Literature Museum The Austrian National Library’s Literature Museum is the first museum in the country that communicates the huge variety of Austrian literature from the end of the 18th century to the present. It is housed in the Grillparzer House, the former Austro-Hungarian Exchequer Archive. Duration: 1,5 hours
Imperial Furniture Collection The Imperial Furniture Collection is a fascinating museum in Vienna. What originally started as a simple furniture depot for the Habsburg dynasty grew into what is now the world’s largest collection of furniture with 165,000 items! You will be able to view the emperors’ original furnishings from Hofburg Palace. Among many […]
Leopold Museum The Leopold Collection is one of the most significant collections of modern art in Vienna, with masterpieces of Art Nouveau, Austrian Expressionism and the Viennese Modern. It is the most visited museum in the most popular cultural centre in the city – the MuseumsQuartier, and houses the largest Egon Schiele collection in the […]
Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna The Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna was built in the 19th century to house the vast art collections of the Imperial family. Today it is considered one of the most important art museums in the world. It houses in addition to the Egyptian-Oriental collection, and Roman and Greek antiquities the most extensive coin and […]
Kunst Haus Wien (Museum Hundertwasser) Bright splashes of color, irregular forms and an abundance of green – there’s no mistaking Austrian artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser’s Kunst Haus Wien. Within the Kunst Haus Wien you find the Museum Hundertwasser, which presents a unique cross-section of the oeuvre of the Austrian artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser (1928-2000), including keypaintings as […]
Globe Museum The Austrian National Library’s Globe Museum is the only one of its kind in the world. It presents valuable terrestrial globes and armillary spheres, globes of the moon and various planets as well as instruments in which globes constitute an integral part such as planetariums, telluriums and lunariums. Duration: 1,5 hours
Esperanto Museum The Esperanto Museum is one of the most important museums for planned languages in the world. Its modern museum concept communicates the varied history of Esperanto as well as numerous other artificial languages, thus addressing man’s fascinating relationship to language. Duration: 1,5 hours
Belvedere The Belvedere, once built as a magnificent summer palace for Prince Eugene of Savoy, now houses the collections of Austrian painting and sculpture from the Middle Ages to the 20th century in a context of European art. One good reason to visit the gallery in the Upper Belvedere is Gustav Klimt, with his golden […]
Albertina, Palais and Museum The Albertina has one of the largest and most valuable graphics collections in the world. One of the Habsburgs’ most opulent residential palaces, the Albertina is situated on a remnant of the former city wall. Masterpieces of its collection include Dürer’s “Hare” or his “Hands Folded in Prayer” and other works […]
Academy of Fine Arts Presented in a new visual concept, the Collection of Old Masters is again on view in the Academy of Fine Arts, a masterpiece of Theophil Hansen, one of Vienna’s leading architects of the late 19th century. He designed it for the world-renowned Vienna Academy of Fine Arts, the oldest of its […]