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The 15 Best Museum Tickets in Vienna

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On a wet Viennese afternoon a museum is not a fallback, it is the plan. The 15 below cover the Kunsthistorisches, the Albertina, the Leopold and the specialist collections, with entry prices and which tickets skip the queue.

Vienna: Skip-the-Line Sisi Museum, Hofburg and Gardens Tour - Starting near Michaelerplatz
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Vienna: Skip-the-Line Sisi Museum, Hofburg and Gardens Tour

1.Skip-the-Line Sisi Museum, Hofburg and Gardens Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 5,918 reviews · 2h 30m · from $61Our pick

Spend 150 minutes exploring Vienna’s Hofburg with a licensed guide such as Alex, Mario, Nicole or Mirko. Skip the ticket line for the Sisi Museum and Imperial Apartments, then see the courtyards, Spanish Riding School, Heldenplatz and Burggarten. Tours run in English, German, French, Italian or Spanish, with only one language used per group.

“Mirko was an amazing guide that made this tour special. He made us laugh, look and discover palace room by room, taking a peeking into imperial life. It was a wonderful tour and I highly recommend it”

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Vienna Kunsthistorisches Museum Day Admission Ticket - Starting with ancient Egypt and classical antiquity
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Vienna Kunsthistorisches Museum Day Admission Ticket

2.Vienna Kunsthistorisches Museum Day Admission Ticket

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 3,690 reviews · 1 day · from $25

Enter Vienna’s Kunsthistorisches Museum with a one-day admission ticket and explore imperial art from ancient Egypt through the 18th century. See Raphael, Rubens, Rembrandt, Vermeer, Velázquez, Titian, and Dürer, then visit the Kunstkammer for Cellini goldwork, ivory, jewels, and legendary treasures. Bring a printed voucher and exchange it at the museum’s voucher office before entry.

“It was really great to see all the history through the years , the paintings were really beautiful and breathtaking, it’s huge and definitely a lot of walking but worth it”

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Tickets for the Albertina Exhibitions - Monet, Picasso, Klimt, and the modern art route
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Tickets for the Albertina Exhibitions

3.Tickets for the Albertina Exhibitions

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 2,126 reviews · 1 - 365 days · from $23

Visit Vienna’s Albertina Museum for the Monet-Picasso collection, temporary exhibitions, and 20 restored Habsburg State Rooms. You’ll see works linked to Impressionism, Expressionism, Russian avant-garde art, Austrian modernism, and Picasso’s changing style. Admission costs $23, with an audio guide available separately.

“A nice gallery with a range of art from different periods. I only visit an art gallery about once per decade so it suited me nicely to see art by familiar names. The palace State rooms that were included were also beautiful. Easy entry into the museum with the pass.”

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Vienna: Chocolate Workshop in Chocolate Museum w/ Tasting - Arriving at Chocolate Museum Vienna
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Vienna: Chocolate Workshop in Chocolate Museum w/ Tasting

4.Chocolate Workshop in Chocolate Museum w/ Tasting

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 1,802 reviews · 1h 30m · from $55

At Chocolate Museum Vienna, an English- or German-speaking chocolatier guides you through tastings, chocolate decorating, and an Aztec-style hot chocolate. Use a professional tempering machine, make three full-size bars with your choice of toppings, take them home, and receive a signed BO-YO certificate. Museum entry is included.

“Definitely recommend!! Great activity and lots of toppings and flavours to choose from. You also get a hot chocolate at the end. Informative, tasty, and fun!”

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Sigmund Freud Museum Ticket - Freud’s rooms, family life, and the missing furniture
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Sigmund Freud Museum Ticket

5.Sigmund Freud Museum Ticket

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 1,668 reviews · 1 day · from $18

Use your ticket to enter the Sigmund Freud Museum at Berggasse 19, Freud’s former home and practice in Vienna. Explore family rooms, professional exhibits, film footage, rare publications, an AR couch installation, and the story of his flight to London. Plan on about 1.5 to 3 hours.

