Naturhistorisches Museum is located at Vienna, which is one of the hosts of EURO 2008. At Vienna, EURO 2008 would be played at Ernst Happel Stadion which has the capacity to accommodate about 50,000 spectators. The spectators of EURO 2008 should not miss visiting the Naturhistorisches Museum. The visitors to the museum at Vienna can have a look at the record of planet earth from the spectacular compilation of the museum.
The collections that are on display at Vienna Naturhistorisches Museum cover an area of 8700 square meters. As per the data of the year 2006, there are 20 million objects that are preserved technically at the museum at Vienna. There are various floors of the Vienna museum. On the upper ground floor the visitors can come across valuable minerals, stones, unusual fossils, dinosaur displays, and primitive works of art.
On the first floor of the museum, wide varieties of animal species ranging from protozoa to exceedingly developed animals are displayed. There are numerous species of stuffed animals which are either extinct or are on the verge of extinction, which make the collections of the museum really unique. Children under 5 years can enter the museum without tickets.
There is a handicapped lift at Vienna Naturhistorisches Museum. The Naturhistorisches Museum of Vienna remains opens from 9.00am to 18.30pm from Thursday to Monday. On Wednesday, the tourists can visit the museum from 9.00am to 21.00pm while on Tuesday the museum remains closed. Naturhistorisches Museum at Vienna is well connected by subway, tramway and buses.
During some occasions, special exhibitions are arranged at Naturhistorisches Museum at Vienna. Among the exhibits of the museum one of the noteworthy collection is the 25,000 years old figure of "Venus of Willendorf", which is a skeleton of the longest terrestrial vertebrate, diplodocus that has ever lived. The tourists to Naturhistorisches Museum can also see the valuable jewels and also a giant topaz that weighs 117 kg.
The address of Naturhistorisches Museum is:
Naturhistorisches Museum,
Burgring 7
A-1010 Vienna
Telephone: +43 (1) 521 77-0
Fax: +43 (1) 523 52 54
