Vienna Funeral Museum

The Vienna Funeral Museum is located at Vienna Central Cemetery and explores the city’s distinctive traditions surrounding funerals, cemeteries and attitudes towards death.

Vienna is famous for the expression “a schöne Leich”, which refers not only to an elaborate funeral but also to the city’s characteristic cultural relationship with death and remembrance.

The museum presents the history of Vienna’s funeral culture and cemetery traditions through original objects, photographs, documents and interactive displays.

Historic exhibits reveal changing attitudes towards death and burial, including unusual objects connected with the historical fear of being buried alive.

The museum combines historical information with Vienna’s distinctive humour and offers an unusual perspective on an important part of the city’s cultural history.