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The close yet ambivalent bond between animals and humans, from the Middle Ages to today, with works by Goya, Ensor, Maria Lassnig, VALIE EXPORT and Graciela Iturbide.
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A 350-kilogram stone dog opens the show: a 15th-century gargoyle from St. Stephen's Cathedral, which stands right outside. From there the rooms follow five chapters, from "Gejagt, gequält, gegessen" (hunted, tortured, eaten) to "Koexistenz der Kreaturen".
More than 50 artists from the Middle Ages to now, mixing the museum's own holdings with loans and new commissions. Konstanze Stoiber's installation includes a Japanese nightingale floor that chirps when you walk in. In Luzia Hürzeler's video, a cat eats a bust of the artist's head made of cat food. VALIE EXPORT's photograph of Peter Weibel on a leash was taken on Stephansplatz, the square you cross every time you change from the U1 to the U3.
Admission is €10 (€8 reduced, €3 for ages 6 to 18) and covers the whole museum. On Thursdays it stays open until 20:00. Audio guides exist for adults and for families.
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The bond between animals and humans from the Middle Ages to today, with works by Goya, Ensor, Maria Lassnig, VALIE EXPORT and Graciela Iturbide. Vienna lets dogs into its coffee houses, so the city has done its homework.
Look for
The 350-kilogram stone dog
A 15th-century gargoyle from St. Stephen's Cathedral that greets you at the start of the show.
Konstanze Stoiber's nightingale floor
A large installation referring to the cathedral, with bird imagery in painted structures and a Japanese floor that chirps as you step on it.
Deborah Sengl's mouse diorama
A scene in which mice run experiments on human fingers, reversing the usual lab roles.
Jan Stolker's family portrait
A 1766 portrait of a family that includes a guinea pig.
Alexandra Kontriner's Perikularium II
Fifteen precise drawings of endangered Austrian insect species, made in 2026.
Good for
- Evening Visits
- Rainy Days
With kids
Children aged 6 to 18 pay €3, under-6s are free and a family ticket costs €18. The museum offers a family audio guide.
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- tierisch menschlichGraciela Iturbide, Nuestra Señora de las Iguanas (Our Lady of the Iguanas), Juchitán, Oaxaca, 1979. Dom Museum Wien, Otto Mauer Contemporary, Courtesy of the artist, Foto: L. Deinhardstein.
- A Muslim, a Christian, and a Jew - Eran ShakineCourtesy of Jewish Museum Vienna (Jüdisches Museum Wien)
- The Special Case of Steffy Goldner: The New York Philharmonic's First WomanCourtesy of Jewish Museum Vienna (Jüdisches Museum Wien)
- No Way Home: Viennese Jews in ExileCourtesy of Jewish Museum Vienna (Jüdisches Museum Wien)
- Dom Museum WienBauer Alfons / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Jewish Museum Vienna (Jüdisches Museum Wien)Sonja Bachmayer / Jewish Museum Vienna, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Haus der MusikClemens Pfeiffer, Wikimedia Commons
- MAK – Museum of Applied ArtsGugerell / Wikimedia Commons, CC0
- Theatermuseum (Palais Lobkowitz)Gryffindor / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.5