Our educational offers for adults

Over many centuries, the Habsburg family collected art and other objects of cultural and historical significance. Get to know one of the many collections of the Kunsthistorisches Museum in more detail: Our art educators will show you particular items and give you an insight into their historical background. We would also be glad to accompany you through the Imperial Armoury, the Collection of Historic Musical Instruments, the Ephesos Museum, the Imperial Treasury, and the Imperial Carriage Museum in Schönbrunn Palace. 
 

Would you like to find out more about a particular painter – their life, their style, their legacy? Together we pay a visit to one of the old masters and take the time to get to know their works in detail. 

• Titian and Venetian painting
• Pieter Bruegel the Elder (and his descendants)
• Caravaggio and the Caravaggisti
• Diego Velázquez and his time
• Albrecht Dürer and the German Renaissance
• Vermeer’s art of painting and the Dutch Baroque
• Raphael and the Florentine Renaissance
• Peter Paul Rubens and the Flemish Baroque

Discover three great stylistic periods of early modern art with us! What do these terms really mean? Which works and stylistic principles are characteristic of the respective period? Together we will identify their distinguishing features. You want to know even more about it? No problem – the tour can also focus on just one of the three periods.

The objects in the princely cabinets of curiosities were intended to fascinate and confound people. Particularly popular were so-called wonders of nature. Some objects were even said to have special healing powers – their owners hoped they would provide magical help. A guided tour for all those who like to marvel!

Is there life after death? The people of Ancient Egypt were firmly convinced of this. Death was only the transition to the afterlife. To arrive safely in this ‘second life’, a few things had to be observed. Those who could afford it built elaborate tombs, had themselves mummified, underwent the tests of the Book of the Dead, and filled their own resting place with valuable treasures (to be on the safe side). Take a short trip into eternity with us! 

On stone monuments, thin papyrus, or dusty shards: Hieroglyphics tell us exciting stories from thousands of years ago. Do 
a crash hieroglyphics course with us! We discuss magical formulae, the meaning of individual characters, and the development of the most beautiful of all ancient Egyptian scripts.
 

Immortal love, cruel revenge, fantastic transformations, and tragic death – ancient myths fascinated us for well over 2,000 years. They reflect interpersonal relationships and conflicts that have lost none of their relevance. 
Ancient Egypt had a multitude of gods who not only had specific tasks, but were also up to all kinds of mischief. Vases, sculptures, and reliefs from the Collection of Greek and Roman Antiquities bring the world of Greek and Roman legends to life. If you want to know how Renaissance and Baroque artists depicted ancient myths, the Picture Gallery is the right place for you. No matter which collection you choose – a tour full of discoveries awaits you!

Imagine an ancient statue from Greece or Rome: What does it look like? A white marble sculpture immediately comes to mind, 
captivating the eye with its pale elegance. You will be amazed at how colourful and lively antiquity really was. 
Join us on a search for traces (of colour)!