This Burial Museum offers an interesting glimpse into the Viennese obsession with funeral rituals and objects. The impressive 18th century wrought-iron grill at the entrance depicts a crowned skeleton. Displays include a widow's mourning attire; lanterns, staffs and liveries used by 17th century pall-bearers; a coffin with a bell in the event someone was mistakenly buried alive and re-awakened; and an economy coffin with a trapdoor so that the deceased could be dropped into the grave and the coffin recycled.

This archaeological museum is devoted to displaying the finds of Greek and Roman artifacts from the site of Ephesus in Turkey and the island of Samothrace in the Aegean Sea. Artifacts include architectural fragments of Corinthian columns, tombs, and the library of Celsius, along with bronze and marble sculptures that rival those found in Istanbul and London. The most outstanding exhibit includes an enormous frieze depicting Lucius Verus's triumph over the Parthians in 165.

The Military History Museum is situated in the Arsenal, a military complex that resembles a medieval-style fortress. Displays and exhibits are arranged in chronological order and feature historic weapons, artillery, armor, campaign maps, flags, standards, paintings of battle scenes, sculptures of the empire's famous generals, and scale models of important ships. A key display features the car in which Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated, the event that provoked the crisis that resulted in World War I.

Vienna's history, from prehistory to the present, is documented in the Historical Museum of the City of Vienna. Displays in this multi-level structure include artifacts from Roman times, architectural fragments and stained glass windows from medieval buildings, old engravings and city plans, objects from the Wiener Werkstätte arts and craft studio, and the reconstructed rooms of architect Adolf Loos and poet Franz Grillparzer, whose furnishings are representative of the Biedermeier style.

Housed in the Palais Eskeles, this museum features a study center, archives, a large library and three floors of exhibition space that document the important role Jews played in the financial, intellectual and cultural development of Europe. An interesting holographic display on the first floor features large glass panels whose contents include images of a medieval matzo bakery, conductor Gustav Mahler, and Nazi violence. The images can be seen only if viewed from the correct angle.