You are here:

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 overview of some of the must-sees this autumn.

The autumn highlight exhibition on the presentation of women in Renaissance Venice: "Titian's Vision of Women" at the Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna. (Painting: Titian, Young Woman at her Toilet c. 1515) – © RMN-Grand Palais (Musée du Louvre) / Franck Raux
The Albertina shows "Modigliani. The Primitivist Revolution" in remembrance of the 100th anniversary of the death of the Italian painter and sculptor. The first Modigliani solo exhibition in Austria! (Amadeo Modigliani, Female Nude Reclining on a White Pillow, c. 1917) – © Fonds de dotation Jonas Netter
A decade like no other: "The 80s. Anything goes" at the Albertina modern shows how art creators in the 1980s smashed existing paradigms. (Franz Gertsch, Irène, 1980) – © Olbricht Collection © Franz Gertsch
Another highlight at the Albertina modern: "Schiele and his Legacy" on the influence that the expressionists had on subsequent generations of artists. (Egon Schiele, Self-portrait with orange jacket, 1913) – © Albertina, Wien
Following extensive renovations, the Academy of Fine Arts is back on Schillerplatz. The opening exhibition "Hungry for Time" in the Picture Gallery shows how works from the collection interact with contemporary positions. (Exhibition view) – © Iris Ranzinger – © Iris Ranzinger
"The Age of Dürer. Austria at the Gate of the Renaissance" highlights the work of Albrecht Dürer's contemporaries who were active in Vienna around 1500. At the Upper Belvedere from October 21. (Jörg Breu the Elder, The Flight into Egypt, 1501) – © bpk, Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Jürgen Musolf / Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nürnberg
"Avant-Garde and the Contemporary" is a top-class selection of items by Austrian artists from the Belvedere holdings, from the 1930s to the present day. New at the Belvedere 21. (Friedensreich Hundertwasser, 224 The Big Way, 1955) – © 2021 Namida AG, Glarus, Schweiz. Foto: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Wien
Over 100 photos to look at on the construction site fence around the Wien Museum document architecture and design in the Vienna of the 1950s and 1960s: "Mid-Century Vienna 1950-1965" – a new exhibition as part of Karlsplatz Open Air. (Hans Radl Schule, Viktor Adler, 1959) – © Stephan Doleschal / Mid-Century Vienna
Premiere at the Leopold Museum: The collection of the married couple Hermi and Fritz Schedlmayer is opened to the public for the first time. With works by Koloman Moser, Adolf Loos, Josef Hoffmann, and others. (Christian Rohlfs, Woman with Mirror, 1928) – © Sammlung Fritz und Hermi Schedlmayer, Foto: Erich Hussmann, image industries
With "Rebecca Horn", the Kunstforum Wien dedicates the first comprehensive exhibition in Austria for almost 30 years to the diverse oeuvre of this German artist. (Rebecca Horn, Concert for Anarchy, 1990) – © Rebecca Horn, Bildrecht Wien, 2021
Wicker elements were the order of the day in the Vienna Modernism period around 1900. "Interwoven – Furniture Design & Basketwork" presents exciting designs, now on at the Vienna Furniture Museum. (Prag-Rudniker Chair, Koloman Moser, 1902/1903) – © MobV, Edgar Knaack
"Tatiana Bilbao Estudio", the new exhibition at the Austrian Architecture Museum, shows 23 extraordinary projects by the influential Mexican architect. (Social housing in Acuña, Mexico) – © Iwan Baan
The autumn highlight exhibition on the presentation of women in Renaissance Venice: "Titian's Vision of Women" at the Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna. (Painting: Titian, Young Woman at her Toilet c. 1515) – © RMN-Grand Palais (Musée du Louvre) / Franck Raux
The Albertina shows "Modigliani. The Primitivist Revolution" in remembrance of the 100th anniversary of the death of the Italian painter and sculptor. The first Modigliani solo exhibition in Austria! (Amadeo Modigliani, Female Nude Reclining on a White Pillow, c. 1917) – © Fonds de dotation Jonas Netter
A decade like no other: "The 80s. Anything goes" at the Albertina modern shows how art creators in the 1980s smashed existing paradigms. (Franz Gertsch, Irène, 1980) – © Olbricht Collection © Franz Gertsch
Another highlight at the Albertina modern: "Schiele and his Legacy" on the influence that the expressionists had on subsequent generations of artists. (Egon Schiele, Self-portrait with orange jacket, 1913) – © Albertina, Wien
Following extensive renovations, the Academy of Fine Arts is back on Schillerplatz. The opening exhibition "Hungry for Time" in the Picture Gallery shows how works from the collection interact with contemporary positions. (Exhibition view) – © Iris Ranzinger – © Iris Ranzinger
"The Age of Dürer. Austria at the Gate of the Renaissance" highlights the work of Albrecht Dürer's contemporaries who were active in Vienna around 1500. At the Upper Belvedere from October 21. (Jörg Breu the Elder, The Flight into Egypt, 1501) – © bpk, Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Jürgen Musolf / Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nürnberg
"Avant-Garde and the Contemporary" is a top-class selection of items by Austrian artists from the Belvedere holdings, from the 1930s to the present day. New at the Belvedere 21. (Friedensreich Hundertwasser, 224 The Big Way, 1955) – © 2021 Namida AG, Glarus, Schweiz. Foto: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Wien
Over 100 photos to look at on the construction site fence around the Wien Museum document architecture and design in the Vienna of the 1950s and 1960s: "Mid-Century Vienna 1950-1965" – a new exhibition as part of Karlsplatz Open Air. (Hans Radl Schule, Viktor Adler, 1959) – © Stephan Doleschal / Mid-Century Vienna
Premiere at the Leopold Museum: The collection of the married couple Hermi and Fritz Schedlmayer is opened to the public for the first time. With works by Koloman Moser, Adolf Loos, Josef Hoffmann, and others. (Christian Rohlfs, Woman with Mirror, 1928) – © Sammlung Fritz und Hermi Schedlmayer, Foto: Erich Hussmann, image industries
With "Rebecca Horn", the Kunstforum Wien dedicates the first comprehensive exhibition in Austria for almost 30 years to the diverse oeuvre of this German artist. (Rebecca Horn, Concert for Anarchy, 1990) – © Rebecca Horn, Bildrecht Wien, 2021
Wicker elements were the order of the day in the Vienna Modernism period around 1900. "Interwoven – Furniture Design & Basketwork" presents exciting designs, now on at the Vienna Furniture Museum. (Prag-Rudniker Chair, Koloman Moser, 1902/1903) – © MobV, Edgar Knaack
"Tatiana Bilbao Estudio", the new exhibition at the Austrian Architecture Museum, shows 23 extraordinary projects by the influential Mexican architect. (Social housing in Acuña, Mexico) – © Iwan Baan

