Where magical sounds are born
The world of tones and sounds on four floors. Informative and full of surprises.
Vienna Philharmonic
The founder of the orchestra of the Vienna Philharmonic Otto Nicolai lived in the Palais Archduke Karl from 1841 to 1847. Learn more on the 1st floor .
In the Museum of the Vienna Philharmonic, admire treasures from the archive of the most famous orchestra in the world - like the first concert poster of March 28, 1842, the founding decree, Herbert von Karajan's cycle stick and much more. Enjoy the current New Year's concert in our cinema hall.
New Year's concert and summer night concert
How Mozart dice a waltz
How the Maestro reach for the dice and throw virtually: your personal random waltz is already a four-part composition.
You can have the melodious result printed out in the museum shop on request and take it home.
Explore the sound: Sonotopia
Feel tones on the sound wave, experiment in the sound laboratory and create magical sound creatures in the sonotopia LAB:
Explore the world of sounds in our interactive science center 2nd floor What is sound? What and how does a baby hear in the womb? How do animals perceive their environment? How does our hearing work? All of these questions can be reached in the sound laboratory and at the end of the Sonotopia-Lab, you can create magical sound. Not to ignore and see our giant drum -trying out!
Dive into sounds: Origin
A crackling radio message, noises of everyday life: Here, sounds of different origins tone from the ceiling.
Where are you from? The entrance to the further sound show concerns ears and the imagination.
Experience the physics of sound
Experience everything about the sound, explore human hearing and get to know fascinating sound phenomena at six terminals.
Physics of sounds makes tones and sounds physically tangible.
How a sound arises: instruments
Organ pipes, huge strings, a man -high drum: oversized instruments illustrate the different types of sound generation.
Touch and play you want!
Composers of the Viennese classical music and later epochs
They were dazzling stars, brought music to people and still touch today.
The 3rd floor is devoted to the life and work of Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Strauß son, Mahler and some representatives of the Second School.
Namadeus music game
Transform your name into a historical composition by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: with a music game he developed.
You can then get the score in Mozart's original manuscript as a souvenir in the museum shop.
The virtual conductor
The audience is waiting. A few more tips from star conductor Zubin Metha, choose a piece, then they are on.
Direct the Vienna Philharmonic. The orchestra on the video projection reacts to the movements of the baton.