Bezirksmuseum Hietzing

About the museum

Prompted by district head Otmar Hassenberger, culturally minded residents of Hietzing worked from 1949 towards a local history museum of their own. The sponsoring association was officially founded in 1951, and on 24 May 1954 the museum opened in two rooms of the district office. Thanks to numerous donations from the public, the collection grew quickly, so that in 1961 the museum was able to move into the former Volksschule at Am Platz 2 in the old village centre. The cellar and ground floor of this historicist building date back to the time before 1680. In 1971 the house was given the name Bezirksmuseum Hietzing.

Between 1998 and 2000 the City of Vienna comprehensively renovated the building and added an extension to the neighbouring school.

The exhibition presents Hietzing as a district of villas and ranges from Palaeolithic bone finds, the oldest evidence to date of human presence in the Vienna area, through the 1014/15 deed of donation of Godtinesfeld and finds from the abandoned settlement of St. Nikolai, into the 20th century. Mementos relate to Bertha von Suttner, Egon Schiele, the Villa Primavesi and the imperial house. A special feature is the estate of the Africa explorer Friedrich Julius Bieber with his Ethiopia collection.

Highlights

• Palaeolithic finds as the oldest evidence of humans in the Vienna area
• Ethiopia collection of the Africa explorer Friedrich J. Bieber
• Typewriter that belonged to Bertha von Suttner
• Section on Egon Schiele and a model of the Villa Primavesi
• Original costume from the 1879 Makart parade

Permanent exhibitions

• Bezirksgeschichte Hietzing – Development of Hietzing's suburban communities from Palaeolithic finds through the Middle Ages to the villa district of the 20th century, with mementos of well-known residents and the imperial house.
• Sammlung Friedrich Julius Bieber – Estate of the Africa explorer and ethnographer with objects from Ethiopia.

Founded

1954

Director

Ewald Königstein

Admission & discounts

Admission is free.

Admission is free at all Viennese district museums.

Accessibility

• Wheelchair accessible
• Elevator: no information
• Accessible restroom: no information
• Accessible parking: no information
• Service dogs welcome: no information
• Tactile models & exhibits: no information
• Sign language tours: no information
• Easy-to-read materials: no information
• Audio description: no information

According to the museum, accessible for people with disabilities via the school yard.

Kids & families

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