Guided tours and events
We offer a wide range of guided tours and teaching formats for different audiences and age groups. See the parts of the permanent exhibition and special exhibitions that interest you, and experience the Literature Museum in different ways.
Excitement for the whole family
- Guided tours for children and families
Duration: 45 minutes
Age: 6 to 12, accompanied by an adult
Read short stories and poems together and think some up for yourself. It's fun to play with language!
Costs:
Children and young people up to the age of 19 are admitted free of charge to all parts of the museum. Guided tour per child (for 10 or more persons) EUR 3.00;
Accompanying persons or adults (for 10 or more persons) EUR 10.00.
For children's tours in the context of WienXtra/kinderaktiv programme/Wiener Ferienspiel: children (aged 6 to 13) EUR 3,00; adults EUR 10.00
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Schools
- Guided tours for schools
Duration: 45 minutesGuided tours of the Literature Museum are available for all age groups. We want to get students excited about literature and awaken their interest in texts. We also guide school classes with no previous knowledge of literature through the unique listed rooms of the former Hofkammerarchiv. They experience literature in different media, from manuscripts and books to radio plays, music and film. They are encouraged to think about objects and their stories and get a taste for literature.
Costs:
Children and young people up to the age of 19 are admitted free of charge to all parts of the museum.
Guided tour per pupil (for 10 or more persons): EUR 3.00.
Teachers and accompanying persons (two per class) free of charge.
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- Writing Workshop for schools
Duration: 90 minutes
Get creative with your schoolmates! Pupils have the chance to try their hand as authors in a Writing Workshop. To set the mood, they will first be given an overview tour of the permanent exhibition. We invite the pupils to experiment with language and engage with the stories that the texts and objects in our museum have to tell. And, by writing their own pieces, they can become part of the museum themselves.
Costs:
Children and young people up to the age of 19 are admitted free of charge to all parts of the museum.
Guided tour fee per pupil (from 15 pupils): EUR 5.00
Teachers and accompanying persons (two per class) free of charge.
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- “Word Worlds” make children interested in literature and reading
Duration: 50 minutes
"World Worlds" aims to get pupils excited about literature, awaken their interest in texts and impart literary skills. There are age-specific guided tours for school classes of all levels, the contents and forms of communication of which are always linked to the realities of life and the interests of the young people.
Guided tour fee per pupil (from 15 pupils): EUR 3.00 (60 minutes) or EUR 5.00 (120 minutes).
Teachers and accompanying persons (two per class) free of charge.
In cooperation with the » Institute for Youth Literature.
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Adults
- Guided tours for adults
Duration: 45 minutes
Be guided through the range and diversity of Austrian literature from the end of the 18th century until the present day. At the Literature Museum, original manuscripts, letters, rare books and countless audio, film and interactive displays offer an exciting route into the world of writing.
Cost for groups of 10 or more persons:
Adults: Admission price plus EUR 8.00 per person for the guided tour
Students under 27: Discounted admission price of EUR 5.50 plus EUR 3.50 per person for the guided tour
Young people under 19: free admission, EUR 3.00 per person for the guided tour.
Individuals or small groups (under 10 people) can also register for their own guided tour. We offer an all-inclusive price of EUR 140.00 (incl. admissions).
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