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Art in Salzburg
Salzburg is not only devoted to the traditional. A lively art and culture scene with a plethora of galleries and event venues embraces the avant-garde, the unconventional and the future-oriented.
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Museum of Modern Art - Salzburg
Salzburg's dramatic museum of modern and contemporary art, the Museum der Moderne, sits atop the sheer cliff face of the Mönchsberg, 60 meters above Salzburg’s historic old town.
High on Art -
Kunsthaus Graz
The building, designed by Peter Cook and Colin Fournier, has an organic shape with a skin made of iridescent blue acrylic panels. One of the most unusual museums you'll ever visit.
The Friendly Alien -
Essl Collection - Klosterneuburg
Take a trip a few miles north of Vienna to visit this important collection of Austrian painting dating back to 1945. It is one of Austria's most comprehensive collections of post-war art works.
The Collection -
The Secession - Vienna
Today, it is one of Austria’s most photographed structures and a leading centre for contemporary art. But when it opened in 1898, the Vienna Secession touched off a scandal.
Scandalous and Superb -
Museum of Fine Arts - Vienna
Thanks to the acquisitions by and the patronage of the House of Habsburg, the gallery has an unrivalled collection of old masters, including a vast selection of works by Pieter Bruegel the Elder.
Work of the Masters -
Albertina - Vienna
The Albertina accommodates one of the largest and most precious graphic art collections in the world. Today, it comprises nearly 50,000 drawings and one million prints dating from all major epochs: from Late Gothic to contemporary art.
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Leopold Museum - Vienna
The Leopold Museum in the Viennese MuseumsQuartier presents Austrian paintings of the 19th and 20th century, including the world’s biggest Schiele collection in its spacious, light-flooded rooms.
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Gallery Belvedere - Vienna
This Baroque masterpiece houses one of Europe's most important museums. In the Upper Belvedere the world's largest collection of paintings by Gustav Klimt is on display, alongside works by Egon Schiele and Oskar Kokoschka.
One of Vienna's Highlights -
Haus der Musik - Vienna
Haus der Musik is a modern interactive experimental museum in the historic city center of Vienna, where the Vienna Philharmonic was founded. Infotainment, Edutainment and Entertainment – these are the three catchwords characterizing the Haus der Musik, offering the visitor a lively introduction to the history of Austria’s great composers.
The House of Sound -
MUMOK Museum of Modern Art - Vienna
Located in the gigantic black basalt cube in the courtyard of the Viennese MuseumsQuartier, view a vast collection of major 20th century artists - from Picasso to Pollock - as well as changing contempoary exhibitions.
MUMOK Website
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