Vienna Long Night of the Museums: Date, Tickets and Highlights

Initiated by ORF, the event runs from 18:00 to 24:00, welcoming visitors to explore permanent collections and special exhibitions with a single ticket priced at 19 euros.

Maria-Theresien-Platz Serves as Central Hub for Tickets and Booklets

Admission tickets can also be purchased directly at any of the participating museums. Participating institutions this year include major cultural landmarks such as the Kunsthistorisches Museum, the Naturhistorisches Museum, the Museum für Angewandte Kunst (MAK), and the Jüdische Museum Wien. Standard tickets cost 19 euros, while reduced tickets are available for 16 euros for eligible groups including students, seniors, and individuals with disabilities. Children up to the age of 12 enjoy free admission.

Gesellschafts- und Wirtschaftsmuseum Joins with Interactive Science Shows

Among the newly participating venues is the Gesellschafts- und Wirtschaftsmuseum, which features interactive short workshops focused on consumption and finances alongside science shows demonstrating experiments. The museum also hosts short guided tours centered on the theme of living and housing in Vienna. Museum director Harald Lind emphasized the hands-on approach of the evening, stating it is important „dass die Menschen einspringen, mitmachen und eben lernen am Tun, am Spielen, am Departieren, am Diskutieren“. Lind added that his favorite moment is when visitors arrive with a question mark and leave with a smile.”

MAK and Heeresgeschichtliches Museum Offer Special Exhibitions and Restorer Insights

The MAK presents half-hourly guided tours of its current Thomas Demand exhibition, alongside the „Borderland“ display featuring Kateryna Lysovenko’s artwork „Stille Stunde“ and the „Eine Stadt voller Plakate“ exhibition showcasing Vienna Design Week advertising posters from the past two decades. Younger visitors can participate in a moth-crafting workshop between 18:00 and 21:00. Meanwhile, the Heeresgeschichtliches Museum focuses on its new exhibition, „Gewalt – Gesellschaft. Österreich im Zeitalter der Weltkriege 1918 bis 1955“, with tours running every half hour from 18:00 to 23:00. Museum director Georg Hoffmann noted that the night gives visitors a look under the hood of museum work through „Objekte-Speed-Dating“ sessions, where conservators present selected artifacts.”””””

Jüdische Museum and Haus der Musik Provide Religious History and Classical Concerts

The Jüdische Museum Wien features programming connected to an exhibition by Israeli artist Eran Shakine that examines the commonalities and differences among Judaism, Christianity, and Islam through humor. Visitors can attend a meet-and-greet with the artist and take a mini-course to write their names in Hebrew. Across the city at the Haus der Musik, the Wiener Klassik Ensemble performs hour-long concerts at 19:00 and 21:00 in the glass-covered courtyard, playing classical works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Joseph Haydn, and Ludwig van Beethoven. Regular admission tickets cost 19 euros, reduced tickets are 16 euros, regional tickets are priced at 7 euros, and children up to 12 years old enter free. Tickets and booklets are available in advance at participating venues and on the day of the event at the „Treffpunkt Museum“ located in the city.”