Neidhart Festsaal (formerly Neidhart Frescoes) — Attraction in Vienna

Loved this place, part of the Wien Museum. As such, on the first Sunday of each month the entrance is free of charge. The museum is a ballroom with wall paintings (the oldest surviving from a private home in Vienna): basically, a small rectangular room, with explanations and captions both in English and German, some vitrines in the middle with pieces of objects, but also a touch screen to read more about the place, the owner/merchant and scenes depicted. You can open some drawers and see more objects, so there's that element of interaction. From the outside, with the big door of the building shut, you would think it's closed and you may have to ring to be let in. Then again you have to find your way, since it is on the first floor and the door to enter the room will be closed too. I think partly because of all this, even if the building is super central!, it was quiet and peaceful on Sunday morning: in fact, for the good part we were alone with the one member of staff sitting at the desk at the end of the room. There are a very few nails on the wall just by the entrance where you may leave your coat (and the bag on the floor, if you wish), but you may as well keep all on you since the visit will...

It's a small museum (only one room) that introduces a piece of medieval life. There are many wooden cards that each or them explain a normal life of medieval age. The museum is also popular for its secular old paintings. The door of the building was closed and we rang the museum bell to enter. Then we went up with the elevator. Access to this museum with a wheelchair is a...

It's interesting because you have to make it interesting--there's just not so much to see here. That said, they did the best they could do, and the modern interactive displays are informative and well designed.

I felt a bit sorry for the place because, let's be honest, Vienna has some of the best cultural institutions and this place just feels like a preview with an...