The best from Vienna's museums

For more information on current exhibitions and a general overview of Vienna's art hotspots, please visit Museums & Exhibitions

Stay up to date

All exhibitions and event details can be found in our event database

Two museum visitors in the Leopold Museum
In fall, you can enjoy unique works of art and great views, for example, of the Art History Museum from the Leopold Museum in Vienna. – © WienTourismus/Peter Rigaud
Two museum visitors in the Leopold Museum
In fall, you can enjoy unique works of art and great views, for example, of the Art History Museum from the Leopold Museum in Vienna. – © WienTourismus/Peter Rigaud

Kunsthistorisches Museum (Art History Museum)

Maria-Theresien-Platz
1010 Vienna

  • Opening times

    • Tu - Su, 10:00 - 18:00
    • Th, 10:00 - 21:00

    • Open daily from June to August

  • Accessibility

    • Main entrance
      • 5 Steps (Doppelschwingtüre 300 cm wide)
        on Maria-Theresien-Platz, no ramp
    • Side entrance

      • on Maria-Theresien-Platz, no ramp
    • Car parks Main entrance
      • 5 Parking spaces for people with disabilities
        on Heldenplatz
    • Elevator available
      • Door 99 cm wide
    • Further information
      • Wheelchair accessible restroom available.
    • Special offers for people with disabilities

      Wheelchair rental possible (please reserve one day in advance).
 Guided tours for visitors with special needs as well as tactile tours for the blind and visually impaired on request (Tel. +43 1 525 24-5202). Three masterpieces of the Renaissance collection of the painting gallery, selected objects of the Kunstkammer, the Egyptian-Oriental collection and the collection of antiquities are available to the blind and visually impaired as castings for touching. A brochure with image descriptions of this in Braille is available. The Kunsthistorisches Museum offers workshops for people with dementia (Tel. +41 1 525 24-5202 or email: kunstvermittlung@khm.at)
 
 Wheelchair users who visit the museum via Burgring 5 can purchase their tickets at the shop in the lobby.
 

