Under Judenplatz, the centre of medieval Jewish Vienna, lie the foundations of the synagogue destroyed in the 'Wiener Gesera' pogrom of 1420/21. The museum shows the excavation and the life of Vienna's first Jewish community, right beside Rachel Whiteread's Shoah memorial.
- Address
- Judenplatz 8, 1010 Wien
- Hours
- Sun-Thu 10:00-18:00; Fri 10:00-17:00; closed Sat
- Best time to go
- Morning, Afternoon · About 45 min
- Price
- Combined ticket with the Jewish Museum Dorotheergasse: EUR 15, reduced EUR 13; under 19 free (official site, 2026)
- Price level
- €€
- Free entry
- Last Friday of every month from 13:00
Also free for: Under 19s
Details can change. Check hours and prices before you go.
Good to know
- Visit together with the Whiteread memorial outside; the ground around it lists the places where Austrian Jews were murdered.
- Free for everyone on the last Friday of the month from 13:00.
- The Uhrenmuseum and Am Hof are around the corner.