District Museum Ottakring
The District Museum Ottakring is a district and local museum dedicated to the 16th Viennese district Ottakring at the address Richard-Wagner-Platz 19b.
The Ottakring District Museum was founded in the interwar period (1935) and is therefore one of the older district museums in Vienna. The collection was first exhibited in 1937 in the Abele School, Friedrich Kaisergasse 32. The Nazi regime closed the district museum in 1939.
In May 1952 the reopening took place at the new location in the Ottakringer Amtshaus, which was temporarily closed from 1969 due to general renovation.
In 1976 the museum was opened permanently; In the summer of 2008, the museum premises were renovated with funds from Municipal Department 7 - Culture. The museum documents the district history of the old Weinhauer suburb, which developed into a densely populated proletarian and immigrant district, in around 3,000 exhibits. Also on show is the Josef Weinträger room, the cabinet of the well-known poet, and a harmonica-making workshop. The current museum director is Robert Medek.
Admission is free, the opening times are regular. Guided tours for groups are available by prior arrangement.
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Coordinates: 48 ° 12 ′ 32.9 ″ N , 16 ° 19 ′ 37.4 ″ E