Otto Wagner Hofpavillon Hietzing

About the museum

During the construction of the Vienna Stadtbahn, its architect Otto Wagner suggested building a dedicated stop for Emperor Franz Joseph I near Schönbrunn Palace. The small pavilion at Hietzing station was completed in the late 1890s and was given a particularly representative design inside and out, tailored entirely to the emperor.

The centrepiece is the octagonal waiting room with mahogany panelling and embroidered wall hangings with philodendron motifs. A large-format painting by Carl Moll shows Vienna with its Stadtbahn network from a bird's-eye view. The emperor used the pavilion only twice – for Wagner, what mattered most was that the imperial splendour brought modern architecture esteem in Vienna.

After the end of the monarchy, the building served, among other things, as a studio and as an exhibition space of the Austrian Museum of Social and Economic Affairs. From the mid-1980s it was renovated in keeping with its listed status and was taken over by the Wien Museum in 1989. After damage, the pavilion had to be closed in 2010; following extensive restoration it has been accessible again since 2014 as a branch of the Wien Museum. The exhibition comprises three rooms on the ground floor.

Highlights

• Octagonal waiting room with mahogany panelling
• Embroidered wall hangings with philodendron motifs
• Painting by Carl Moll: Vienna with the Stadtbahn network from a bird's-eye view
• Viennese Modernist architecture by Otto Wagner

Founded

1989

Operated by

Museen der Stadt Wien – Wien Museum

Admission & discounts

Free admission: Free admission on the first Sunday of every month.

Free admission with the Wien Museum annual pass, ICOM Card and Kulturpass (“Hunger auf Kunst und Kultur”). Cash only at the ticket desk.

Accessibility

• Partially wheelchair accessible
• Elevator: not available
• Accessible restroom: no information
• Accessible parking: not available
• Service dogs welcome
• Tactile models & exhibits: no information
• Sign language tours: no information
• Easy-to-read materials: no information
• Audio description: no information

Gently sloping ramp; the entrance is reached via two steps, the exhibition area on the ground floor is step-free. Double swing door with a clear width of over 90 cm. No lift, no seating. The nearest disabled parking spaces are at Am Platz 1 by the Hietzing parish church.

Kids & families

• Stroller-friendly

The pavilion can be visited with a pushchair; there is no dedicated storage area, and whether it can be taken into the exhibition depends on available space (ask at the ticket desk).

Getting there & parking

Bicycle parking at Hietzing underground station.

Amenities & dining

• Café: not available
• Restaurant: not available
• Museum shop
• Coat check
• Wi-Fi: not available

Small selection of themed products at the ticket desk; coat rack in the entrance area (no liability); toilets available. Eating and drinking are not permitted in the exhibition rooms.

Events & venue rental

The museum hasn’t published any information on this.

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