More than 3.500 animals are shown on an area of 2.500 m2.
In the section for terrarium animals you see crocodiles, poisonous snakes, constrictor and saurians.
The main attactions of the tropical seawater section are the huge fish tanks, the sharks, sea turtles, many different corals, as well as gorgeous fish. The center of the tropical freshwater is the aquarium containing piranhas.
A sensation is the new tropical house with free-flying birds and free-running monkeys.
The mediterranean sea section gives an overview over different life-forms of this ocean, starting with anemones to snakes, shells, crabs, sea urchins, starfishs and fish.
You can visit the "Haus des Meeres - Vivarium Wien" daily between 9 am to 6 pm; thursday 9 am to 9 pm in Esterhazypark in the 6th Viennese district.
No admission charge. Spanning two buildings in the
city's oldest square the Anker clock, heavily gilded with twelve figures that
shuffle across the dial of the clock to a 10 minute piece of slightly mournful
organ music at midday everyday. Miss the midday show and you get to see one
character on the hour making the journey.
Come and be amazed by hundreds of live, free-flying tropical butterflies,
in an exciting recreation of their natural rain forest environment. This
magical experience is right in the centre of Vienna, just 200 meters from the
opera building. The butterfly house is to be found inside one of the worlds
most magnificent, a part of the royal palace (Hofburg) and a tourist attraction
in its own right, which used to be the private domain of Kaiser Franz Josef and
Sissi. As you walk around the butterfly house, under waterfalls and inside
hollow trees colourful live tropical butterflies will flutter around you. Come
and be transported into a magical world, right in the heart of Vienna.
Open all year :
April - October: daily Monday - Friday 10.00am. - 5.00pm. Saturday + Sunday and all public holidays 10.00am. - 6.30pm.
November - March : daily, weekends and all public holidays :10.00am - 16.00pm.
Map Locator - Click Here
Public transport -
Ubahn ( underground/subway) U1,U2,U4 to: Karlsplatz/Oper and then walk toward the Opera building.
Tram 1,2,D.J, to Opernring
Prices in Euros -
Adults 5, Seniors 4:50, Students 4 ( show your card please ) Children (3 - 16 years) 2.50
address : Schulhof 4, Wien 1010
Tel.: 00431 535 68 60
E- Mail: info@puppenmuseumwien.com
The majority of the dolls on display are exhibit dolls but there are no knobs
and buttons for children to twiddle. But there's enough to keep younger children
entertained for a short time with a toy marionette stage, Punch and Judy booth
and several other small toy houses and shops to look at.
address : Seilerstätte 30, Wien 1010
tel : 0043 1 516 48
e-mail : info@hdm.at
homepage : http://www.hdm.at
Open daily : 10:00-22:00
How is sound formed? What is music? Why did so many composers live in Vienna? All these questions get answered on a journey through the history of music with interactive, hands-on and do-it-yourself experiments. Imaginative and absorbing with even a chance to 'almost'' conduct the Vienna Philharmonic orchestra.
Entrance Fee -
adults 10,00
students (under 27), senior citizens, challenged persons 8,50
children under 12 5,50
children under 3 free
groups from 10 persons 8,50
school groups from 10 persons 6,50
family ticket (max. 2 adults, 3 children under 12) 26,00
Combined Ticket Haus der Musik & Mozarthaus Vienna (Adults) 12,00
Combined Ticket Haus der Musik & Mozarthaus Vienna (Children) 7,00
3 to 6-year-olds can romp around in the Mini-TMW space while older ones can enjoy animation and doodling with a giant spirograph in the Phenomena and Experiments Gallery, watch computers generate images and various other Exhibits. The exhibits have enough English to get by on and there's an inexpensive cafe.
address : Mariahilfer Strasse 212, 1140 Vienna (near the castle Schönbrunn)
tel : 00431 89998-6000
e-mail : museumsbox@tmw.at
homepage : http://www.technischesmuseum.at/
Opening hours
From Monday to Friday 9.00 a.m.-6.00 p.m.
Saturday, Sundays and holidays 10.00 a.m.-6.00 p.m.
The museum is closed on 1 January, 1 May, 1 November, 25 and 31 December.
Admission : 8.50 EUR
Reduced admission :
Free admission for children under 6
Reduced admission for children and young persons from 6 to 18, as well as for pupils, apprentices, and students under 27: 5.- EUR
Senior citizens: 7.- EUR
Family ticket I (1 adult + 1 child): 11.- EUR
Family ticket II (2 adults + 1 child): 17.- EUR
Each additional child: 1.50 EUR
address : Oswald-Thomas-Platz 1, 1020 Wien
tel : 00431 729 54 94 0
homepage : http://www.planetarium-wien.at
e-mail : admin@planetarium-wien.at
Homepage :
http://www.wienerriesenrad.com/
Click for more information :
www.prater.wien.info
The Riesenrad (meaning "giant wheel") is a Ferris wheel at the entrance of the Prater amusement park in Vienna, Austria.
It was one of the earliest Ferris wheels to be built, having been erected in 1897 to celebrate Emperor Franz Josef I's golden Jubilee. The designer was an Englishman, Walter Bassett, which explains why the wheel's diameter is a round number in Imperial units - 200 feet (approximately 61 m).
The Riesenrad is now one of Vienna's most popular tourist attractions, and symbolises the city for many people.
The wheel originally had 30 gondolas, but was severely damaged in the Second World War, and when it was rebuilt, only 15 gondolas were replaced.
