Provide your guests with a truly unique experience in an imperial setting. We offer first-class locations, culinary pleasures, and individual cultural possibilities.
Celebrations, gala dinners, receptions
Plan your celebration: whether it's a dinner for two, a gala dinner, or a Christmas party with a cocktail reception – our beautiful venues leave nothing to be desire.
Bassanosaal Lounge Eroica-Saal
Weddings and wedding shoots
Getting married at the Museum: celebrate your civil wedding with us and use the extraordinary location for a wedding shoot
Concerts, seminars, lectures
Discover the perfect setting for your event.
Immerse yourself in the magnificent world of the Kunsthistorisches Museum, the Weltmuseum Wien, and the Theatermuseum Wien.
Make your event an unforgettable experience – surrounded by artistic masterpieces, fascinating cultural treasures, and the timeless elegance of historical architecture. Whether a gala dinner, concert, or private tour – here, every event becomes a glamorous highlight.
The Kunsthistorisches Museum is one of the most impressive museum buildings of the nineteenth century.
The stock is unique – together with the gorgeous monumental building it opens an unbelievable world, which stimulates all human senses.
The Main Staircase and the Cupola Hall combine baroque decorative features to one of the most precious interior rooms of all European museum architecture. The original ceiling and wall paintings are amongst others by Mihály von Munkácsy, Hans Makart and Gustav Klimt. Antonio Canova’s statue of Theseus Slaying the Centaur is the focal point of the landing and is particularly well suited for welcoming your guests personally, or for starting the evening with a performance of music or dancing.
Cocktail: up to 700 people Theatre Style: up to 200 people Banquet: up to 200 people Catering possible ✓
The impressive Entrance Hall leads to a series of wonderfully decorated rooms. You may choose to welcome your guests with a cocktail reception held in the Entrance Hall. This area offers access to the Egyptian and Near Eastern Collection and to the Kunstkammer – or use the Mezzanine for small receptions and as an effective entrée to the Kunstkammer.
Cocktail: 250 people Catering possible ✓
The Bassano Hall – for a long time only housing works by the correspondent Venetian family of painters – is the ideal venue for concerts, lectures, readings or seminars. The area directly in front of the Hall entrance can be used for coffee breaks or receptions.
Cocktail: 180 people Theatre Style: 180 people Board: 30 people Circle of chairs: 40 people U-shape: 30 people
Catering possible ✓ Civil marriage ✓ During opening hours ✓
The Lounge on the 2nd floor with a breathtaking view into the Cupola Hall is the perfect location for a private cocktail party. Enjoy delicious food and fine drinks, while looking at the amazing Maria Theresien-Platz and the Naturhistorisches Museum Vienna. Events are only possible outside our opening hours.
Cocktail: 50 people Banquet: 30 people Catering possible ✓ During opening hours ✓ Civil marriage ✓
The Lobkowitz Palace was the first important town palace built in Vienna.
During the Congress of Vienna, many magnificent balls and receptions were held at the palace. Continuing this tradition, we offer you the opportunity to stage events in one of Vienna’s most beautiful baroque palaces.
The Eroica-Hall is the ideal location for all kinds of festivities and events, such as concerts and musical performances, book presentations, symposia or dinners. It is also a sparkling area for elegant dinners.
Cocktail: 90 people Theatre Style: 90 people Banquet: 80 people
Catering possible ✓ During opening hours ✓
The impressive Entrance Hall leads to a series of wonderfully decorated rooms. You may choose to welcome your guests with a cocktail reception held in the Entrance Hall. This area offers access to the Egyptian and Near Eastern Collection and to the Kunstkammer – or use the Mezzanine for small receptions and as an effective entrée to the Kunstkammer.
Cocktail: 250 people Catering possible ✓
The Weltmuseum Wien is one of the most important of its kind in the world.
The sumptuous Hall of Columns and the Forum can be rented for various events. Guided tours of the Collection or of current special exhibitions complete the agenda of your event.
The sumptuous Hall of Columns provides an unforgettable setting for gala dinners, cocktails, receptions, readings, or concerts. Additionally this representative room, furnished with a glass ceiling, proves equally suited as a venue for the presentation of books, companies, or their products, or press conferences. A grand staircase leads up to the landing on the mezzanine which can also be used for receptions.
Cocktail: 400 people Theatre Style: 200 people Banquet: 300 people Catering possible ✓
The Forum (Lecture Hall) at the Weltmuseum Wien lends itself to events like concerts and lectures, seminars or workshops. Coffee breaks and catering are possible in the Kanonengang Gallery with a view of Heldenplatz Square, in the Lounge or the marble-clad Steinsaal.
Theatre Style: 120 people Parliament: 50 people Board: 28 people Circle of chairs: 30 people U-shape: 20 people
Catering possible ✓ During opening hours ✓
Add the finishing touches to your event
6.30 pm to 8.30 pm,
for up to 100 persons
Catering possible ✓
Tours of the collections by experienced art historians are included
Provide your guests with a truly unique experience in an imperial setting.
