What Does the Guided Tour Include?
This guided tour includes:
- The Sisi Museum—highlighting the life, portraits, and myth of Empress Elisabeth.
- The Imperial Apartments—rooms where Sisi and Emperor Franz Joseph actually lived.
- The tour runs daily in German and English, with set admission times.
When Is It Available?
The museum is open daily, 9:00 – 17:30, with last admission at 16:00 (exit allowed until 16:45). Guided tour times typically occur around 11:30 and 15:30.
Where Is It Located?
You’ll enter via the Michaelerkuppel (St. Michael’s Dome) in the Hofburg Palace, Vienna’s historic imperial heart. It's accessible via U3 (Herrengasse), trams 1, 2, D, 71, and buses 1A, 2A.
How Long Is the Tour?
The guided tour is approximately 120 minutes, offering an immersive experience through richly curated spaces that blend personal artifacts and stately rooms.
What Can You Expect Inside?
You'll discover Sisi’s private belongings: from mourning jewelry and elegant ball gowns to intimate letters, her harp, and even her funeral death mask. Then step into the Imperial Apartments—the lifeworld of the Habsburgs—adorned with historic furnishings and imperial décor.
Special Highlights
- Personal Treasures of the Empress: Dresses, jewelry, personal stationery, Sisi’s beauty box, and more.
- Imperial Apartments: Experience authentic chambers of royal everyday life.
- Myth vs. Reality: The museum reframes the romanticized “Sisi myth” through authentic objects and narrative.