The Riesenrad famously appeared in the post-war film noir The Third Man. It is also featured in the 1987 Bond film The Living Daylights, and appears prominently in the 1995 Richard Linklater film Before Sunrise.
How do I get out of here?
A fun place for everyone not just children where you can lose your way or watch everyone else lose theirs from a platform that overlooks the maze. If you reach all the 12 corners tick of the each of the zodiac signs as you go along. In the old days, the Imperial family walked through these winding hedges. Today, the Maze at Schönbrunn provides fun for everybody. If you look, you can find the symbols of all twelve signs of the zodiac. And at last, you
can watch everybody else get lost from a special platform.
In the old days, the Imperial family walked through these winding hedges. Today, the Maze at Schönbrunn provides fun for everybody. If you look, you can find the symbols of all twelve signs of the zodiac. And at last, you can watch everybody else get lost from a special platform.
The Maze was started between 1698 and 1740. It originally consisted of four different parts with a central, raised pavilion, from which one could overlook the labyrinth. During the nineteenth century, the Maze was cut back, until the last hedge was razed in 1892. Through the use of historic models, the new Maze was created in the fall of 1998 with a total area of 18,640 square feet. forward
address - 13., Schönbrunner Schloss-Strasse
Public transport -
U4: Schönbrunn
U4, tram 10, 58, 60: Hietzing
tel. 811 13-239
www.schoenbrunn.at
Vienna Card - for 2,40 instead of 2,90 €
April - June, September: daily from 9a.m. - 6p.m.
July, Aug.: daily from 9a.m. - 7p.m.
October: daily from 9a.m. - 5p.m.
Nov.: daily from 10a.m. - 4p.m
The Museum of Ethnology Vienna is one of the most important ethnological museums of the world. Among its special treasures are the collections from Oceania and North America assembled by James Cook on his circumnavigations 1768–1780 and a group of Mexican featherwork and other rare and precious objects from the Americas, Africa, and Indonesia, which in 1596 were part of the collection of Archduke Ferdinand of Tyrol at Ambras Castle. The museum is also famous
for its extensive Brazilian collection brought together in 1817–1836 by Johann Natterer, and for its outstanding collection of bronzes from the West African kingdom of Benin.
address : Neue Burg-Heldenplatz, 1010 Wien
tel : 00431 525 24 0
e-mail : info@ethno-museum.ac.at
homepage : www.ethno-museum.ac.at
Opening hours of the library:
Monday and Tuesday: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Wednesday: 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Thursday: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Friday closed
Opening hours, BENIN - KINGS AND RITUALS
Monday, Wednesday - Sunday 10am to 6pm
Entrance fees
BENIN - KINGS AND RITUALS
Neue Burg mit MVK
Adults ... € 10,00
Reduced rate ... € 7,50
Vienna-Card Holders ... € 9,00
Pupils in school group of 10
or more ... € 2.00
Pupils with valid ID ... € 3.50
Family Ticket ... € 20,00
Group Ticket ... € 7,00
Guided Tour Ticket ... € 2,00
Includes admission to the collections at the Neue Burg: Ephesus Museum, Collection of Arms and Armour and Collection of Historic Musical Instruments
Free entrance for children under 6 and members of the organisation ´Freunde der Völkerkunde´
Various rooms displaying the history of Austrian theatre but in the Figure Theatre room you can make up your own puppet performance and in the basement a children's section (open Tues-Sun) you reach by a huge metal slide. Downstairs is a paper theatre, a ghost theatre and other puppets. Phone ahead to see if there's a workshop on.
address : Lobkowitzplatz 2, 1010 Wien
tel : 00431 525 24 34 60
e-mail : info@theatermuseum.at
homepage : http://www.theatermuseum.at
Admission 2 - 4.5 Euro
The world’s oldest zoo (founded 1752)
Set in the gardens the zoo has three entrances so it's not difficult to find with the usual selection of animals, including tigers, elephants and lions making up the main draw. Nicest feature is the 'Tirolergarten'' a large timber-framed farmhouse perched on woody slopes with animals downstairs and an exhibition upstairs.
address : Maxingstrasse 13 B, A - 1130 Wien
homepage : http://www.zoovienna.at/
e-mail : office@zoovienna.at
tel : 00431 877 92 94
Text source :
http://www.wien.info
MuseumsQuartier
The ZOOM Children's Museum at the MuseumsQuartier offers a year-round
exhibition and workshop program as well as a unique multimedia lab.
At the ZOOM Children's Museum, kids can ask, touch, discover, feel, and play to their hearts' content.
Children explore the world with all their senses. But their accompanying adults are also welcome and may participate actively in the programs.
Four different areas are located over the 1600 square meters of the ZOOM Children's Museum:
ZOOM Lab - Multimedia lab (ages 8-14) Children can experiment with cartoon films, 3D animations, and sound mixing without any previous technical knowledge.
ZOOM Studio (ages 3-12)
At the studio, children work together with artists. Here they can paint, cut things out, build, spray, create, work with felt, paste or glue things, model, and much more.
ZOOM Ocean (ages 0-6)
The Ocean is a play and adventure area for very small children. On the "Underwater World" and the "Ship's Deck," they can play with unique objects.
ZOOM Exhibition (ages 6-12)
Interactive, changing exhibitions take grand themes from science, art, culture, and architecture and convey them to children who can discover them with all their senses.
Exhibition: children 5 €, adults 3.50 €
Studio, Lab: children 5 €, adults free
Ocean: children 4 €, one adult free
Family Ticket: 12 € (up to 3 children and 2 adults)
Reservations recommended!
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