Conference Room This room was used for the ministerial conferences which were always chaired by the emperor. It could also be entered from the room occupied by the duty aide-de-camp, who announced…

Imperial Apartments Imperial apartements Court ceremonial dictated that each member of the family had their own apartment or suite in one of the numerous palace wings. Whereas most of these…

Study ‘As soon as the children were capable of eating on their own they were allowed to lunch with him in his study – often as many as eight at a time.’ The Study Here the emperor began his work…

Bedroom When the imperial couple moved into separate bedrooms, Franz Joseph had a portable brown-painted iron bedstead set up in this room, an arrangement he also used at Schönbrunn, Budapest,…

Sisi Museum Sisi Museum Among the 300 objects on display in the museum are parasols, fans and gloves, items of clothing, beauty preparations, her milk glass with its travelling case, her…

Large Salon "… he [i.e. Franz Joseph] liked dallying in these small drawing rooms when he was visited by his family, his brother, his grandchildren, nephews etc. There in their company he would take…

Silver Collection Please note that the silver collection will be closed from April 1, 2023 until further notice. Thank you for your understanding. Silver Collection This history of the…

Small Salon The Small Salon served as a smoking room and is today a memorial room to Emperor Maximilian of Mexico. The Small Salon The younger brother of Franz Joseph, Maximilian accepted the…

The Hofburg The rooms where once Emperor Joseph II drew up his revolutionary programme of reforms, where the Congress of Vienna met and danced and where Emperor Franz Joseph held audiences, now…

Living Room & Bedroom Originally this room was the bedroom of the imperial couple. In 1870 Franz Joseph moved into a separate bedroom in the Imperial Chancellery Wing. The originally room for the…