As part of the Shirabe Festival During the 2026 Shirabe Festival season, the Weltmuseum Wien will become a resonance chamber for a centuries-old musical tradition. In a performative workshop concert, the audience will encounter gagaku, Japan’s oldest musical genre and a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site, not as a static exhibit, but as a living musical practice. The focus is on the music itself: traditional gagaku pieces are performed in their original form and enter into dialogue with...

As part of the Shirabe Festival Gagaku is Japan's oldest surviving musical tradition—imperial sounds that have been heard at court ceremonies for over 1,200 years. This “music of the gods” unfolds its effect in slow, floating movements and mysterious sounds—because “gagaku” refers to music, dance, and Shinto ritual all at once. Designated a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site, there are now only a few musicians who have mastered this art. Situated between ritual and myth, gagaku opens up a...

As part of the Shirabe Festival Gagaku is Japan's oldest surviving musical tradition—imperial sounds that have been heard at court ceremonies for over 1,200 years. This “music of the gods” unfolds its effect in slow, floating movements and mysterious sounds—because “gagaku” refers to music, dance, and Shinto ritual all at once. Designated a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site, there are now only a few musicians who have mastered this art. Situated between ritual and myth, gagaku opens up a...

#MuseumFromHome #weltmuseumwien Follow us on Facebook and Instagram , where we will keep you up to date. Digital guided tours Digital guided tours Weltmuseum Wien Insights What is actually on display at the Weltmuseum Wien? Accompany our cultural mediators Stella Asiimwe and Muhammet Ali Bas on a journey through the collections on display. INSIGHT #1 - Weltmuseum Wien introduces itself INSIGHT #3 - South Seas. Where do the deceased belong to? INSIGHT #5 - Into a New World: We still exist....

Extinctions!? An exhibition as part of the project TAKING CARE 23 February 2023 to 2 April 2024 In light of the ongoing climate crisis and its impact on biodiversity, questions and fears of endangerment and loss are at the centre of public discourse. A sixth major extinction event is expected in the course of the Anthropocene. The Anthropocene is the age in which humans become the most important factor influencing the biological, geological and atmospheric processes of the Earth. Zemi belt,...

Magical Opening of the new Weltmuseum Wien The time had finally come on 25 October 2017: the new Weltmuseum Wien opened its doors after three years of reconstruction – with a spectacular show curated by André Heller at Vienna’s Heldenplatz. More than 7,500 people came to celebrate with us and to light a beacon of tolerance, respect, cooperation. There was a great run on the Museum both after the show and for the Open House on 26 October 2017 – with around 9,500 visitors. Artists from all across...

Indah Arsyad The Ultimate Breath 26 November 2025 to 25 May 2026 Indah Arsyad’s solo exhibition The Ultimate Breath focuses on breathing as a central theme, symbolising global issues such as environmental pollution and climate change. The exhibition brings together art, science, technology, and culture, exploring the connections between mythology and technology and highlighting how important both are for maintaining balance in the universe. Indah Arsyad © KHM-Museumsverband, Daniel Sostaric...

Questions & Answers Here you will find answers to frequently asked questions. Tickets Tickets For how long is my ticket valid? Admission tickets are valid indefinitely from the date of purchase. Visitors are free to decide when they wish to visit the museum. Similarly, so-called combi-tickets are valid at the entrance until their date of expiry, and can be used on different days. However, please be sure to make a note of the museum’s opening hours. For how long is my combi-ticket valid?...

The Aztecs 15 October 2020 to 22 June 2021 Weltmuseum Wien is hosting an exhibition that showcases the legendary art and culture of the Aztecs. This comprehensive show offers visitors the first-ever chance to get to know the Aztecs in their cultural context. About the exhibition About the exhibition Exhibition view © KHM-Museumsverband In the early sixteenth century, at the time of the Spanish conquest, the Aztecs who called themselves Mexica ruled large parts of Mesoamerica. A nomadic people...

Tabita Rezaire Calabash Nebula: Cosmological Tales of Connection 17 September 2025 to 11 January 2026 Buy Ticket With Tabita Rezaire. Calabash Nebula: Cosmological Tales of Connection, Weltmuseum Wien presents the first solo exhibition of Tabita Rezaire (*1989) in Austria. In her work, the multidisciplinary artist, activist, and healer combines digital technologies with spiritual, non-Western, and indigenous knowledge systems. Through her artistic practice, she explores healing as a decolonial...

