realize that this place is so much more than just a collection of things from nature. It is a place where we can marvel, learn, and discuss. And hopefully it will be somewhere we want to come back to.
80 minutes
up to 29 school children per group
€ 6.00 per school child; minimum of € 90.00
Free of charge up to
the age of 19 years; 2 accompanying adults free for every 17 pupils
It is recommended
that groups book three weeks in advance +43 1 52177-335 (Mon 14–17, Wed–Fri 9–12)
Guided tours
The Natural History Museum Vienna offers tours and discussions in the museum’s different galleries on a range of topics. All guided tours are adapted to the age and knowledge level of the participants.
50 minutes
up to 29 people
€ 5.00 per person, minimum fee € 75.00
free of charge up to the age of 19 years; 2
accompanying adults free for every 17 pupils
- The Thin Skin of the Earth – Our Soils
(grade 2 and above, until 3 March 2025)
- Animals in Winter (from 13 November 2024 until 28 February 2025)
- Mammal quiz
- Sharks
- Insects
- A day in the forest
- Life in the rainforest
- A journey through the sea
- Records in the animal kingdom
- Seeing, smelling, hearing,...
- Goat, dog and cow – pets, domestic animals and their ancestors
- Fairytale animals
- Earth and space: a journey there and back (grades 3 and 4)
- Dinosaurs and their contemporaries
- Monkeying around (grades 1 and 2)
- Stone Age
- Animals in Winter (from 13 November 2024 until 28 February 2025)
- Mammal quiz
- Sharks
- Insects
- A day in the forest
- Life in the rainforest
- A journey through the sea
- Records in the animal kingdom
- Seeing, smelling, hearing,...
- Goat, dog and cow – pets, domestic animals and their ancestors
- Fairytale animals
- Earth and space: a journey there and back (grades 3 and 4)
- Dinosaurs and their contemporaries
- Monkeying around (grades 1 and 2)
- Stone Age
It is recommended that groups book
three weeks in advance +43 1 52177-335 (Mon 14–17, Wed–Fri 9–12)
Guided action tours
Guided action tours give school children the chance to not only look at the exhibits but also to get up close and touch them. Further highlights include experimenting with materials and observing living animals. All guided tours are adapted to the age and knowledge level of the participants.
80 minutes
up to 29 school children per group
€ 6.00 per school child;
minimum of € 90.00
Free of charge up to the age of 19 years; 2 accompanying adults free for
every 17 pupils
- Welcome to the museum
- Animal Quiz Tour
- A day in the forest
- A journey through the sea
- Records in the animal kingdom
- Seeing, smelling, hearing,...
- Our Earth
- Weather, Climate, Energy (grades 3 and above)
- Family get-together with our early relatives (grades 3 and above)
- Stone Age
- Animal Quiz Tour
- A day in the forest
- A journey through the sea
- Records in the animal kingdom
- Seeing, smelling, hearing,...
- Our Earth
- Weather, Climate, Energy (grades 3 and above)
- Family get-together with our early relatives (grades 3 and above)
- Stone Age
It is recommended that groups book
three weeks in advance +43 1 52177-335 (Mon 14–17, Wed–Fri 9–12)
Deck 50
50 minutes
up to 60 school children per group
€ 5.00 per school child;
minimum of € 75.00
free of charge up to the age of 19 years; 2 accompanying adults free for
every 17 pupils
- Dinosaur Show (grades 1 to 8)
- Quiz Show Insects (grades 1 to 8)
- Quiz Show Light and Darkness (grades 3 to 8)
- Quiz Show Outer Space and us (grades 3 to 8)
- Quiz Show Dinosaurs (grades 1 to 8)
Available to book Mondays and Fridays, 9.15 a.m.
(all shows are only available in German)
- Quiz Show Insects (grades 1 to 8)
- Quiz Show Light and Darkness (grades 3 to 8)
- Quiz Show Outer Space and us (grades 3 to 8)
- Quiz Show Dinosaurs (grades 1 to 8)
Available to book Mondays and Fridays, 9.15 a.m.
(all shows are only available in German)
It is recommended that groups book three weeks in advance
+43 1 52177-335 (Mon 14–17, Wed–Fri 9–12)
Workshops
Following a guided tour of the exhibition, the school children work together in small groups.
3 hours
up to 29 school children per group
€ 12.00 per school child; minimum of € 180.00
free of charge up to
the age of 19 years; 2 accompanying adults free for every 17 pupils
- Dinosaurs and their
contemporaries (grades 2 to 6)
- Zoom in on a tiny world (grades 4 and above)
- Zoom in on a tiny world (grades 4 and above)
It is recommended that groups book three weeks in advance
+43 1 52177-335 (Mon 14–17, Wed–Fri 9–12)
Microtheater
Using high-quality microscopes and video cameras, tiny living organisms are projected onto a large cinema screen.
The main actors in our movie are the living animals and plants themselves. Experienced biologists are on hand to explain and comment on their sometimes surprising behavior. More direct and emotional than even the best natural history documentaries, this live show introduces viewers to the secrets of the fascinating micro-world that is all around us.
80 minutes
up to 30 school children per group
€ 6.00 per school child; minimum of € 90.00
free of charge up to
the age of 19 years; 2 accompanying adults free for every 17 pupils
- Microtheater
- The Thin Skin of the Earth – Our Soils (grades 3 and above, until 3 March 2025)
It is recommended that groups book three
weeks in advance +43 1 52177-335 (Mon 14–17, Wed–Fri 9–12)
