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Museums and exhibitions in Vienna

Vienna has over 100 museums – major collections of global caliber and bizarre little ones. Visit them, look at them, marvel at them.

CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

Maria Theresa with her husband and children

Maria Theresa: 300th birthday in 2017

Archduchess Maria Theresa, the only Habsburg woman to rule Austria, was born on 13 May 1717. Numerous exhibitions in 2017 pay honor to …

Mother with child

Pictures of women

An exhibition at the Leopold Museum is dedicated to the pictures of women created by well-known Austrian artists.

Jakob Alt: Balloon ride over Vienna, 1847

Vienna from the air

Attempts to view the city from the air have been around for centuries. Only the possibilities for doing so have changed. An exhibition at the Wien …

Rothberger department store on Stephansplatz

Jewish store culture

A new exhibition at the Jewish Museum Vienna is dedicated to the emergence of Jewish shops and department stores.

Antique bowl

Klimt and Antiquity

An exhibition in the Orangery of the Belvedere is dedicated to the fascinating dialog between Gustav Klimt's work and the art of antiquity.

The Ass at School

Bruegel's view of the world

Pieter Bruegel the Elder is one of the most important Dutch draftsmen in the world. The Albertina is dedicating a comprehensive exhibition to …

curated by_vienna, Galerie Gabriele Senn, set-up

Culture capital in fall 2017

Everything in Vienna revolves around art again in autumn 2017. A large art fair, an art week, various exhibition projects and the Long Night of …

Sign with the inscription Wiener Chic

Vienna and its writings

During "Sign Week Vienna", everything revolves around the topic of city signage and sign painting for one whole week.

Porträt-Foto Johann Strauss Sohn

150 years of the Blue Danube Waltz

Once somewhat disreputable, for many it now epitomizes Vienna: the Viennese waltz. 150 years ago Johann Strauss catapulted the waltz to …

Vienna Now

Dive into Vienna's art scene – with VIENNA / NOW

VIDEO: Experience the classics of art history and discover highlights of the avant-garde ...

Woman with a blindman's stick

Dialogue in the Dark

Anyone who has ever wanted to know how blind people perceive the world now has the opportunity to learn about it in Vienna's Schottenstift during …

Kunsthalle, MuseumsQuartier

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Phantastenmuseum, Gerhard Strassgschwandtner

Video: Off-Beat-Museums

Vienna has always been one of the world’s greatest cities for museums. The capital’s 300-­strong list of exhibition venues includes a number of …

Two girls feeling felt anemones

Museums for children

Vienna boasts about 100 museums and collections - from very little ones to very big ones. And some of them are ideal for children.

Albertina

Art in the Evening

From the Albertina to the House of Music: Many Viennese museums keep their doors open for visitors until late in the evening.

Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Relief

Approaching art from a new angle

Vienna’s museums have found a number of ingenious ways to make their exhibitions more accessible to visually impaired and deaf visitors.

Museum of Modern Art - mumok

Contemporary Art in Vienna

Lots of contemporary art is on presentation in Vienna alongside Baroque opulence. The creative Austrian and international art scene has long …

Salt cellar 'Saliera' by Benvenuto Cellini

Kunstkammer Vienna

More than 2,100 valuable objects, which were collected by the emperors and archdukes of Habsburg over centuries, are on display in the Kunstkammer …

Museum of Fine Arts, Vienna

Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien (Art History Museum)

The Kunsthistorisches Museum (Art History Museum) was built in 1891 near the Imperial Palace to house the extensive …

Albertina

Albertina

The Albertina not only has the largest and most valuable graphical collections in the world, with works such as Dürer’s “Hare” and Klimt's studies of women. Its …

Trams in the Transport Museum

"Remise" Transport Museum

The new Transport Museum of Wiener Linien was created in the former Erdberg depot in 2014. It shows historic and modern vehicles and offers …

Liechtenstein Garden Palace

Liechtenstein Garden Palace

One of the biggest Rubens collections and key works by van Dyck, Lucas Cranach and Raffael can be admired, as can works by Rembrandt, van …

Ballroom in Liechtenstein City Palace

Liechtenstein City Palace

After extensive renovations, the Liechtenstein City Palace shines with a new gleam.

Belvedere

Belvedere

See Gustav Klimt's legendary painting "The Kiss" as well as major works by Schiele and Kokoschka for yourself. You’ll be delighted by the magnificent baroque …

Interior shot of the Literature Museum

Literature Museum

The Literature Museum of the Austrian National Library presents the history of Austrian literature from the 18th century until today.

Wien Museum Karlsplatz

Vienna Museum Karlsplatz

Here, the history of Vienna is documented, starting with the first settlements on the Danube and the Vindobona camp on the northern border of the …

Leopold Museum

MuseumsQuartier

Vienna’s exciting art complex near the Imperial Palace offers not only renowned museums such as the Leopold Museum, with its numerous works by Schiele, the …

Kunst Haus Wien

Kunst Haus Wien

Colorful areas, irregular forms, many grown over with lush green plants: this is how painter Friedensreich Hundertwasser (1928 - 2000) encouraged new …

MAK - Austrian Museum of Applied Arts/Contemporary Art

MAK - Museum for Applied Arts

Design is one of the main features of MAK. The museum shows furniture, glass, china, silver, and textiles from the Middle Ages to the present …

Posters and photos marking the 100th birthday of Orson Welles in the Third Man Museum

The Third Man Museum

The Third Man Museum is a meeting place for people interested in film and a door-opener to Vienna’s post-war history. In addition to the extensive …

Interior shot of the Funeral Museum

Funeral Museum

The Funeral Museum at Vienna's Central Cemetery gives insights into the funeral and cemetery culture of past centuries.

Museum of Natural History

Naturhistorisches Museum Vienna (Natural History Museum)

The history of the earth and the breathtaking variety of nature can be practically experienced due to 20 million …

Hieronymus Bosch, The Last Judgment, inner side

Academy of Fine Arts, Picture Gallery

The Academy of Fine Arts was built from 1872 to 1876 according to plans by Theophil Hansen. Its Picture Gallery shows valuable works …

House of Music

House of Music

Vienna, the city of music, there is also a place where you will be "all ears."

Front view of the Museum of Military History

Museum of Military History

The Museum of Military History examines the history of the Habsburg Monarchy from the end of the 16th century to the end of the monarchy in 1918, …

Technical Museum, exterior view

Museum of Technology

The Vienna Museum of Technology offers extraordinary insights into the world of technology in a space of 22,000 square meters.

BA-CA Kunstforum, entrance

Bank Austria Kunstforum Wien

The Bank Austria Kunstforum of Vienna chiefly displays art from the classic and modern period and postwar avant-garde.

Figure of “Vanity”

Porcelain Museum in the Augarten

A museum in the former imperial pleasure building in the Augarten illustrates the history of Viennese porcelain from its beginnings to …

Viktor Frankl Museum Vienna

Viktor Frankl Museum

A museum is dedicated to the world-famous founder of logotherapy and existential analysis, Viktor E. Frankl, in the 9th district.

View of the main niche of St. Vergilius Chapel

Medieval Vergilius Chapel

The Vergilius Chapel next to St. Stephen’s Cathedral is one of the best-preserved Gothic interiors in Vienna.