SUPERFLUX The Craftocene 3 March to 16 August 2026 In collaboration with London-based design studio Superflux, the Weltmuseum Wien is presenting the immersive exhibition The Craftocene . For the first time, three major works by Superflux can be seen together: the multispecies banquet Refuge for Resurgence (2021), ongoing explorations into river intelligence Nobody Told Me Rivers Dream (2025), and a new commission created for Weltmuseum Wien, Relics of Abundance (2026). About the exhibition...

Sharing Stories. Speaking Objects Sharing Stories – an Interdisciplinary Collaborative Project about Story Telling, Material Culture, Difficult Heritage and Multiperspectivity © Tal Adler About the project About the project Meaningful objects carry unique stories that conserve past memories, symbolize ideas and values, and help us define and present ourselves. At the same time, the same objects can carry very different meanings for others. The project Sharing Stories examines the place in which...

Tailor-made offers From guided tours to children's birthday parties Are you interested in a special region or topic? Would you like to decide for yourself when and for whom to have a guided tour? Take advantage of this great opportunity and book a guided tour in English or German just for yourself, for two, with friends, family, or colleagues. Of course this offer is not limited to tours alone. Celebrate your birthday with us or book a creative workshop at the museum. Contact...

Galleries of Marvel Only until 8 January 2023 24 January 2019 to 8 January 2023 New at Galleries of Marvel Sacrifices in precarious times: from the Moche culture to the current climate crisis Until 8 January 2023 Around 1,500 years ago, the Moche culture along the arid northern coast of Peru performed human sacrifices to mitigate climatic and ecological disasters caused by severe “El Niño” events. The precarious living conditions in consequence of “El Niño” have shaped societal structures and...

TAKING CARE Ethnographic and World Cultures Museums as Spaces of Care In October 2019, the Weltmuseum Wien inaugurated the new EU-funded cooperation project “TAKING CARE. Ethnographic and World Cultures Museums as Spaces of Care”. TAKING CARE explores the connections between ethnographic collections and questions regarding the climate crisis and the Anthropocene, and in this context addresses issues related to the afterlives of colonialism. It positions ethnographic and world cultures museums as...

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Allow us to reintroduce ourselves Allow us to reintroduce ourselves is an illustrative portrayal of moments of Black Austrian history by Black history experts, creatives and cultural workers from across Europe and the Black diaspora. Curator Tonica Hunter brings together historian and journalist Vanessa Spanbauer and visual artist Rossel Chaslie in this collaborative artistic-historic project which reflects on the past, depicts the present and imagines a better future for Black life in Austria....

#StandWithukraine We stand for peace and condemn the war against Ukraine. #StandWithUkraine Free admission Free admission with »Kulturpass Hunger auf Kunst und Kultur« With the »Kulturpass«, people with financial constraints as well as all refugees receive free admission to the museums of the KHM Museum Association. More information about the project and who can get the culture pass can be found here Caritas Emergency Aid for Ukraine Caritas Emergency Aid for Ukraine The people in Ukraine need...

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Privacy Policy We take the protection of your personal data very seriously, which is why your data is processed by us exclusively on the basis of the statutory provisions (GDPR). This Privacy Policy informs you of the main aspects of the data processing performed within the scope of our website. The Data Protection Officer of the KHM-Museumsverband can be contacted at datenschutz@khm.at . Use of personal data How do we collect, store and use your personal data, and for what purpose? Whenever you...

Who‘s Wearing the Pants? 25 March 2025 to 1 February 2026 Buy Ticket Trousers sokoto, Nigeria, c.1980, viscose, synthetics, cotton. Weltmuseum Wien, inv. 188524b; Barbara Plankensteiner collection, purchased 2009, vintage, in Nigeria © KHM-Museumsverband, Weltmuseum Wien Skinny, baggy, formal, PJ-style: they are a deeply familiar global phenomenon that comes in all shapes and sizes. To many of us, they form a part of a personal identity, they trigger gender and generational conflicts, they are a...