Museums

Vienna ’s museums, galleries and collections are world-famous. Housed in splendid imperial buildings on the Viennese Ring road the Museum of Fine Arts and the Natural History Museum captivate the visitor with their impressive exhibition objects. The collections in the Museum of Fine Arts were mainly assembled for centuries by the Habsburgers.

They loved the Dutchmen Bruegel, Rubens, Van Dyck, the Venetians and Duerer. The surroundings of The "Art and Treasure Chambers" as well as the picture galleries give one the feeling, even today, of visiting a distinguished princely private collection.

One becomes acquainted with the art and culture of the former emperors of Austria with a walk round the museums in their former living and function rooms: The Sissi museum, the art collections in the Belvedere castle, castle Schoenbrunn and the Hofburg still radiate the splendor of the Austrian monarchy.

The MAK, the Museum of Applied Art exhibits fine craftsmanship, art and design from many epochs. Unique: The numerous show pieces from the legendary Viennese workshops.

Following the traces of the Viennese art nouveau period, the Secession from Otto Wagner is the most important sight of interest in the city. One is impressed not only by the golden domed roof, but also by the Beethoven frieze from Gustav Klimt. The slogan of the "The Association of Visual Artists Austria’s Secession": "the time of their art - the art of their liberty". Art nouveau, which affected not only architecture, but influenced all ranges of daily life, is inseparably connected with names, such as Otto Wagner, Josef Hofmann, Kolo Moser, Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele and Adolf Loos. A further address for art nouveau fans is the Austrian galleries Belvedere

The Albertina collection, the Palace Liechtenstein and the numerous galleries of Vienna are further places to visit for culture-interested Vienna holiday-makers. The KunstHaus Vienna is accommodated in a house built by Friedensreich Hundertwasser. Beside works of the famous painter and architect one can also see drawings of modern art, photography and graphics.

Artistic, Links

Historical museum of arts
www.khm.at

Albertina
www.albertina.at

Galerie Belvedere
www.belvedere.at

Secession
www.secession.at

MuseumsQuartier
www.mqw.at

Palais Liechtenstein
www.liechtensteinmuseum.at

Art house Vienna
www.kunsthaus.at

Vienna from A-Z
www.info.wien.at