Educational programs

The NHM Vienna is a big building with many halls and thousands of exciting objects. In this welcome tour we get to know the museum and pay a visit to animals, bones, and rocks. We hear about the many departments of the museum and realize that this place is so much more than just a collection of things from nature. It is a place where we can marvel, learn, and discuss. And hopefully it will be somewhere we want to come back to.

The Natural History Museum Vienna offers tours and discussions in the museum’s different galleries on a range of topics. All guided tours are adapted to the age and knowledge level of the participants.

Guided action tours give school children the chance to not only look at the exhibits but also to get up close and touch them. Further highlights include experimenting with materials and observing living animals. All guided tours are adapted to the age and knowledge level of the participants.

Following a guided tour of the exhibition, the school children work together in small groups.

Using high-quality microscopes and video cameras, tiny living organisms are projected onto a large cinema screen.
The main actors in our movie are the living animals and plants themselves. Experienced biologists are on hand to explain and comment on their sometimes surprising behavior. More direct and emotional than even the best natural history documentaries, this live show introduces viewers to the secrets of the fascinating micro-world that is all around us.

The Natural History Museum Vienna offers tours and discussions in the museum’s different galleries on a range of topics. All guided tours are adapted to the age and knowledge level of the participants.

Guided action tours give school children the chance to not only look at the exhibits but also to get up close and touch them. Further highlights include experimenting with materials and observing living animals. All guided tours are adapted to the age and knowledge level of the participants.

Following a guided tour of the exhibition, the school children work together in small groups.

Using high-quality microscopes and video cameras, tiny living organisms are projected onto a large cinema screen.
The main actors in our movie are the living animals and plants themselves. Experienced biologists are on hand to explain and comment on their sometimes surprising behavior. More direct and emotional than even the best natural history documentaries, this live show introduces viewers to the secrets of the fascinating micro-world that is all around us.

The Natural History Museum Vienna offers tours and discussions in the museum’s galleries on a range of topics. All guided tours are adapted to the age and knowledge level of the participants.

Guided action tours give school children the chance to not only look at the exhibits but also to get up close and touch them. Further highlights include experimenting with materials and observing living animals. All guided tours are adapted to the age and knowledge level of the participants.

"Nature and Diversity" is the museum's Citizen Science initiative held on Deck 50. Together with partners from associations, active citizen scientists as well as high school students are invited to expand their knowledge on the diversity of nature. The main language of the event as well as of the lead-off talk is German, but all visitors are welcome to explore the laboratory and interactive elements!

After a short guided tour through the exhibition, the students work together in small groups.

Using high-quality microscopes and video cameras, tiny living organisms are projected onto a large cinema screen.
The main actors in our movie are the living animals and plants themselves. Experienced biologists are on hand to explain and comment on their sometimes surprising behavior. More direct and emotional than even the best natural history documentaries, this live show introduces viewers to the secrets of the fascinating micro-world that is all around us.

The historical guided tour takes participants on an entertaining journey through the Natural History Museum Vienna. The school children have the chance to take a look behind the scenes of a world-renowned scientific collection and find out what the NHM researchers are working on. The highlight of the tour is the view from the roof of the NHM Vienna overlooking Vienna city center.
Age: from 12 years of age