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Things to do in Vienna, Vienna Region: The Best Museums
In Vienna, the coffee house isn’t just a hangout: it’s an institution. Lingering over a newspaper with a pastry and a strong espresso drink is, according to UNESCO, officially a Viennese cultural pastime. Walk off your slice of Sachertorte with a self-guided tour of the city’s stunning traditional, Secessionist, and modern architecture, such as the Imperial Palace, the State Opera House, the Kirche am Steinhof, or the Kunsthistorisches Museum, an exercise in ornate geometry.
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1. Jan Arnold Gallery
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5.0 based on 1 reviews
2. MuseumsQuartier Wien
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4.5 based on 3,866 reviews
90,000 m², 60 cultural institutions - the MuseumsQuartier Wien is a place of art and crea tivity. You'll find renowned museums here, as wellas small cultural initiatives, classics of modernism and young artists of the current century. The spectrum ranges from the visual arts to architecture, music, fashion, theater, dance, literature and children's culture, to game culture, street art, design and photography. Innumerable cultural events also take place throughout the year in the courtyards of the MQ, featuring everything from dance performances, exhibition projects and film festivals to literary readings and even DJ line-ups.
Reviewed By JoeBaileyCole - Felino, Italy
There are at least four museums here in this recent addition to Vienna's cultural life constructed inside the former stables of the Hofburg palace. The Leopold Museum has one of the largest collection of the art of Egon Schiele, on of the most important of Viennese 20th Century artists along with many other paintings of the first decades of the 20th century by Kokoschka, Klimt, and architectural works by Loos, Hoffmann, and Wagner. The MUMOK museum has a very large rotating collection of 20th century art and special exhibitions. A very good restaurant is also in the building.
3. Leopold Museum
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4.5 based on 2,730 reviews
The Leopold Museum is a unique treasure-house of Viennese Jugendstil, the Wiener Werkstätte and Expressionism. It is the most-visited museum of the city's hottest cultural site, the MuseumsQuartier, and it houses the most significant and largest Egon Schiele collection in the world, as well as masterworks by Secession founder Gustav Klimt. Tip: The museum's panorama windows offer a wonderful view of central Vienna with Maria Theresa Square and the Hofburg Palace.
Reviewed By HassanElNahas - Cairo, Egypt
Despite the very many great museums in Vienna, the Leopoldo Museum remains my favorite. It hosts a very large section on the exceedingly talented Egon Schiele and another on the World Famous Gustav Klimt. They also do an excellent job explaining how the Secession Movement came about in Austria and the contributions by its various founding members. The Leopold also hosts excellent visiting exhibitions. This time round there was one in German Expressionism and another on Schiele was to open tomorrow. I will need to go back again tomorrow. PS the Leopold Cafe on the 2nd floor is excellent for a bite n a drink.
4. ZOOM Kindermuseum
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4.0 based on 104 reviews
Reviewed By adamontour - Melbourne, Australia
This was a wonderful children's museum with age groups broen up and hosted activities in German and English. The Ocean is for 0-3 year olds and our 2yo son had a great time. Just beware that you need to buy tickets for an admission time (on the hour) and that spaces are limited so try to book on line.
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6. Kunsthalle Wien Museumsquartier
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3.5 based on 37 reviews
Kunsthalle Wien is Vienna’s exhibition space for international contemporary art and discourse.At its two venues at Museumsquartier and Karlsplatz, contemporary art is not only shown, but also presented in its specific contexts.Thematic group exhibitions, solo exhibitions by international artists, retrospectives by well-known representatives of contemporary art as well as exhibitions by emerging artists add an outstanding profile to Kunsthalle Wien that highlights its relation with both the international and the local art scene.With its broad program Kunsthalle Wien emphasizes that the subjects taken up by contemporary art are manifold. The combination of artistic practice and its theoretical reflection are therefore most important for its many exhibition activities. The intense debate on important questions of our time is also reflected in an extensive program of events such as talks and discussions.
7. Museum of Modern Art Ludwig Foundation (MUMOK)
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3.0 based on 606 reviews
Reviewed By 936nikolab
I see mixed reviews but my experience was really pleasant. I knew what to expect and I got it. I loved the architecture of the building and the vertigo exhibition has really been interesting with a couple of real modern art masterpieces. I had no problems with the staff, I understand them, it's their job to watch closely and protect the art. Anyway if you like modern art don't hesitate
8. The Austrian Architecture Museum (Architekturzentrum Wien)
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3.0 based on 38 reviews
Reviewed By marftrip - Kernersville, United States
I was somewhat surprised at the negative reviews here, having just visited the museum yesterday. As a Historic Preservationist, I’m always interested in a city’s architectural history, and how they’ve chosen to approach historic buildings. I found this museum to be just enough-although there are clearly large amounts of research books for anyone wanting more. Not sure why anyone would say there’s not much English as almost everything in the room is in both German and English-just sometimes on opposite sides. I too really liked the history being broken into smaller sections (well described already in a recent review) with specific examples. Each section contained a fair amount of info and a short film. I left the museum having a much better grasp of how Vienna developed during the 20th century-and, in fact, visited some sites the next day. Staff was really friendly, stating it was OK to go out to the restaurant, have a drink and rest, then return. The special exhibit right now are the nominations for the Mies van der Rohe Award-quite impressive. I could easily have spent several hours between the two exhibits. The Museum produces a great booklet listing many of the architectural treasures of Vienna-by decade and architect, which I found very helpful traveling around. All in all, a very interesting museum that makes good use of its limited space. Nice toilets in the special exhibit building.
