Sisi Museum

Beautiful and celebrated Empress Elisabeth has long since become a cult figure. The Sisi Museum in the Imperial Apartments of the Imperial Palace compares the myth and the facts. Among the highlights are numerous personal objects once owned by Elisabeth; as well as the most famous portraits of the beautiful empress.

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Elisabeth’s private life is at the center of the exhibition: her rebellion against court ceremony, her escape into a beauty cult, her obsession with being slim, athletic performance, and effusive poetry. From the carefree time as a young girl in Bavaria to the surprising engagement with the Austrian emperor to her 1898 assassination in Geneva, the museum shows the restless life of the legendary empress.

Address: Hofburg, 1010 Wien

Tel: 0043-1-5337570

Website: www.hofburg-wien.at

Opening times:

September to June: Daily 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

July to August: Daily 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.