To the ticket lady at the counter on 22/7/‘21 - quarter to closing time, Since I entered the shop you’ve been awkwardly following me around with your hawk eyed gaze. In spite of the fact that it is my (caucasian) partner who is frantically looking for last minute postcards and I’m the one casually browsing. In the end, while my partner is paying for his items, I’m taking a card on the left of the counter, where there are only free cards on display. You should get to know your working space better in stead of making non-caucasian people feel ill at ease and accusing them of stealing! It’s funny though, you’re working for an art institution. Art is there to free and enlighten the mind. I would suggest Wien Museum MUSA to gift their staff free entrance to their musea in order to enlighten and educate their employees and avoid these kind of (micro-)agressions in the...
Read moreThere's only one main room in this museum, as far as I'm aware, so I don't think they have much of a permanent collection. We saw the Rot Wien (Red Vienna) exhibit and find it really good, informative, and enlightening as to why Vienna is how it is today. There are a couple of other exhibit spaces for art. There's a little cafe inside that serves one of the best Italian coffees I've had in Vienna, situated as kind of part of the museum bookstore. This is a museum for a certain kind of adult (hipster, sophist, social sciences PhD), likely not...
Read morecurrently (open until 19 January 2020) features a very nice exhibition about Red Vienna, the time period from 1919 to 1934 when socialism was a major political force in the city; the whole thing is rather nicely curated, but more of an entry point into the topic, since the exhibition is somewhat small. the museum caters to everyone speaking German or English and features interesting objects/artwork. great for a not-so-long visit and a great way to explore the history of the city, both for locals...
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