Cultural highlights: Vienna inspires with over 678,000 museum visitors!

Cultural highlights: Vienna inspires with over 678,000 museum visitors!

Wien, Österreich - The Wiener Kulturlandschaft experienced an impressive visitor boom in 2024! The four museums of Vienna Holding- the House of Music, Mozarthaus Vienna, Kunsthauswien and the Jewish Museum Vienna- were able to welcome around 678,600 people interested in art and culture, which is an increase of over 10 % compared to the previous year. This was recognized by Economic City Councilor Peter Hanke as a great success that confirms the important role of these museums for the city's cultural diversity. "We look forward to more than 600,000 visitors and the multitude of exhibitions and events that attract our audience," emphasized Dr. Kurt Gollowitzer from Vienna Holding.

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The House of Music Liders liders with around 258,400 visitors and convinced with interactive sound experiments and a variety of live concerts, including for children. In addition to the impressive number of visitors, the museum for its commitment in environmental protection was recognized and even initiated an international expansion in Yanguan, China. The Mozarthaus Vienna attracted around 200,900 guests who were able to experience the inheritance of the great composer in his historical apartment. The special exhibition "Mozart at Tisch" was a real eye -catcher of the year.

The Kunsthauswien recorded 127,500 visitors after a comprehensive modernization. The most interesting exhibitions Friedensreich Hundertwassers and the first climate Biennale of the city attracted numerous art enthusiasts. With 91,800 visitors, the Jewish Museum Vienna attracted many interested guests at two locations for the topic of Jewish life and history. With new exhibitions and an improved website, the museum relies on a modern and accessible presentation of its collection.

In addition, the nationwide figures showed that the museum landscape in Austria is flourishing: According to the art and cultural report in 2023, there were a total of 7,341,032 visits to the Federal Museums and the Austrian National Library, an increase of 35 % compared to the year before, such as Wienkultur.info reported. This development even exceeds the pre-corona figures in 2019 by 6 % and confirms the attractiveness of the Vienna Museums in a slowly relaxing tourism.

Information on current events and exhibitions can also be viewed in the press area of ​​the Vienna Holding, as published on .