Wien Museum Schubert's Birthplace — Attraction in Vienna

Visited 29/5/22

The Schubert family had rooms in a large multi-occupational property. This was where Franz was born and spent just the first 4 years of his life. So there is no express musical connection. But the exhibit displays a lot of the pictures (genuine, I think) and score fragments (probably facsimile) that are associated with Schubert and his background. They have his guitar and a piano that belonged to one of his brothers.

If you have already been to the Mozart House (on which I’ve posted a review) you may find this a little disappointing, as there is no audio guide and it is rather harder to set the scene for Schubert and explain his position in music history. There are ample headphone banks for listening to sone of his better-known works, however.

Allow an hour at most to tour the rooms. Access is up steep stairs only, so this will be difficult to visit if you have difficulty climbing stairs.

The house is in Vienna’s 9th District, so a fair way from the centre. If on foot from a location in say the first or second districts, allow an hour (but the walk will be...

The staff is very unfriendly. One of the staff members kept watching us all along the visit, as if he was in rush; He made us feel very unconfortable, even though we left the museum at least 1h before closing time. The space dedicated to Franz Schubert is very small, the written explanations are only provided in German and there were technical issues with the music headphones installed in the museum. The cables were deterriorated and obstructed the audition. I visited in the same period Beethoven's House in Probusgasse, Haydn's Museum in Haydngasse and Mozart House in Domgasse and unfortunately, Schubert had the poorest resources and experiences. Such a pitty for...

Decided to pop by before going to the airport. Had the Vienna City Card so paid €4 instead of €5. It’s a really small museum with only 2 interactive music exhibits. The rest were all just portraits of Schubert’s family members and paintings of him and his friends.

We arrived when it just opened so we had to open the doors to the exhibit rooms on our own. Do note that the exhibit is all in German and there is no translations provided.

They have a washroom as well, which you need to ask them for the keys to get access to.

Was hoping for a more extensive tour but turned out to be...