According to Statistik Austria, Schloss Schönbrunn had 3,593.0 thousand visits in 2024, the most of any museum in its table, followed by museum in progress with 2,071.0 thousand. The table ranks the 25 busiest, with 2023 for comparison.
Which museums in Austria had the most visits in 2024?
Statistik Austria publishes visits to the country's most visited museums and palaces, in thousands. These are the 25 with the most visits in 2024, with 2023 for comparison.1
| Rank | Museum | State | Owner | 2024 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Schloss Schönbrunn1 | Vienna | federal | 3,593.0 | 3,271.0 |
| 2 | museum in progress17 | Vienna | private | 2,071.0 | – |
| 3 | Österreichische Galerie Belvedere: Oberes Belvedere | Vienna | federal | 1,484.2 | 1,339.7 |
| 4 | Albertina2 | Vienna | federal | 1,069.5 | 944.0 |
| 5 | Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien | Vienna | federal | 1,017.3 | 780.2 |
| 6 | Naturhistorisches Museum Wien | Vienna | federal | 920.7 | 949.4 |
| 7 | Hofburg Wien – Kaiserappartments, Silberkammer und SisiMuseum | Vienna | federal | 872.0 | 794.0 |
| 8 | Salzburg Museum: Festungsmuseum | Salzburg | state or municipal | 718.8 | 681.9 |
| 9 | Wien Museum: Karlsplatz8 | Vienna | state or municipal | 643.7 | 58.7 |
| 10 | Swarovski Kristallwelten | Tyrol | private | 600.0 | 560.0 |
| 11 | Technisches Museum Wien mit Österreichischer Mediathek | Vienna | federal | 467.9 | 515.4 |
| 12 | Leopold Museum | Vienna | private | 359.7 | 377.8 |
| 13 | Haus der Natur – Museum für Natur und Technik | Salzburg | private | 348.3 | 384.0 |
| 14 | Österreichische Galerie Belvedere: Unteres Belvedere | Vienna | federal | 298.1 | 395.7 |
| 15 | Kaiserliche Schatzkammer Wien | Vienna | federal | 295.5 | 279.1 |
| 16 | Internationale Stiftung Mozarteum18: Mozarts Geburtshaus | Salzburg | private | 284.2 | 348.7 |
| 17 | Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum | Tyrol | state or municipal | 275.4 | 145.3 |
| 18 | Schloss Hof | Lower Austria | federal | 258.0 | 238.0 |
| 19 | Haus der Musik | Vienna | state or municipal | 257.0 | 280.0 |
| 20 | KZ-Gedenkstätte Mauthausen | Upper Austria | federal | 228.6 | 216.1 |
| 21 | Heeresgeschichtliches Museum/ Militärhistorisches Institut Wien | Vienna | federal | 219.2 | 227.2 |
| 22 | Mozarthaus Vienna | Vienna | state or municipal | 200.9 | 194.9 |
| 23 | Albertina Modern3 | Vienna | federal | 186.3 | 236.4 |
| 24 | Internationale Stiftung Mozarteum18: Mozarts Wohnhaus | Salzburg | private | 171.2 | 160.3 |
| 25 | Ars Electronica Center | Upper Austria | state or municipal | 168.0 | 176.0 |
Visits in thousands, with a full stop as the decimal mark (Statistik Austria uses a comma). A dash means the source gives no figure. Owner: federal, state or municipal, or private, as the table groups them.
Footnotes from the source (in German, as published)
- 1 Inkl. Gloriette sowie Irrgarten, Organgeriegarten und Kronprinzgarten.
- 2 2001 und 2002 geschlossen.
- 3 Am 13. März 2020 eröffnet.
- 8 Wegen Renovierung längere Zeit geschlossen; Neueröffnung am 6. Dezember 2023.
- 17 Seit 2023 beim Museumsbund Österreich als Museum registriert.
- 18 Bis 2010 Besuche von Mozarts Geburtshaus und Wohnhaus zusammen.
Planning a visit
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Key takeaways
- Schloss Schönbrunn: 3,593.0 thousand visits in 2024.
- Figures are in thousands, as Statistik Austria publishes them.
- What we would skip: reading a ranking as advice; it counts visits, not quality.
Sources
Figures as the official statistics publish them; the ranking and any changes in per cent are ours. See how we research.
- STATISTIK AUSTRIA, Museumsstatistik 2024, table M04 (most visited museums 2001 to 2024). Read it. Accessed 13 October 2026. Reused under Statistik Austria's terms, which allow commercial reuse with the source “STATISTIK AUSTRIA”; table edited by Traveloffsy (ranked, shortened, translated headings).
Modified data: we ranked the museums, translated the headings and state names and wrote the numbers in English format; the figures are unchanged.