Our programme for primary schools

Travelling back in time together: Do you want to discover pyramids in Ancient Egypt or meet ancient heroes? Want to discover the secrets of Renaissance and Baroque painters or marvel at precious objects made of gold, coconut, or ivory? Our art educators will introduce you to one of the museum's collections! In the Hofburg and Wagenburg, they reveal interesting facts about knightly fashion made of steel, specific musical instruments, imperial crowns, or vehicles in which the Habsburg family travelled by coach. 
 

Everyone has heard of mummies! But are you brave enough to meet one? Here at the museum you have the opportunity to do just that: We will discuss how and why the dead were mummified in Ancient Egypt, how expensive this was, and which objects were a must in Ancient Egyptian tombs. 

Watch out, things are getting wild: Many animals are hidden in the museum – very small and really huge, harmless and dangerous. And a few mythical creatures are also up to mischief here. Do you dare to pay them a visit? Come with us on an exciting journey through the Picture Gallery!

The painter Pieter Bruegel the Elder made a series of extraordinary paintings that show what was going on around 450 years ago: He takes us to a freezing cold winter landscape, shows us a large construction site, takes us to a wedding, or transforms a town into a huge outdoor playground for children! Discover the pictorial worlds of Pieter Bruegel, teeming with people, play, and fun. 

In the Picture Gallery, you can get to know many different people: a little princess setting off on a great journey, peasants celebrating, or people selling their goods at the market. We pay them a visit and find out what their everyday lives were like many hundreds of years ago.

Whether hard as stone, soft as wax, red as fire, or white as snow – many different materials can be found in the Kunstkammer. They have all been transformed into extraordinary works of art by artists. In the Kunstkammer, we reveal which tricks and techniques were used. You will also find out where the materials originally came from, and what properties and powers people attributed to them in the past. 

People in ancient times loved stories about the adventures, transformations, and quarrels of gods and heroes. How did they imagine the deities? What powers and characteristics did they attribute to them? We will pay a visit to Anubis, Aphrodite, Athena, and many more and meet the heroes who took them on. 

How did people live many thousands of years ago? Who wore make-up in Ancient Egypt? Did children have holidays in ancient Greece? And did they eat lying down in ancient Rome? We will talk about the lives and habits of people in the past and draw comparisons between everyday life then and now.