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Category: Art Museums - Vienna Attractions & Activities
Address: Freyung 8, Vienna 1010
Established to present the works of international modernist artists and the best of the post-WWII Avant-garde, this is Austria's first exhibition center to be run by the private sector. Since opening in 1989, the 1120 square meter space has seen over 4 million visitors, making it one of the country's most visited attractions. This is achieved...
Category: Art Museums - Vienna Attractions & Activities
Address: Prinz-Eugen-Strasse 27, Upper Belvedere Palace, Vienna 1030
Both the upper and lower palaces of the Belvedere feature museums devoted to Austrian art. In fact, the building itself is a masterpiece of Baroque architecture. The Museum of Austrian Baroque Art displays 17th and 18th century paintings and sculptures. Highlights from the museum include the collection of wonderfully grotesque sculptures by Franz...
Gemaeldegalerie der Akademie der Bildenden Kuenste
Category: Art Museums - Vienna Attractions & Activities
Address: Schillerplatz 3, Vienna 1010
The Art Gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts focuses on an important selection of works by the Old Masters. Hieronymus Bosch's impressive altarpiece triptych "Last Judgment" is the hallmark of this gallery. Flemish and Italian painters are well represented, and the collection includes works by Guardi, Rubens, Rembrandt, Van Dyck and Titian.
Category: Art Museums - Vienna Attractions & Activities
Address: Maria Theresien-Platz, Vienna 1010
The Museum of Fine Arts is one of the best in Europe. Over the centuries, the Habsburgs assembled a diverse collection of great art from around the world. Acquisitions by such Old Masters as Dürer, Rubens, Rembrandt, Raphael, Vermeer, Titian, and Velasquez are the hallmark of the collection that also includes treasures from Oriental, Greek, Roman...
Category: Art Museums - Vienna Attractions & Activities
Address: Karlsplatz 5, Vienna 1010
Styled in the manner of an Italian Renaissance palazzo, the entrance of this "House of Artists" is lined with marble statues of Velasquez, Raphael, da Vinci, Titian, Michelangelo and Rubens. The museum was founded by the Vienna Artists Society in the 19th century; its main house presents an eclectic mix of themed exhibitions; the gallery is used...
Category: Art Museums - Vienna Attractions & Activities
Address: Museumsplatz 1, Vienna 1070
Hosts short-term exhibitions, but is most famous for its permanent exhibit: the Leopold Collection, 5000 works by modern Austrian artists collected over 5 decades by Rudolf and Elisabeth Leopold. Works by Austria's famous Vienna Secession artists, Klimt and Kokoschka, are displayed, and the museum holds the world's largest collection by a third,...
Category: Art Museums - Vienna Attractions & Activities
Address: Museumsplatz 1, MuseumsQuartier, Vienna 1070
The museum of modern art is dedicated to art of the 20th and 21st centuries, with collections from classical modernism, nouveau réalisme, fluxus, pop-art and Viennese actionism movements. As well as being informative, guided tours challenge visitors to think about and criticize the art. Housed in the big, grey lump in the courtyard of the fabulous...
Category: Art Museums - Vienna Attractions & Activities
Address: Neue Burg, Vienna 1010
This ethnological museum is situated around an arcaded Italian Renaissance-style courtyard. The collections focus on non-European cultures. The Oriental collection features lacquer screens, garments, furniture, ceramics and musical instruments. Figurines, masks and artifacts include a series of court portraits from Benin. Brass plaques and fine...
Category: Art Museums - Vienna Attractions & Activities
Address: Friedrichstrasse 12, Vienna 1010
This pavilion was built to house the works of artists who turned away from conservative academic aesthetics and formed the Secession Movement during the late 19th century. The entrance is topped with an openwork dome comprised of 3000 gilt bay leaves, affectionately referred to as the "golden cabbage." The permanent collection houses art by Gustav...
Österreichisches Museum für Angewandte Kunst (MAK)
Category: Art Museums - Vienna Attractions & Activities
Address: Stubenring 5, Vienna 1010
The city's Museum of Applied Arts includes magnificent collections of Austrian furniture and porcelain; sacramental fabrics and ornaments from a 13th-century Benedictine convent; Egyptian, Persian and Turkish carpets; and glass and furniture by design masters. An English language guided tour is available at noon on Sundays.