    • Comments

      The museum is a place of encounter and sensory perception and offers plenty of opportunity to stimulate vistors and motivate them to interact with one another by looking at art together and then getting creative themselves.
      Induction loop available at the audio guide stand.

      http://www.khm.at/en/learn/kunstvermittlung/inclusive-art-education

Map Points of interest in the area

Albertina

Albertinaplatz 1
1010 Vienna

  • Vienna City Card

    • Your benefit with the Vienna City Card: -17%

      Additional information on the offer: Standard ticket price: 16,9€

  • Opening times

    • Mo, 10:00 - 18:00
    • Tu, 10:00 - 18:00
    • We, 10:00 - 21:00
    • Th, 10:00 - 18:00
    • Fr, 10:00 - 21:00
    • Sa, 10:00 - 18:00
    • Su, 10:00 - 18:00
    • on holidays, 10:00 - 18:00

  • Accessibility

    • Main entrance
      • no steps (Doppelschwingtüre 190 cm wide)
    • Elevator available
      • Door 150 cm wide
    • Further information
      • Seeing eye dogs allowed
      • Wheelchair accessible restroom available.
    • Special offers for people with disabilities

      Wheelchair rental (prior arrangement necessary: Tel. +43 1 534 83–540). Guided tours in sign language available (prior arrangement necessary: Tel. +43 1 534 83–540). 
 Guided tours for blind people available as well as for people with slight to moderate dementia and their escorts (prior arrangement necessary: Tel. +43 1 534 83–540).
 Please inform Art Mediation department about wheelchair uses in advance. Reduced admission for persons with special needs

    • Comments

      Access to all exhibition rooms, to the restaurant / café and to the Shop: no steps. All rooms are wheelchair-accessible.

      Wheelchair-accessible restrooms on levels 1 and -1, restroom on level 1: door width: 90cm, room dimensions: 180 x 110 cm.

Map Points of interest in the area

Albertina modern

Karlsplatz 5
1010 Vienna

  • Vienna City Card

    • Your benefit with the Vienna City Card: -25%

      Additional information on the offer: Standard ticket price: 12€

  • Opening times

    • Mo, 10:00 - 18:00
    • Tu, 10:00 - 18:00
    • We, 10:00 - 18:00
    • Th, 10:00 - 18:00
    • Fr, 10:00 - 18:00
    • Sa, 10:00 - 18:00
    • Su, 10:00 - 18:00

  • Accessibility

    • Main entrance
      • (135 cm wide)
        platform lift, automatic swing door
    • Elevator available
      • Door 110 cm wide
    • Further information
      • Seeing eye dogs allowed
      • Wheelchair accessible restroom available.
    • Special offers for people with disabilities

      A wheelchair will be provided for the duration of the visit to the exhibition (4 wheelchairs on the ground floor, 1 wheelchair available in the basement)

    • Comments

      Lift to all exhibitions

Map Points of interest in the area

Wien Museum Karlsplatz

Karlsplatz
1040 Vienna

  • Comments

    • The Wien Museum Karlsplatz is closed due to renovation. During the modernization the Wien Museum MUSA will also serve as a venue for thematic exhibits on Vienna’s cultural history.

  • Vienna City Card

    • Your benefit with the Vienna City Card: -30%

      Additional information on the offer: Standard ticket price: 7€

  • Prices

    • Free admission on first Sunday of the month

  • Opening times

    • Closed due to renovation.

  • Accessibility

    • Main entrance
      • no steps (Doppelschwingtüre 179 cm wide)
        via ramp
    • Car parks Main entrance
      • Parking spaces for people with disabilities
        directly behind the museum (Maderstrasse), access to the museum: no steps
    • Further information
      • Seeing eye dogs allowed
      • Wheelchair accessible restroom available.
    • Special offers for people with disabilities

      Wheelchair for rental, seats available. Permanent exhibition tours for visually impaired visitors by prior arrangement (Tel. +43 1 505 87 47-85 180). Overview map in large print available.

    • Comments

      The exhibition area is accessible via elevator (orientation with Braille) and deducible with the wheelchair.

