Wiener Ziegel- und Baukeramikmuseum
Special-interest museum in the Penzing district office building with over 13,000 bricks and architectural ceramics from Babylon to the present, open every 1st and 3rd Sunday, free admission.
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About the museum
The museum's starting point is the research of Anton Schirmböck (1898–1982), regarded as the founder of Austrian brick research. After smaller presentations at the University of Vienna, in 1973 he was able to show his collection for the first time in a large special exhibition at the Bezirksmuseum Penzing, titled “Die Entwicklungswege der Mauerziegel” (The Development of the Masonry Brick). The success of this show led to the founding of the Wiener Ziegelmuseum in the same year.
On 20 January 1978 the museum was opened as a branch of the Bezirksmuseum Penzing at Hickelgasse 5, with the exhibition “Der Wiener Mauerziegel” (The Viennese Masonry Brick). Four years later, for lack of space, it moved to the building at Penzinger Straße 59, which also houses the Bezirksmuseum. It has existed as an independent museum since 1986; after a lengthy renovation phase it reopened in 1989 with an exhibition on the Viennese fortification brick.
Today around 13,000 objects belong to the collection: wall and roof tiles, fireclay material, mosaic tiles and stove tiles, as well as production equipment such as old brick moulds. The museum documents the existing and former brick kilns of Austria, collects their products and researches the many different brick marks. It cooperates with the Vienna City Archaeology and is a point of contact for researchers from all over the world.
Highlights
- Wall and roof bricks from Babylon to the present
- More than 13,000 objects, including stove tiles and mosaic tiles
- Old brick moulds and evidence of brick production
- Documentation of all brick kilns in Austria
- Research on brick marks
- Founded
- 1973
- Director
- Gerhard Zsutty
Admission & discounts
Admission is free.
Free admission in all Viennese district and special-interest museums.
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Getting there & parking
By public transit
Hietzing
U4 to Hietzing; tram 10 and 60 as well as bus 51A, 56A, 56B and 58A to Hietzing, Kennedybrücke; tram 52 to Diesterweggasse; S45 and S50 to Penzing.
The entrance is to the right of the district office, in the building of the Bezirksmuseum Penzing.
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