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Museums and exhibitions in Vienna

Vienna has more than 100 museums. These include important collections of world renown as well as small establishments that impress with original exhibits. Artists of the century, such as Gustav Klimt and Egon Schiele, meet the stars of contemporary Vienna.

Current Exhibitions

Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, interior view

Autumn highlights at Vienna's museums

It's peak season at Vienna's museums. The city's temples to art present numerous new exhibitions that will captivate and enthrall you. Here is an...

Woman watching art

Art and the finer things in life - Take a cultural tour of Vienna

Art is a window on the world that unites, inspires and tells a story. Vienna is full of these windows with its countless exhibitions and museums.

Birthday party with Titian at the KHM

This autumn, the Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna devotes itself entirely to women in Venice at the time of the Renaissance. Painted by the...

Klimt's "Lady with Fan"

Klimt's "Lady with Fan" returns to Vienna

The last, largely completed painting by the Viennese artist icon Gustav Klimt can be seen again in Vienna after more than 100 years. The...

"Never-ending source of inspiration"

Under its new director, Lilli Hollein, the MAK – Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna, is celebrating the comprehensive oeuvre of Josef Hoffmann. In an...

The unrecognized genius

The major autumn exhibition at the Albertina shows "Modigliani. The Primitivist Revolution". And thus this grand master of Classical Modernism...

Secretive self-portraits

The way in which Egon Schiele completely redefined self-portraits influenced countless artists who came after him. The Albertina modern takes us...

Pieter Bruegel the Elder: The Tower of Babel, 1563, Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna

Bruegel as a 360° experience

Bruegel is coming to your home. The Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna is opening its world-famous Bruegel Room (Room X) to virtual visitors from...

Double the enjoyment on the triple anniversary

The mumok – Museum of Modern Art Ludwig Foundation Vienna is celebrating three anniversaries all at once. For this, there are two new...

Wurm in the palace

The Geymüllerschlössel palace is showing the new series of sculptures by Erwin Wurm. The 20 surreal-looking ceramic forms by the Austrian artist...

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Painting of a naked woman by Egon Schiele

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Over the years, Vienna has been home to some of the world’s most famous artists – including Egon Schiele and Koloman Moser, whose works pushed...

So much art in one city

Every autumn, Vienna serves up a packed program of art events. And this year, they have a whole bunch of new things to offer. The autumn of art...

Viennese open-air art

Artworks can be found not only in Vienna's famous museums, but also in the open air, around the clock – and free of charge. Numerous exhibitions...

Supermarket of Art

Art for every pocketbook can be found again right now in the Supermarket of Art. At this year's 15th edition, young and renowned artists from...

Depot of the Leopold Museum with a view of paintings hanging on grid walls

In hiding

Carefully wrapped, hung on wire mesh, and meticulously ordered. Come with us to a place that is normally only accessible to a select few. A place...

Portrait photography by gallery owner Florian Appelt in his gallery "Kunst ab Hinterhof, which means Art from the backyard

Ten questions for Florian Appelt

A gallery owner who is not one and why art does not have to be expensive? Florian Appelt, co-founder of Kunst ab Hinterhof, tells us all this and...

Founder "Museum des Hinaufschauens" (Looking up Museum)): Magdalena Hiller and Gabriel Roland

Look up

What do you do when the city's museums are closed? That's right, you quickly create your own outdoor museum: welcome to the Museum of Looking Up.

Coronavirus street art along Vienna's Danube Canal

Viennese coronavirus street art

Coronavirus has all of Vienna firmly in its grasp, including the city's walls. The Viennese street art scene is reacting to the COVID-19 pandemic...

Gallery rooms of Kunst ab Hinterhof (which means art from the backyard)

Kunst ab Hinterhof

Art for everyone. And above all for every wallet. That is what is offered by Kunst ab Hinterhof in the 16th district. The platform for young...

Even more art

Albertina

Top museums in Vienna

Vienna's museums show works by world-famous artists such as Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele, Albrecht Dürer and Pieter Bruegel, as well as...

mumok, Museum of Modern Art, exterior shot, MuseumsQuartier

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...

Six museum treasures in Vienna that are all worth a visit

Vienna's museums are home to some very special treasures. A unique feather headdress from the time of the Aztecs, world-famous artworks, and a...

Little Girl in ZOOM Childrens Museum

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.

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 ...

Gigantic mural by Golif on Vienna's Gürtel

Art on the fringe

The biggest repositories of art and most galleries are found in the center of Vienna. But there is alss a flourishing art scene closer to the...

Street art in Vienna

VIENNA/NOW Tour: Street Art

Some of the best street artists in the world have immortalized themselves on many of Vienna's walls. Go on a Vienna street art tour.

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.

So much art in one city

Every autumn, Vienna serves up a packed program of art events. And this year, they have a whole bunch of new things to offer. The autumn of art...

Sculpture with a shining Star of David, distributed at 24 locations throughout Vienna by Lukas Maria Kaufmann

Art in the public domain

Works of art can not only be seen in Vienna’s museums and galleries. Art in the public domain can be found on many corners across the city – from...

Extraordinary museums

Seven unusual museums in Vienna

What do chimney sweeps, magic and torture have in common? They all have their own museum in Vienna and are thus on our list of seven unusual...

Sitting casket

Magnificently curious: Vienna's unusual museums

Whether trying out lying in a casket, Otto Wagner's Stadtbahn toilet or bricks from around the world: Vienna has a whole bunch of curious and...

Collection of Anatomical Pathology in the Madhouse Tower

Collection of Anatomical Pathology in the Madhouse Tower – NHM

The museum is housed in the so-called Fool's Tower. This round building, known for its form and former use, was erected in 1784 during the reign...

View inside the exhibition hall Museomania

Weltmuseum Wien

Following extensive renovations, the Weltmuseum Wien on Heldenplatz now shows valuable treasures from around the world in 14 rooms. The...

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,...

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...

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.

Funeral Museum

Funeral Museum

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

"Remise" Transport Museum, a father carries his son on his shoulders

"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...

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...

Three women in an inclined position

Museum of Illusions

This extraordinary museum has holograms, stereograms and optical illusions for the whole family to enjoy.

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 today.

House of Music. The Sound Museum

House of Music

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

Literature Museum

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

Grandstand with people in front of posters in the House of Austrian History

House of Austrian History

A hundred years after the founding of the First Republic, the new House of Austrian History on Heldenplatz casts light on our country's eventful...

Exhibition view

Dom Museum Wien

The Dom Museum Wien right next door to St. Stephen's Cathedral shows precious church treasures and contemporary art.

Jewish museums

Sigmund Freud's study in the newly renovated Sigmund Freud Museum

Reopening of the Sigmund Freud Museum

Vienna's most famous address has opened its doors again after 18 months of refurbishment and remodeling. The rooms in which Sigmund Freud lived...

Teaser photo for Jewish Vienna Tour

VIENNA/NOW: Jewish Vienna Tour

In this video, we go with Adia on a tour of Jewish Vienna. Discover Jewish life of the past and present.

Jewish Museum

Jewish Museum

Having been extensively renovated, the Jewish Museum on Dorotheergasse has a redesigned display depot, and since November 2013 a new permanent...

Memoral on Judenplatz

Museum Judenplatz Vienna

Judenplatz is considered a singular place of remembrance; it combines three things: Rachel Whiteread's Memorial, the excavations of a medieval...

Viktor Frankl Museum

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