Globe Museum

The Globe Museum in Vienna is a specialist museum that preserves and displays historic terrestrial and celestial globes and related cartographic instruments, and is part of the collections of the Austrian National Library.

Exhibits cover globe-making techniques and the history of mapping from the early modern period through later centuries, featuring examples of early printed globes, scientific models and explanatory panels. The museum is compact and aimed at visitors interested in cartography, history of science and navigational instruments.

The collection has been assembled from the library’s historic holdings and other acquisitions and is maintained as a specialist research and display collection within Vienna’s cultural institutions.

The museum is located in Vienna and is accessible to visitors to the city; it functions as both a public exhibition space and a reference collection for researchers.

• Collection highlights: Displays include globes and models from the early modern period onward and are of interest to visitors studying the history of cartography and navigation.
• Visit duration: The museum is part of the national library's collections and is relatively compact; typical visits take 30-60 minutes depending on interest in detailed displays.

What to See #

• Terrestrial globes: A collection of historic terrestrial globes that illustrate the development of geographic knowledge and globe-making techniques from the early modern period to the 20th century.
• Celestial globes: Collections of celestial globes and related instruments used to illustrate historical astronomy and navigation, often shown alongside cartographic maps and explanatory displays.