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Sisi Museum • Hofburg Wien Herzlich willkommen auf der offiziellen Seite des Sisi Museum! Welcome on the official page of the Sisi Museum Sisis Aura spüren und erleben!
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Feeling Sisi's aura as a living experiece!

of the new Sisi Museum ✨As the rooms that will soon become part of the new Sisi Museum are being prepared, our restore...
15/10/2026

of the new Sisi Museum ✨

As the rooms that will soon become part of the new Sisi Museum are being prepared, our restorers uncovered a story hidden in plain sight.

The historic stoves in the Empress’s chamber had slowly begun to tilt under their own weight, pressing into the original 18th-century parquet floors. To save them, the team carefully dismantled and rebuilt them.

But one stove held a secret: beneath layers of later paint, traces of its original gilding were still waiting to be discovered. The surprising twist? It was once entirely white. Its distinctive design also points to an earlier origin, likely in the 18th century.

From 19 November, these rooms open to visitors for the very first time. Will you step inside? 🗝️

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📷 © SKB / Manfred Seidl

11/10/2026

🌍👧 Today is International Day of the Girl Child!

On 11 October, we celebrate International Day of the Girl – a day to amplify girls’ voices around the world and remind us that equal opportunities are still not a given.

In 2026, the focus is particularly on every girl’s right to a childhood in which she can shape her own future. Every girl should have the opportunity to learn, develop freely, make her own decisions and shape the future on her own terms. 💪💕

💡 The Schönbrunn Group is also making a bright statement on International Day of the Girl: our sites are illuminated in vibrant pink as a symbolic gesture to raise awareness of the rights and opportunities of girls around the world.

🤝 Together with Plan International Österreich ​, we stand for a future in which every girl can forge her own path.



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Sisi was a dog person. 🐾More generally spoken, Elisabeth was an empathetic animal person through and through. Amongst he...
10/10/2026

Sisi was a dog person. 🐾

More generally spoken, Elisabeth was an empathetic animal person through and through. Amongst her dogs were Horseguard, an Irish Wolfhound depicted in this photograph; Plato, a poodle; and Shadow, a Great Dane. Quite the pack!

For Sisi, dogs were more than just companions. They offered something rare at court: affection without formalities, loyalty without expectations, and company free from politics.

Some things never change.

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📸 Emil Rabending, Empress Elisabeth with Horseguard, around 1870. Wien Museum.

08/10/2026

Goodbye to this dress until November 19 ⏳

With gloves and steady hands, our team carefully took down the replica of Sisi’s coronation dress: first the veil, then the dress with its endless train.

Elisabeth was crowned Queen of Hungary on 8 June 1867. While the coronation of Elisabeth and Franz Joseph was a major political event for the Habsburg Monarchy, it also marked Sisi’s lifelong connection with Hungary.

The design of the original creation worn by Elisabeth was made by Charles Frederic Worth. It wad based on traditional Hungarian costume.

The replica is made of silver brocade with lace and a midnight blue velvet bodice with pearl lacing. Now it is being carefully cleaned before it returns - to the new Sisi Museum.

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What was it really like for Sisi to step into the spotlight?For Empress Elisabeth, public appearances were far more than...
03/10/2026

What was it really like for Sisi to step into the spotlight?

For Empress Elisabeth, public appearances were far more than beautiful gowns, glittering jewels, and imperial ceremony. Naturally shy and uncomfortable being the center of attention, Sisi found her public duties deeply strenuous. Once the appearance was over, she longed to retreat to her private world of writing and poetry.

She revealed her feelings to her friend, Queen Elisabeth of Romania:

📝 “They put beautiful dresses on me and a lot of jewelry, then I appear and say a few words to the people, and then I rush back to my room, tear everything down and write, and Heine dictates to me!”

✨ Behind the imperial image was a woman who sought freedom in words, poetry, and imagination.

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The final act for the renewed Sisi Museum has begun. ✨Behind closed doors, historic rooms are being restored, objects ar...
01/10/2026

The final act for the renewed Sisi Museum has begun. ✨

Behind closed doors, historic rooms are being restored, objects are being repositioned, and a brand new museum route is taking shape - adding 700m² to the museum experience.

From 19 November, this newly imagined journey will take you through the world of Empress Elisabeth, including rooms that have never once been open to the public and exciting new objects to see.

Until then, a few doors stay closed while the magic happens. We’re taking you behind the scenes on social media in the upcoming weeks. Be sure to stick around! 👀

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Violet, emerald or bordeaux? 🎨Which shade was the Empress's favorite - comment your guess below! The answer: A, violet! ...
27/09/2026

Violet, emerald or bordeaux? 🎨

Which shade was the Empress's favorite - comment your guess below!
The answer: A, violet! 💜

As we know today, Sisi adored shades of violet. She wore them with pleasure and even furnished her apartments in them, for example in Schönbrunn and Gödöllő. Her love for violet lives on: the official colours of the Sisi Museum are inspired by it.

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Warning: Your phone storage might not survive this visit. 📸Around 300 of Sisi’s personal treasures are ready for your cl...
25/09/2026

Warning: Your phone storage might not survive this visit. 📸

Around 300 of Sisi’s personal treasures are ready for your close-up at the Sisi Museum.

Her world is waiting for you in the imperial heart of Vienna.

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📷 © SKB / Frank Burchert


🚂 What if a train wagon was designed just for you?In 1873, Empress Elisabeth was given something rather extraordinary: h...
23/09/2026

🚂 What if a train wagon was designed just for you?

In 1873, Empress Elisabeth was given something rather extraordinary: her very own set of railway carriages. Electric lighting, steam heating and even a lavatory brought an entirely new level of comfort to long-distance travel.

And Sisi was not one to let a border get in the way of a journey. Her carriages were designed to travel across different railway networks, with retractable steps that could adapt to different track standards.

Today, you can catch a glimpse of this extraordinary chapter in her life at the Sisi Museum, where a true-to-original reconstruction of her sleeping car brings her journeys back to life.

If you could take Sisi’s private train anywhere, where would you go? 👇

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💡 Why were Archduke Sophie’s sons known as the “Salt Princes”?The story begins in Bad Ischl.After suffering several misc...
20/09/2026

💡 Why were Archduke Sophie’s sons known as the “Salt Princes”?

The story begins in Bad Ischl.

After suffering several miscarriages, Sophie was advised by her doctor to take brine baths in the famous spa town. She followed the recommendation - and soon, something changed. Her first pregnancies occurred after she had begun the treatments.

The connection between the brine baths and her pregnancies was noted at the time, and the nickname “Salt Princes” would follow her sons: Franz Joseph and Ferdinand Max.

Both would become men who shaped the history of the Habsburg monarchy - with a story that begins not in a palace, but in the healing waters of Bad Ischl.

🖼️ Archduchess Sophie with her sons, Archdukes Franz Joseph and Ferdinand Max, 1834. Correspondence card, after a reproduction by Charles Scolik Sr. of the lithograph by Joseph Kriehuber, after a motif by Johann Nepomuk Ender.

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