The natural history Museum located in Vienna, is considered one of the most important museums not only Austria, but all over the world. It was opened in 1889, simultaneously with the Museum of art history. Building both museums are absolutely identical and geographically separated area of Maria Theresa. The Museum was built to house a huge collection of the Habsburgs. Both buildings were built between 1872 and 1891 for years on the Ringstrasse, the plan by Gottfried Semper and Karl von Hasenauer.

The first collection was bought by Emperor Francis I, Joseph Natterer in 1793. It consisted of about 30,000 exhibits, among which were interesting minerals, corals, various types of snails from around the world. In 1806 the Museum acquired a collection of European insects belonging to Johann Karl von Megerle.

Today the Museum has more than 20 million objects, which are located on the square in 8,700 square meters in 29 different themed rooms. The halls of the Museum are decorated with antique furniture, creating a feeling of "Museum in the Museum".

The most famous exhibits of the Museum include, for example, the Venus of Willendorf. This figurine was discovered in the Wachau in the early 20th century. Statuette of a woman with a height of okolo cm was made of limestone about 25,000 years BC. The Museum displays other valuable exhibits: the skeleton of a Diplodocus dinosaur, samples of extinct animals and plants, for example, Steller cow (sea cow), exterminated by man in the 18th century.

On the first floor of the Museum displays the fauna from the simplest to the highly developed mammals. On the top floor of the Museum collection of minerals and precious stones, and also unique minerals. One of the most interesting exhibits can be called a large Topaz weighing m kg.

Its main objective, the Museum considers the opportunity to convey the results of scientific research and discoveries to a wider audience.