Most of this museum was not worth the time or money, but what saved it from getting a 2 rating was the chance to direct the Vienna Philharmonic at the end. Thankfully the museum wasn't very full at the time, because you have to do this one at a time. If there had been more people, I wouldn't have felt like I could direct the entire song without giving up the baton to someone else.

My experience was awful. I was annoyed that I had to pay one euro for coat check (security reasons). The line for tickets was slow. There were several floors wasted on interactive features. There was only one decent floor on musicians. I would never recommend the House of Music.

We went to the House of Music on a quiet January weekday when we practically had the place for ourselves. This way, it was a lot of fun. My four-year old could do all the conducting and dice-throwing he wanted (he was less interested in the exhibition about the great composers :) ). But I can't imagine that it'd be fun if you have to wait a lot. Also, the floor where you can make all sorts of noise would be way too noisy to enjoy if there were a lot of visitors there. Even as it is, some of the exhibits were loud enough to scare my son - imagine having all of those noise-making exhibits going off at once... Also: the second floor with the "sonosphere" is spooky (dark with strange noises); some kids might be scared.

The only good parts of this exhibit were the historical overviews of Mozart, Beethoven and the other composers. The "interactive" exhibits were awful, complete wastes of time. We were looking forward to this, thinking it'd be similar to a Science Museum exhibit about sound and hearing. Instead, it was a hodgepodge of overly technical explanations, meaningless interactives, cloaked in LCD screens and games to make them seem cutting edge and interactive. I would absolutely NOT waste my time or money on this again.