Albertina

Vienna, Albertinaplatz, 1

Museums of Vienna "Albertina" is a famous museum in the historical center of Vienna, considered to be the owner of one of the world's largest collections of printed graphics. The museum's fund has about 900 thousand works in the style of the schedule and about 50 thousand drawings and watercolors.

Belvedere in Vienna

Vienna, Prinz Eugen, 27

Museums of Vienna Belvedere is a large and elegant palace complex in the Austrian capital. In the distant 18th century, one of the most outstanding commanders, Eugene of Savoy, seriously thought about organizing a summer residence.

Museum of Liechtenstein

Vienna, Furstengasse, 1

Museums of Vienna The Museum of Liechtenstein is a palace museum in Vienna, named after the princely house of Liechtenstein, one of the oldest noble families in Europe. The museum includes a princely collection containing objects of European art.

Hofburg

Vienna, Michaelerkuppel

Museums of Vienna Hofburg is the winter residence of the Austrian Habsburgs and the main seat of the imperial court in Vienna. Currently - the official residence of the President of Austria. In total there are 2600 rooms and rooms in it.

Schönbrunn

Vienna, Schonbrunner Schlosstrabe, 47

Museums of Vienna Schönbrunn Palace is the Viennese residence of the Austrian emperors, one of the most important architectural structures of the Austrian Baroque. In addition to the palace itself in Schönbrunn, the Palm House, the Glorietta Pavilion, a wonderful park, a labyrinth, the oldest zoo are interesting.

Tower of the Madmen in Vienna

Vienna, Spitalgasse, 2

Museums of Vienna "The weak-minded are asked not to look" - such a motto would be right for the Viennese Tower of the Crazy (Narrenturm), in the walls of which is located one of the most ambiguous and horrifying museums in the world. Deciding to experience the fate of the Tower of the Madmen is invited to see a lot of unusual exhibits.

Street art gallery in Vienna

Wien, Burggasse, 24

Museums of Vienna Make sure that street art is not just a daub with paint from a can on the street walls, but real art with its own styles, geniuses and masterpieces can be visited by every visitor to the Street Art Gallery in Vienna. The museum space called Inoperable twice became the best gallery in Europe.

Hundertwasser House

Vienna, Untere Weissgerberstrasse, 13

Museums of Vienna One of the most avant-garde buildings in Vienna is the House of the Artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser, whose design does not lend itself to any stylistic generalization. The extravagance of the architectural lines of the picturesque castle, or rather, the lack of their straightforwardness, symmetry, makes this place unforgettable for tourists.

Liechtenstein Castle

Maria Enzersdorf, Am Hausberg, 30

Museums of Vienna Liechtenstein Castle is located on the edge of the Vienna Woods near Maria-Entsersdorf south of Vienna. The castle, originally built in the 12th century, was destroyed by the Turks in 1529-1683, and remained in ruins until 1884, when it was rebuilt.

Museum of Sigmund Freud in Vienna

Vienna, Berggasse, 19

Museums of Vienna The Museum of Sigmund Freud in Vienna is located in the house No. 19 in Berggasse. It features a rich exposition, which gives an opportunity to get acquainted with the life and psychotherapeutic practice of a doctor. The museum also houses the largest library in Europe dedicated to the problems of psychoanalysis.

Museum of Art History in Vienna

Vienna, Burgring, 5

Museums of Vienna The Museum of History is the most famous art museum in Vienna. It was opened in 1891, together with the almost identical Museum of Natural History, located opposite and in appearance. Both museums are built in the style of the Italian Renaissance under the project of Gottfried Semper and Baron Karl von Hazenauer.

Funeral Supplies Museum in Vienna

Vienna, Goldeggasse, 19

Museums of Vienna In the exposition of the museum there are almost a thousand exhibits connected with the cult of death: mourning liveried livery, sashes and accessories of gravediggers, models of funeral urns, coffins and hearse. A special place is given to special devices, for example, rescue bells.

Vienna, as a recognized cultural center of Europe and a remarkable youth city, concentrates in itself more than a hundred museums. The museums of Vienna exhibit both masterpieces of world art, as well as modest author's exhibitions of various themes.

Modern art is best represented in the Museum Quarter - a huge museum complex, the center of cultural life in Vienna.

So, among the most honorable keepers of history and culture include the Kunsthistorisches Museum - one of the largest art museums in the world .Here are stored innumerable masterpieces of the famous art luminaries: Rubens, Rembrandt, Titian and t .e .The richest collection of graphics is famous for its "Albertina" - an art museum located in the luxurious Habsburg Palace .The museum covers the most exciting art trends for the entire last century .And in the beautiful baroque Belvedere Palace you can admire the legendary canvases of Schiele, Glimt and the French Impressionists .Although the palace itself is one of the best examples of Baroque architecture .

Of the personal museums in Vienna, the Museum of Zygmund Freud is very popular, equipped in the same apartment where Dr. Freud and his family lived for almost fifty years. The exposition of the museum also includes a study and a reception.

Modern art is best represented in the Museum Quarter - a huge museum complex, the center of cultural life in Vienna .The Museum of Contemporary Art of the Ludwig Foundation (MuMoK) occupies a gloomy cubic building lined with volcanic rock .Here are kept the paintings of the famous collector Peter Ludwig, who were hitherto exhibited in the palace of Liechtenstein .In the neighboring museum - the Leopold Museum - the private art collection of Rudolph and Elizabeth Leopoldov is shown in the number of 5 thousand .of exhibits .By the way, the Leopold Museum is considered the most visited of the whole complex of the Museum Quarter .And in it is represented the largest collection of canvases by Schiele .

"Time is his art, art is his freedom" - such an inscription flaunts over the entrance to another cradle of modern art - the exhibition pavilion of the Vienna Secession or simply, as was customary among the people, the Secession House. The building itself is recognized as the most important monument of the Austrian modern.

Among the most unusual and even eerie museums in Vienna is the Pathological Museum, located in the so-called Madman Tower - a former psychiatric hospital for violent patients. Another cheerful institution is the Funeral Supplies Museum. It's amazing that the museum's collection numbers close to a thousand exhibits.

Free admission for children

Since January 2010, children under the age of 19 can visit the numerous museums in Vienna free of charge (upon presenting a photo ID):

  • Natural History Museum;
  • The Museum of Art and History with the Museum of World Cultures and the Austrian Theater Museum;
  • The Albertina Museum;
  • Austrian gallery Belvedere;
  • MAK - Museum of Applied Arts;
  • MUMOK - Museum of Modern Art of the Vienna Ludwig Foundation;
  • The Austrian National Library;
  • Technical Museum;
  • The Vienna Museum on Sq. Karlsplatz, the Roman Museum and Villa Hermes;
  • Children's Museum Zoom in the museum quarter.