Heeresgeschichtliches Museum

In the location's words:

The Museum of Military History (HGM) in Vienna is located in the Arsenal in Vienna's 3rd district. The imposing building was erected between 1850 and 1856 as the centerpiece of the Arsenal - commissioned by Emperor Franz Joseph - and combines various architectural styles from Byzantine to Moorish to Neo-Gothic. It is also the oldest museum building in Austria to be planned and built as such.

In the museum, military and war history, technology and science as well as art and architecture merge into a unique whole. The approximately 15,000 exhibits in ten halls shed light on Austrian history from around 1600 to the Second World War - with a particular focus on the Habsburg monarchy, the role of the army and Austria's military past on the high seas.

The most important exhibits include weapons, uniforms, works of art and historical documents. The museum is also particularly well known for its exhibition room on the First World War, which includes the carriage in which Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated in Sarajevo in 1914 - an event that triggered the First World War.