“Very good experience but the museum does lend itself so fee is quite high but apart from that I enjoyed the history of the museum”

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Vienna: St. Stephen's Cathedral & Dom Museum Wien Tickets - St. Stephen’s Cathedral rewards a slow look
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Vienna: St. Stephen’s Cathedral & Dom Museum Wien Tickets

6.St. Stephen’s Cathedral & Dom Museum Wien Tickets

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 1,652 reviews · 365 days · from $34

Start at Dom Museum Wien to exchange your voucher for a ticket covering the museum, St. Stephen’s Cathedral, both towers, and a 30-minute guided catacomb tour. Use the cathedral audio guide at your own pace, then climb the South Tower or take the North Tower lift for city views. Bring your own headphones.

“THE CATACOMBS, although incredibly macabre a history & story that would make EDGAR ALLEN POE CRINGE. Is still an amazing experience. I really enjoyed the spiraling staircase up to the tower. What a fun day in VIENNA. SHANE”

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Vienna: Hofburg and Empress Sisi Museum Guided Tour - The Augustinian Church and Habsburg weddings
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Vienna: Hofburg and Empress Sisi Museum Guided Tour

7.Hofburg and Empress Sisi Museum Guided Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 1,460 reviews · 2 hours · from $56

Walk from Albertinaplatz through Vienna’s imperial center with a live English, Spanish, or German guide. Visit the Augustinian Church, Hofburg courtyards, Sisi Museum, and imperial apartments. Guides such as Siri, Dieter, Anna, Lisa, and Michael are praised for clear storytelling, humor, and useful local tips.

“Our guide Dieter was very knowledgeable, engaging and took time to explain each room and answer any questions. Overall we came away very pleased with the tour and with our guide and compared to a self guided tour we felt we got far more for our money”

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Vienna: Museum of Illusions Vienna Admission Ticket - What happens inside the 70-plus exhibits
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Vienna: Museum of Illusions Vienna Admission Ticket

8.Museum of Illusions Vienna Admission Ticket

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 1,058 reviews · from $18

Spend a flexible day exploring Vienna’s Museum of Illusions, where more than 70 exhibits bend perspective and challenge your brain. Try the inclined room, Ames room, vortex tunnel, Infinity Room, and hands-on wooden puzzles. The experience suits families, couples, and friends, with wheelchair access and admission from $18 per person.

“Fun and unique experiences that is perfect for hanging out with friends! I highly recommend it if you are looking for something different!!”

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Vienna: Leopold Museum Skip-the-Line Entry Ticket - Klimt beyond the golden postcards
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Vienna: Leopold Museum Skip-the-Line Entry Ticket

9.Leopold Museum Skip-the-Line Entry Ticket

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 968 reviews · 1 day · from $22

Spend a day at Vienna’s Leopold Museum, home to the world’s largest Egon Schiele collection and major works by Gustav Klimt. Your ticket covers the permanent galleries and special exhibitions, with phone entry, wheelchair access, and views toward the Hofburg. Audio guides, tours, and food cost extra.

“In the app was written that only printed ticket will be accepted. At the entrance they check the QR code and accept also the electronic version.”

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Vienna: Skip-the-Line Hofburg and Empress Sisi Museum Tour - Starting at the Emperor Franz I statue
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Vienna: Skip-the-Line Hofburg and Empress Sisi Museum Tour

10.Skip-the-Line Hofburg and Empress Sisi Museum Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 801 reviews · 2 hours · from $55

Spend two hours exploring Vienna’s Hofburg with a live English, German, or Italian-speaking guide. Visit the Sisi Museum and Imperial Apartments, hear the story of Empress Elisabeth, pass the Spanish Riding School, and walk through Heroes’ Square and Josefplatz. The tour costs $55 and starts near the Emperor Franz I statue.

“Claudia was superb, friendly and very knowledgeable. She gave a lot of insights to hofberg and Vienna. The tour went at a comfortable pace and was good even for our 6year old. All praises, no bads and definitely recommended for anyone visiting Vienna.”

