Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien

Museum · Hofburg

Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien

Museum · Hofburg

Maria-Theresien-Platz, 1010 Wien, Austria

Highlights

This stunning 19th-century museum dazzles with its exquisite interiors and impressive art collections, inviting you to linger for hours in its grandeur.

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"The Kunsthistorisches Museum, also known as the Museum of Fine Arts, is one of the largest and most important museums in the world, with collections that span five millennia and include works by renowned artists." - Travel + Leisure Editors

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"Explore Vienna's premier art museum The Habsburgs were, generally speaking, lovers of art and many of the works of the Kunsthistorisches Museum come from their collections. While the grandiose interior alone may be reason enough to visit, the collections here are outstanding. The Egyptian and Near Eastern Collection, Collection of Greek and Roman Antiquities and Coin Library are just a few of the collections to get lost inside. The Picture Gallery includes works by Albrecht Dürer, Jan van Eyck, Pieter Brueghel the Elder and Peter Paul Rubens."

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Audra Ta

Google

This is something indescribably impressive... An incredibly beautiful museum, an art gallery, wow... the store had beautiful, exclusive jewelry, which I bought two sets of, I recommend, one-of-a-kind jewelry. The only downside is the entrance to the museum, I changed tickets three times to get in. I will come back again this year. Inside the museum is an impressive restaurant that took away the promise of luxury and grandeur.

Joanna Baranska

Google

Wonderful Egyptian collection. You can spend hours and hours there. An impressive place. Just make sure u get there early enough to visit without running in stress, as the museum is closing on the weekends at 6 pm. Check opening hours before buying a ticket.

Diederik Dekkers

Google

Located in the Museum quartier, this is one of the most beautiful museums I have ever been to. The art collection itself is very impressive with many extraordinary pieces from different cultures and periods in time. Most notably, the Roman crystal engravings and the many golden pieces of art. This museum is definitely worth the money. The one downside is the slight lack of English explanation at times.

Tyler Larsen

Google

It had art that I'd only seen in books before. The thing I really liked was it has a lot of seating in the rooms so I could just sit and enjoy the art. Wasn't crowded at all. I bought my tickets with my phone while waiting in line for tickets, then just went right in. They honored my daughter's student discount. Great experience.

Philip Smith

Google

Magnificent museum! When my wife and I went, they had a large Rembrandt and Hoogstraten display out. Plan on at least 2 hours to properly tour this place. Many different things to see and enjoy! Google limits you to 50 pics but I could easily have done more.

Azy S

Google

Loved the museum. The building itself was a work of art, superb architecture, functional layout and velvet benches everywhere to just sit down and admire the arts. Art collections were unique and as you'd expect mostly from Austrian artists or telling a story piece of Austrian History. The cafe was an absolute beauty. But the shops were unfortunately underwhelming, nothing unique or creative to offer and overpriced.

NurLiyana Isa

Google

Magnificent museum! The exhibitions were outstanding. Beautiful interior too. Sadly I am giving this museum a 1 star because of the awful experiences I had with the security staff all in the mere 2 hours I was there. They were rude and confrontational. 1 staff grabbed me physically as a warning to not be too close to the painting (I was merely looking and no where was this caution displayed). Regardless, you should never lay a hand on a customer! Another staff was targeting me about my bag being placed on my back. I understand there are perhaps rules somewhere (not displayed once again) but she would walk past everyone else with bags behind them and not say anything to them. And was verbally aggressive saying she is security and will kick me out. All for a bag placement?! It made my whole museum experience AWFUL.

Matthew

Google

Well worth a visit if you are in Vienna. It was a fantastic collection of historical artifacts, one of my favourite things about this is that the displays don't feel cramped together like they do in some other museum I have attended, each display has its own area and it feels like it has its own pride of place. I particularly liked the Egyptian and Greek displays. If you have time definitely add it to your itinerary. Do not book through a middle man, go direct to the website to get tickets that will prevent you having to queue to collect before entrance.

Chantelle T.

Yelp

What a great place to discover on such a beautiful day. Very well maintained and it sits between the two big museums, Kunsthistoriches and Naturalhistorisches. More of an opportunistic visit than a planned one, but a great statue to see nonetheless.

A H.

Yelp

Between the twin museums you will find a statue of the Empress Maria Theresia, a very famous personality of the Austrian history! First woman to access the throne, she supported the arts, reinforced the economy and the military status of the empire. Strong headed, she married for love and had 16 children, the most famous of all being Marie Antoinette (wife of French king Louis XVI and beheaded during the French Revolution).

Valencia W.

Yelp

Located between the Naturalhistorisches & Kunsthistoriches museum. It's a great area that nice for catching up with a coffee or enjoying the weather. It's well maintained and you can walk to Museumquartier which is right across the street.