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Kunsthistorisches Museum
I., Maria Theresiaplatz
Burgring 5
Tel. 52 52 40
www.khm.at

Tuesday-Sunday 10am-6pm, Thursdays till 9pm. Closed 1 January, 1 May, 1 November, 25 December

One almost needs to be a marathon runner to get around the Habsburg art collection in a single day. This, the city’s most important museum, contains in fact one of the greatest art-historical collections in the world. The magnificent building was designed chiefly by Gottfried Semper and Karl von Hasenauer (interior architecture). Its interior was taken in hand by artists such as Hans Makart, Max Ernt and Gustav Klimt. The picture gallery forms the heart of the museum and gives a splendid survey of European painting with works by a.o. Rubens, Rembrandt, Breughel the Elder, Dürer, Raphael, Titian, Veronese, Arcimboldo and Velasquez. Also on show: collections of Oriental art, antiquities (in the west wing), sculptures, applied art and coins.

 

Kunsthalle Wien (info to be found in chapter on Museumsquartier)
IV., Karlsplatz, Teitlstrasse 2
Tel. 521 89 14
www.kunsthallewien.at
daily 10am-7pm, Thu-Fr until 9pm

The KUNSTHALLE Wien is an exhibition area for international comtemporary art. The emphasis mostly lies on photography, installations, video and film.People on the run for museums, are being attracted by film, fashion, performances, dj’s and artists. The Muqua is getting ready to become the new center of Vienna and behind the confectioner facades plenty of entertainment has been arranged.

KunstHausWien
III., Untere Weissgerberstrasse 13
Tel. 712 04 91
www.kunsthauswien.com
Daily 10am-7pm

When people were looking for a suitable area for the exhibition of Friedensreich Hundertwasser, they chose the buildings of the furniture factory Thonet, from the end of the 19th century. They offered enough space for a Hundertwasser-Museum, with an overview of his work (paintings, graphics, tapestries, architecture models) and space for international traveling exhibitions as well.

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