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Progressive Museum Constructions


Today many museums attract visitors not only because of their interesting exhibitions, but because of their cutting-edge architecture.


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Kunsthaus Bregenz

From the outside the Kunsthaus acts as luminary. Depending on weather conditions, point of view and position of the sun, the building reflects light and color and reveals parts of its interior. More
 
Foto: MUMOK / Rastl, Deinhardstein

Museum of Modern Art

In the gigantic black basalt cube in the courtyard of the Viennese MuseumsQuartier you can admire some 7,000 pieces of modern art. More
 
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Leopold Museum

Leopold Museum in the Viennese MuseumsQuartier is paneled in white shell limestone. In its spacious, light-flooded rooms it presents Austrian painting of the 19th and 20th century, including the world’s biggest Schiele collection. More
 
Foto: Ellie Wyckoff © Kunsthalle Wien, 2006

Kunsthalle Wien Project Space

The functional and flexible exhibition room in the glass cube at Karlsplatz square fulfills the esthetic conditions of young, contemporary art. More
 
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Frauenmuseum Hittisau

Austria’s only Women’s Museum is located inside a prize-winning wooden building and presents the world from a female perspective. More
 
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Sammlung Essl

The 95-meter long exhibition house in Klosterneuburg is a functional and artistic construction and satisfies both the spirit of the collectors and the requirements of the collection. More
 
Photo: Niederösterreichisches Landesmuseum / Martin Vavra

Niederösterreichisches Landesmuseum

The first State Museum of the new millennium is located in St. Pölten. Created by the star architect Hans Hollein, this museum is an avant-garde multi-media construction. More
 
Museum der Moderne Salzburg / Werner Reichel

Museum der Moderne Salzburg

Salzburg's dramatic new 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. More
 
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Kunsthaus Nexus – Saalfelden

Kunsthaus Nexus spotlights contemporary art and focuses on an interaction between art and the visitor. More
 
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Hangar 7 – City of Salzburg

The home of the Flying Bulls offers a world-wide unique combination of aviation, arts and fine dining. More
 
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Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz

With its superb collection of international art the Lentos Museum of Modern Art Linz is considered one of the most important museums of modern art in Austria and is a great example for dynamic and transforming architecture. More
 
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Baroque Meets Cyberspace

Ground-breaking architecture on historic soil – at MuseumsQuartier in Vienna time-honored buildings and modern constructions blend to create a unique ambiance. More
 
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Kunsthaus Graz

For a long time the Clocktower was the landmark of Graz. Now the city has a new architectural mark: the Kunsthaus Graz or “Friendly Alien”. More
 

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