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Combo Ticket: Kunsthistorisches Museum & Imperial Treasury - The Kunsthistorisches Museum: paintings in a palace setting
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Combo Ticket: Kunsthistorisches Museum & Imperial Treasury

11.Combo Ticket: Kunsthistorisches Museum & Imperial Treasury

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 785 reviews · 2 hours · from $37

Use one printed voucher to visit Vienna’s Kunsthistorisches Museum, Kunstkammer, and Imperial Treasury at the Hofburg. See works by Rubens, Rembrandt, Raphael, Velázquez, Titian, and Dürer, then view the Austrian and German imperial crowns, Holy Roman Empire regalia, jewels, and the world’s largest cut emerald. Each museum allows one visit, on the same or different dates.

“Activity was damn good - muesuem was worth going - in most rooms u have English translation - still i think audio guide should be taken - imperial treasury should be done as well”

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Vienna: Tickets for Kunst Haus Wien: Museum Hundertwasser - Entering Kunst Haus Wien on the way to the galleries
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Vienna: Tickets for Kunst Haus Wien: Museum Hundertwasser

12.Tickets for Kunst Haus Wien: Museum Hundertwasser

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 651 reviews · 1 day · from $18

Visit Kunst Haus Wien for a self-guided look at Friedensreich Hundertwasser’s paintings, architecture, and ecological ideas. Your ticket covers the permanent Museum Hundertwasser display and contemporary exhibitions, including the current ecology, sustainability, and urbanity show. Allow time for the courtyard and Café Friedlich. An audio guide costs €4.

“Loved the art, architecture and cafe. I'm a big fan of Hundertwasser the artist and activist, and learned a lot”

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Skip the Line: Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna Entrance Ticket - The Picture Gallery and its major paintings
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Skip the Line: Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna Entrance Ticket

13.Skip the Line: Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna Entrance Ticket

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 466 reviews · 1 hour (approx.)

Visit Vienna’s Kunsthistorisches Museum at your own pace with a paper ticket voucher. See Bruegel, Vermeer, Rubens, Rembrandt, Raphael, Velázquez, Dürer, the Kunstkammer, and Klimt’s staircase paintings. Allow two to four hours, and exchange the voucher at the group bookings kiosk before joining the museum entrance line.

“There is no advantage to buying tickets ahead of time with Viator because you still have 2 lines to stand in to get a true ticket and to enter. Loved the museum though!”

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Skip-the-Line Sisi Museum, Hofburg and Gardens Tour Vienna - Finding the group at Michaelerplatz 3
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Skip-the-Line Sisi Museum, Hofburg and Gardens Tour Vienna

14.Skip-the-Line Sisi Museum, Hofburg and Gardens Tour Vienna

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 449 reviews · 2 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $57

Spend about 2.5 hours exploring Hofburg Palace, the Sisi Museum, Imperial Apartments, Heldenplatz, and Burggarten with a licensed guide. Expect engaging Habsburg stories, timed museum entry, and a group of up to 25 people. Guides such as Alex, Alexander, Mario, and Rene have earned praise for clear storytelling and strong local insight.

“1) Our guide, Rene, was outstanding in his knowledge and attitude/enthusiasm. He brought history to life with joy, managed the group adeptly and brilliantly, and ensured that we all left better educated. You will be fortunate to get him as your guide! 2) The Sisi museum had wonderful displays and artifacts. Only downside is that it was unnecessarily dark (lack of proper lighting) in much of the exhibitions. Perhaps it was done so for dramatic effect, but it went too far. If you expect to see rooms elegantly, historically furnished you will be grossly disappointed with Hofburg. Except for a couple of rooms left enact, most of the palace has…”

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Leopold Museum Vienna Entrance Ticket - Following Vienna from Historicism to the Wiener Moderne
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Leopold Museum Vienna Entrance Ticket

15.Leopold Museum Vienna Entrance Ticket

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 440 reviews · 2 to 3 hours (approx.) · from $22

Visit Vienna’s Leopold Museum with prepaid admission and spend two to three hours exploring its permanent collection and exhibitions. See the world’s largest Egon Schiele collection, Klimt’s Death and Life, Wiener Werkstätte design, and Austrian modernism. Go without a guide, pause as you please, and enjoy views of Maria Theresa Square and the Hofburg.

“The Leopold Museum is amazing. The breadth and quality of artworks exhibition is fantastic. While building is functional, it's exterior is a bit cold. The interior is great, though.”

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