Special Exhibitions

Current Exhibtions

Safe sex: the comeback of sexually transmitted diseases

Exhibition at the "Narrenturm"

until 18. April 2026

TWO VIEWS ON PLANTS

3D Photography by Sebastian Cramer

until 02. March 2026

Glaciers out of balance

Hallway, Level 1

until 10. January 2027

Cockaigne. Future Land of Milk and Honey?

until 19. July 2026
Special exhibition in Hall 21 on the 2nd floor.

Preview

Good Collecting – Bad Collecting

150 Years of the Natural History Museum Vienna

28. April 2026 – 27. June 2027
Special exhibition from 28 April 2026 to 27 June 2027, in the cabinets and special exhibition halls on the 1st floor

Caution, high voltage!

Electrical accidents – a class of their own

23. June 2026 – 24. April 2027
Special exhibition from 23 June 2026 to 24 April 2027, at the Narrenturm

Bird life

The new habitats of birds

from 29. September 2026
Permanent exhibition from 29 September 2026, on the 2nd floor

GENchangers.

Unraveling the secrets of early medieval burial grounds

13. October 2026 – 26. July 2027
Special exhibition from 13 October 2026 to 26 July 2027, in Hall 21 on the 2nd floor

Permanent Exhibitions

The art of the moulage

Immortalised clinical pictures

from 8. October 2025
The new permanent exhibition at the Fool's Tower.

Ice Age Children and their World

The new children's hall

from 21. May 2025

Toes, tails & tiny trails

from 30. April 2025
The new exhibition on amphibians and reptiles

  
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