Are you looking for an elegant way to begin an unforgettable evening, or do you just want to surprise your guests?
We offer a private opening of our collections: the Picture Gallery, the Egyptian and Near Eastern Collection, or the Collection of Greek and Roman Antiquities of the Kunsthistorisches Museum, as well as the Treasury with its famous Habsburgs’ crowns and insignia. Or armour and historical arms at the Collection of Arms and Armour. Furthermore the Carriage Museum at Schönbrunn with vehicles, carriages and sedan chairs can be opened for an exclusive private tour.
Enjoy culinary excellence in a unique setting: our exclusive catering partners ensure an unforgettable taste experience. At the Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna you will be spoilt with tradition and world-famous quality provided by Gerstner, Purveyor to the Imperial and Royal Court. For events at the Weltmuseum Wien, any.act is at your side – known for its creative, sophisticated cuisine and customized menus. Let your guests enjoy first-class dishes that are perfectly tailored to your event!
Exclusive rental of the museums is generally possible outside the regular opening hours.
Opening Times
Kunsthistorisches Museum
Weltmuseum Wien
Theatermuseum
Our lecture rooms (Bassano Hall, the Lecture Room, and the Rubens Lounge in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, and the Forum in the Weltmuseum Wien) can also be hired during the regular opening hours of the Museum.
Information on the maximum number of people at each location can be found here
If you hire the Museum after regular opening hours, it will be open exclusively to you and not accessible to the public.
If you hire the Museum after regular opening hours, it will be open exclusively to you and not accessible to the public.
The opening of a collection for a maximum of one hour is included in the hire fee. Costs may be incurred if you wish to have access to a special exhibition.
Yes, guided tours/info points can be offered on a wide variety of topics, we are happy to cater to your wishes.
Catering and technical equipment can be set up during the day during the Museum’s regular opening hours.
The locations are equipped with a sound system and microphone for speeches, which can be provided free of charge. Technical support, special technology, and special equipment (e.g. stage, screen, ambient lighting, etc.) must be arranged directly with our exclusive technician partner.
You can find more information here
The caterer will provide you with furniture (e.g. bar tables, tables, chairs, etc.), this must be agreed directly with the respective contact person.
Only flame-retardant impregnated materials may be used to decorate the event rooms you have hired (dry fog, confetti, and the like are not permitted). Any handling of open flames is not permitted.
Yes, our premises are fully accessible.
Informationen zur Anreise
Kunsthistorisches Museum
Weltmuseum Wien
Theatermuseum
Yes, please contact our colleagues in the Publication & Image Rights department via info.repro@khm.at.
Yes, the Eroica Hall in the Theatre Museum, the Bassano Hall in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, and the Forum in the Weltmuseum Wien are particularly suitable for concerts.
The Mystery Makers company offers mystery hunts through the Collection of Classical Antiquities and the Kunstkammer of the Kunsthistorisches Museum. You can find more information on the Mystery Makers Website.
For small groups, this format can also be booked during an exclusive hire.
The costs of hiring our premises depend on the room and the number of people. There are also costs for Museum staff, insurance, and cleaning. Costs for guided tours or info points are optional. Please contact us at event@khm.at for a customized quote.
Please note that quotes for technical equipment and catering must be requested separately via our exclusive partners. We will be happy to forward your enquiry in this regard.
We will take out compulsory short-term event liability insurance for your event.
Yes, we will charge a deposit upon conclusion of the contract.
Cancellations free of charge are generally possible 12 weeks before the event, after which cancellation fees will be charged. In exceptional cases, other arrangements may apply.
Yes, civil weddings, free-form weddings, or religious wedding ceremonies are possible at the Kunsthistorisches Museum. Please contact us about the possibilities via
No, you need to contact the civil registry office directly to arrange your wedding. If you choose to have your wedding at our venue, we will confirm your appointment with the Referat Traumhochzeit in Wien der MA 63.
Yes, a civil wedding or symbolic ceremony is possible during the Museum’s opening hours.
Yes, you can take wedding photos before or after the ceremony. However, this is usually only possible outside of opening hours. We recommend therefore, if possible, that you take the photos before or after the Museum’s opening hours on the day of your wedding.
Yes, you can take wedding photos before or after the ceremony. However, this is usually only possible outside of opening hours. We recommend therefore, if possible, that you take the photos before or after the Museum’s opening hours on the day of your wedding.
Wedding photoshoots are possible daily, subject to availability, from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. and from 6.30 p.m. to 8.30 p.m. (except Thursdays) at the Kunsthistorisches Museum and the Weltmuseum.
Unfortunately, photoshoots are not permitted during the official opening hours.
No, you will need to hire someone yourselves.
The cost is a flat rate of € 600 plus 20% VAT.
Yes, you can take photos in the collection rooms (e.g. the Picture Gallery). However, photography is only allowed without flash or additional lighting.
Yes, please contact us regarding this at event@khm.at.
