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In recent years, Vienna has been the scene of highly important developments in world class art facilities. In 2001, MuseumsQuartier one of the largest art and cultural complexes in the world opened in Vienna's Old City Centre. This was followed by the re-opening of a completely redesigned and restored Albertina, a vital part of the Hofburg with its royal apartments and one of the finest and largest graphic art collections in the world. In 2004, after total restoration, the Liechtenstein Museum reopened to showcase the Princely Collections for the first time since World War II. For
the
visitor,
Vienna
offers
an
unparalleled
opportunity
to
enjoy
great
art
in
classic,
magnificent
surroundings
that
in
themselves,
are
works
of
art.
Today,
we
take
pleasure
in
introducing,
or
re-acquainting
you
with
a
selection
of
top
collections
and
museums
in
Vienna. MuseumsQuartier The
Leopold
Museum
at
MQ The
Leopold
Museum
presents
the
world's
largest
collection
of
works
by
Egon
Schiele,
together
with
masterpieces
by
Gustav
Klimt,
Oskar
Kokoschka,
Richard
Gerstl,
and
Albin
Egger-Lienz,
and
paintings
and
works
on
paper
by
Herbert
Boeckl,
Hans
Böhler,
Anton
Faistauer,
Anton
Kolig,
Alfred
Kubin,
and
Wilhelm
Thöny.
It
also
includes
exemplary
works
from
the
19th
century
by
Ferdinand
Georg
Waldmüller,
Friedrich
Gauermann,
August
von
Pettenkofen,
Anton
Romako,
Emil
Jakob
Schindler,
Carl
Schuch,
and
others. In
addition,
the
Leopold
Collection
encompasses
important
objects
from
the
Austrian
arts
&
crafts
movement
at
the
turn
of
the
last
century,
by
Otto
Wagner,
Adolf
Loos,
Josef
Hoffmann,
Koloman
Moser,
and
Dagobert
Peche MUMOK
(The
Museum
Moderner
Kunst
Stiftung
Ludwig
at
MQ After
moving
from
its
two
former
Vienna
locations,
the
MUMOK
now
has
the
opportunity
to
show
its
collections
at
a
single
spectacular
site
in
a
new
museum
building.
With
its
emphasis
on
Pop
Art,
Photo
Realism,
Fluxus,
Nouveau
Réalisme,
and
Viennese
Actionism,
the
museum
uniquely
combines
the
highlights
of
socially
conscious,
reality-based
art
and
performance
art
of
the
20th
century. The collection also encompasses Concept Art, Minimal Art, Land Art, Arte Povera, installation and object art of the recent past, and media-related positions of present-day art. On six exhibition levels, the opening presentation will focus on the individual trends in chronological order and on smaller, thematically defined groups of works that manifest the interrelated manner in which way we perceive art in the last two decades. The MUMOK is the Largest Austrian Museum for modern art and contemporary art. Kunsthalle
Wien
at
MQ In
two
Vienna
locations
-
one
in
MuseumsQuartier
and
one
on
Karlsplatz
-
the
Kunsthalle
Wien
offers
space
for
endless
possibilities.
The
distinctly
functional
flexible
architecture
of
the
two
halls
in
MuseumsQuartier
is
perfectly
suited
for
the varied aesthetic
and
media
requirements
of
contemporary
art.
The
Albertina
Art
Museum
Palace Founded in 1776 by Duke Herzog Albert of Saxe-Teschen, the collection contains more than a million prints and 60,000 drawings. Famous works such as Dürer’s "The Field Hare" and "Hands folded for Prayer," Rubens’s studies of children as well as masterworks of Schiele, Cézanne, Klimt, Kokoschka, Picasso and Rauschenberg are shown in changing exhibitions. The Albertina also owns an architecture collection and a newly created collection of photographs (Helmut Newton and Lisette Model, among others). The
state
rooms
of
the
largest
living
quarters
of
the
Habsburg
family,
were
once
occupied
by
the
favorite
daughter
of
Empress
Maria
Theresia,
Archduchess
Marie-Christine,
later
by
her
adopted
son
Archduke
Karl,
the
victor
of
the
battle
of
Aspern
against
Napoleon. The
Liechtenstein
Museum Today,
the
Princely
Collections
comprise
about
1,500
pictures
including
masterpieces
from
Early
Renaissance
to
Austrian
Romanticism.