Map Points of interest in the area

Upper Belvedere (Oberes Belvedere)

Prinz-Eugen-Straße 27
1030 Vienna

  • Comments

    • Please note: Groups of 10 or more people, you must make an appointment for a tour with the Upper Belvedere in advance. There is no charge for this. You can contact the reservation team at the Belvedere by email or telephone.
      Monday to Sunday, 9.00 am - 5.00 pm
      Email:
      Telephone: +43 1 795 57-333

  • Vienna City Card

    • Your benefit with the Vienna City Card: -9%

      Additional information on the offer: Standard ticket price: 16€ Klimt ticket (Upper and Lower Belvedere): 21,5€ instead of 24€

  • Opening times

    • Mo, 10:00 - 18:00
    • Tu, 10:00 - 18:00
    • We, 10:00 - 18:00
    • Th, 10:00 - 18:00
    • Fr, 10:00 - 18:00
    • Sa, 10:00 - 18:00
    • Su, 10:00 - 18:00

  • Accessibility

    • Main entrance
      • no steps (Schwingtüre 102 cm wide)
    • Car parks Main entrance
      • Parking spaces for people with disabilities
        Parking space for visitors with disabilities in front of the entrance at Prinz-Eugen-Strasse 27, Parking: 10 am – 6 pm
    • Elevator available
      • Door 150 cm wide
    • Further information
      • Seeing eye dogs allowed
      • Wheelchair accessible restroom available.
    • Special offers for people with disabilities

      Reduced admission for persons with special needs and their escorts (3 Euro each). "Seeing differently" tours (tactile tours) in the Upper Belvedere: The tours with picture descriptions and tactile support are particularly suitable for blind and visually impaired visitors.
 Multimedia guides with videos in Austrian Sign Language (OGS) are available to deaf and hearing impaired visitors. Over 30 videos provide information on selected works of the collection in the Upper Belvedere and on the palace and garden complex as well as the history of the Belvedere.

    • Comments

      2 elevators reachable via a ramp (staff will provide assistance), wheelchairs available at the cloakroom.
      Shop/café: a few steps (staff will provide assistance).

Map Points of interest in the area

Belvedere 21

Arsenalstraße 1
1030 Vienna

  • Vienna City Card

    • Your benefit with the Vienna City Card: -25%

      Additional information on the offer: Standard ticket price: 9€

  • Opening times

    • Tu, 11:00 - 18:00
    • We, 11:00 - 18:00
    • Th, 11:00 - 18:00
    • Fr, 11:00 - 18:00
    • Sa, 11:00 - 18:00
    • Su, 11:00 - 18:00

  • Accessibility

    • Main entrance
      • no steps (Doppelschwingtüre 140 cm wide)
    • Car parks Main entrance
      • 1 Parking spaces for people with disabilities
    • Elevator available
      • Door 90 cm wide
    • Further information
      • Seeing eye dogs allowed
      • 2 Wheelchair spaces available (spaces in the Blickle cinema by the entrance on the right)
      • Wheelchair accessible restroom available.
    • Special offers for people with disabilities

      Tactile tours on the architecture of 21er Haus and the sculptures of Fritz Wotrub for blind and visually impaired people. Seating in collection area.

    • Comments

      Sitzmöglichkeiten in den Ausstellungen, im Foyer und in der Garderobe.

Map Points of interest in the area

Leopold Museum

Museumsplatz 1
1070 Vienna

  • Vienna City Card

    • Your benefit with the Vienna City Card: -14%

      Additional information on the offer: Standard ticket price: 14€ Vienna City card holders are entitled to use the fast lane at the Leopold Museum

  • Opening times

    • Mo, 10:00 - 18:00
    • We, 10:00 - 18:00
    • Th, 10:00 - 18:00
    • Fr, 10:00 - 18:00
    • Sa, 10:00 - 18:00
    • Su, 10:00 - 18:00
    • on holidays, 10:00 - 18:00

  • Accessibility

    • Main entrance
      • no steps (Doppelschwingtüre )
    • Car parks Main entrance
      • 4 Parking spaces for people with disabilities
        Parkplätze am Areal sind über die Haupteinfahrt / Ecke Volkstheater erreichbar
    • Elevator available
      • Door 90 cm wide
    • Further information
      • Wheelchair accessible restroom available.
    • Comments

      Main entrance, access to all exhibition rooms and restaurant/café: no steps.

      4 parking spaces for visitors with disabilities in the MuseumsQuartier area.

      6 free parking spaces for visitors with special needs on the premises (access: Burggasse / Volkstheater) with proper identification and 4 parking spaces for visitors with special needs in the parking garage (basement level 2 next to elevator, access: main entrance Museumsplatz).

Map Points of interest in the area

Westlicht Center for Photography

Westbahnstraße 40
1070 Vienna

  • Vienna City Card

    • Your benefit with the Vienna City Card: -33%

      Additional information on the offer: Standard ticket price: 9€

  • Opening times

    • Tu - Fr, 14:00 - 19:00
    • Th, 14:00 - 21:00
    • Sa - Su, 11:00 - 19:00
    • on holidays, 11:00 - 19:00

  • Accessibility

    • Main entrance
      • 15 Steps (Schwingtüre 90 cm wide)
        via private elevator, please make prior arrangements
    • Elevator available
      • Door 140 cm wide
    • Further information
      • Seeing eye dogs allowed
      • Wheelchair accessible restroom available.
    • Comments

      Side entrance and exhibition rooms reachable with the elevator, door width: 140 - 180 cm.

