Bezirksmuseum Penzing

About the museum

The Penzing district museum was founded in 1962 and was initially given two exhibition rooms in the former district office of the municipality of Penzing, dating from 1873, at Penzinger Straße 59. It opened in November 1963 with a special exhibition on transport routes. Long-serving directors were Anton Scheiblin until 1967 and then Karl Koller until 2016. After municipal offices had left the building, the museum has had most of the building at its disposal since 1978.

Today, with over 800 square metres in 25 rooms on two floors, it is one of the largest Vienna district museums. Each of the former localities of the 14th district – Baumgarten, Breitensee, Hadersdorf-Weidlingau, Hütteldorf and Penzing – has a room of its own. Characteristic are the many original interiors: a grocer's shop, a woodcutter's hut, cooper's, glove-maker's and shoemaker's workshops, living rooms and kitchens from different eras, and a nostalgic shopping street.

Other focal points are musical instrument making with the Stelzhammer piano-maker's workshop, the development of the tram and railway with a historic ticket counter, and the natural landscape of the Wien Valley and Vienna Woods with a large relief of the district. Separate rooms commemorate Otto Wagner, Gustav Klimt and the entertainer Heinz Conrads; a lapidarium is housed on the ground floor and in the garden.

Highlights

• Historic grocer's shop and nostalgic shopping street
• Stelzhammer piano-maker's workshop with instrument collection
• Four-metre-long relief of the five former municipalities
• Ticket counter with historic railway and tram tickets
• Rooms on Otto Wagner, Gustav Klimt and Heinz Conrads
• Lapidarium on the ground floor and in the garden

Permanent exhibitions

• Bezirksgeschichte Penzing – Around 25 rooms on the district's former villages, on crafts, trade, housing, transport and musical instrument making, with many original interiors.
• Wiental–Wienerwald als Natur- und Kulturlandschaft – Large relief of the district based on the 1819 land register, as well as display cases on the plants and animals of the 14th district.

Founded

1962

Director

Ina Gehbauer

Admission & discounts

Admission is free.

Free admission to all Vienna district museums.

Accessibility

• Wheelchair accessible: not available
• 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, not accessible without barriers.

Kids & families

• Hands-on stations

At a multimedia station, visitors can listen to bird calls and identify them; at the historic ticket counter, old tickets can be "purchased".

Getting there & parking

Amenities & dining

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