Artists
represented
in
the
collection
include
Lucas
Cranach
the
Elder,
Raphael,
Guido
Reni,
Peter
Breughel
the
Younger.
Jan
Breughel
the
Elder,
Peter
Paul Rubens,
Anthony
van
Dyck,
Frans
Hals,
Rembrandt,
Rudolf
von
Alt,
Ferdinand
Georg
Waldmuller
and
Francesco
Hayez.
Sculptures
by
artists
like
Antico,
Andrea
Mantegna,
Giambologna,
Adrain
de
Fries
and
Antonio
Canova
are
also
of
significant
historical
importance.
The
main
entrance
on
the
ground
floor
opens
to
the
Sala
Terrena
and the horse-drawn
Golden Carriage of Prince
Joseph
Wenzel
of Liechtenstein.
From
there
the
visitor
enters
the
Sculpture
Gallery,
and
then
Gallery
I:
The
Reception
of
Antiquity
-
Rome
as
a
Model,
Gallery
II:
Neoclassicist
Art
-
Painting
at
the
time
of
Beethoven,
Haydn
and
Mozart,
and
Gallery
III:
Biedermeier
Painting
in
Schubert's
Day. The
upper
floor
contains
seven
galleries
and
Hercules
Hall,
which
is
the
largest
secular
Baroque
room
in
Vienna.
The
exhibitions
include
Gallery
IV:
Early
Italian
Painting,
Gallery
V:
Renaissance
Portraits
-
Italy
and
the
North,
Gallery
VI:
Baroque
Painting
in
Italy,
Gallery
VII:
Peter
Paul
Ruben's
Decius
Mus
Cycle,
Gallery
VIII:
Peter
Paul
Rubens
and
Anthony
van
Dyck
-
Mythological
and
Religious
Subjects,
Gallery
IX:
Peter
Paul
Rubens,
Anthony
Van
Dyck
and
Frans
Hals
-
Portraits. Visitors
to
the
Liechtenstein
Museum
with
an
appetite
for
a
gourmet
experience,
as
well
as
their
cultural
pursuits,
can
enjoy
a
meal
in
Ruben's
Brasserie
offering
traditional
Austrian
dishes
or
the
restaurant
Ruben's
Palais
which
offers
the
delights
of
French
cuisine A link to the Liechtenstein Museum Academy
of
Fine
Arts
Gallery
of
Paintings
Museum
of
Fine
Arts
Numerous major art works of European art history, among them Raphael’s "Madonna in the Meadow," Vermeer’s "The Allegory of Painting," the Infanta paintings by Velazquez, masterworks by Rubens, Rembrandt, Dürer, Titian and Tintoretto are housed in the paintings gallery. In the Collection of Sculpture and Decorative Arts, one finds rarities from the former art collections of the Habsburgs, and in the Egyptian and Near Eastern Collection there are many treasures of important ancient cultures. The
architectural
mirror
image
of
the
Museum
of
Fine
Arts
is
the
Museum
of
Natural
History
on
the
opposite
side,
which
was
also
built
according
to
designs
by
Gottfried
Semper
and
Karl
von
Hasenauer.
A link to Vienna's Museum of Fine Arts Dinner
at
the
Museum
Classical background music accompanies the exquisite buffet, which includes appetizers, main dishes and desserts. And between courses you have the opportunity to walk through the famous picture gallery of the museum. Museum
of
Fine
Arts
at
the
Imperial
Palace
(New
Palace)
Austrian
Gallery
Belvedere
The palace, one of the most exquisite Baroque structures in the world, consists of two palaces (Upper and Lower Belvedere). A majority of the rooms were adapted to house the Austrian Gallery. A link to the Austrian Gallery Belvedere
Upper
Belvedere
(Oberes
Belvedere): Lower
Belvedere
(Unteres
Belvedere): Companion articles . . . . For
additional information, follow this link to Vienna
Tourism For additional information, follow this link to the Austrian National Tourist Office Our thanks to Vienna Tourism and the respective museums for information used in this article.
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