Map Points of interest in the area

Bank Austria Kunstforum Wien

Freyung 8
1010 Vienna

  • Vienna City Card

    • Your benefit with the Vienna City Card: -26%

      Additional information on the offer: Standard ticket price: 11€

  • Opening times

    • Mo, 10:00 - 18:00
    • Tu, 10:00 - 18:00
    • We, 10:00 - 18:00
    • Th, 10:00 - 18:00
    • Fr, 10:00 - 18:00
    • Sa, 10:00 - 18:00
    • Su, 10:00 - 18:00

  • Accessibility

    • Main entrance
      • no steps
        Via ramp
    • Car parks Main entrance
      • Parking spaces for people with disabilities
        At "Freyung" underground garage
    • Further information
      • Seeing eye dogs allowed
      • Wheelchair accessible restroom available.
    • Special offers for people with disabilities

      Special tours for the deaf and hard of hearing.

    • Comments

      All rooms accessible without steps (elevator)

Map Points of interest in the area

Vienna Furniture Museum

Andreasgasse 7
1070 Vienna

  • Vienna City Card

    • Your benefit with the Vienna City Card: -38%

      Additional information on the offer: Standard ticket price: 10,50€. Sisi Ticket (Imperial Furniture Collection, Schönbrunn Palace, Sisi Museum & Imperial Apartments & Silver Collection) 33€ instead of 36€ with the Vienna City Card

  • Opening times

    • Tu, 10:00 - 17:00
    • We, 10:00 - 17:00
    • Th, 10:00 - 17:00
    • Fr, 10:00 - 17:00
    • Sa, 10:00 - 17:00
    • Su, 10:00 - 17:00

    • also open on: 18.4.2022 (Easter Monday), 6.6.2022 (With Monday)


  • Accessibility

    • Main entrance
      • no steps (Doppelschwingtüre 180 cm wide)
    • Elevator available
      • Door 90 cm wide
    • Further information
      • Seeing eye dogs allowed
      • Wheelchair accessible restroom available.
    • Special offers for people with disabilities

      Seeing-eye dogs permitted. Guided group tours for wheelchair users on request.

    • Comments

      All areas accessible via elevator. Elevator 3rd-5th floor.
      Lifting platform to the first floor: door width: 83 cm, cabin depth: 117 cm, cabin width: 75 cm. Access to the restaurant / café: no steps.

Map Points of interest in the area

Az W – Architekturzentrum Wien The Austrian Architecture Museum

MuseumsQuartier, Museumsplatz 1
1070 Vienna

  • Vienna City Card

    • Your benefit with the Vienna City Card: -22%

      Additional information on the offer: Standard ticket price: 9€

  • Opening times

    • Mo, 10:00 - 19:00
    • Tu, 10:00 - 19:00
    • We, 10:00 - 19:00
    • Th, 10:00 - 19:00
    • Fr, 10:00 - 19:00
    • Sa, 10:00 - 19:00
    • Su, 10:00 - 19:00

  • Accessibility

    • Main entrance
      • no steps (Automatische Schiebetüre 88 cm wide)
    • Car parks Main entrance
      • 3 Parking spaces for people with disabilities
    • Further information
      • Seeing eye dogs allowed
      • Wheelchair accessible restroom available.
    • Special offers for people with disabilities

      The Architecture Center also offers special architecture tours for the blind and visually impaired. Tours for visitors with special needs on request.

    • Comments

      Exhibition rooms, restaurant/café: no steps.

Map Points of interest in the area
Rate this article
Rate this article

Feedback to the vienna.info editorial team

Please complete all the mandatory fields marked with an *.

Salutation *

Recommend article

Please complete all the mandatory fields marked with an *.

The data and email addresses you provide will not be saved or used for other purposes.

From
To *

Subject: Recommendation from www.vienna.info

This could also be of interest to you

Ankerbrotfabrik
Art in the Bread Factory

The former Ankerbrotfabrik (Anker Bread Factory) in the 10th district is home to numerous institutions of contemporary art.
Dorotheum Auction House
Auctions in Vienna

The Dorotheum in Vienna is one of the most important auction houses in the world. With WestLicht Photo Auction, Vienna also has a specialist for...
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.