The Albertina Graphic Arts Collection is
perhaps the largest and most important graphic collection in
the world. It owns about 60.000 drawings and about a million
graphic reproductions.
House of Music allows for interactive musical
experiences. On seven floor you can delve into sound. You can
even virtually conduct the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra! Well
worth a visit.
The KunstHaus Wien is situated in the third
district of Vienna and is a house, that does not correspond
to the usual cliches and norms. In the KunstHaus Wien a permanent
Hundertwasser exhibition is offered.
Explore Mozart's world in the house, where
he has lived for some happy and prolific years composing "The
Impesario" and "The Marriage of Figaro" among
other major works.
The Museum of Applied Arts is situated
in the first district on the Ring Boulevard. It is renowned
as an cultural institution and as such it represents culture
as an integral and uncompromising search for authenticity.
The Museum of Fine Arts was built from
1872 to 1891 after designs by Gottfried Semper and Karl von
Hasenauer. It ranks among the richest and most important art
collections in the world.
The Museumsquartier is one of the ten largest
cultural complexes in the world, where baroque buildings, new
architecture, cultural institutions and various disciplines
of art are united.
Even by today's standards the Secession
is a daring building with its cupola of golden laurel leaves
and its art deco facade. Secession museum specializes on contemporary
art.
Dr. Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis,
lived and worked in this house for almost half a century (1891
to 1938). His former office and private apartment are now, thanks
to his daughter Anna, a museum.
With about 22.000 sqm of exhibition space
Vienna's 'Technisches Museum' belongs to the city's big players
and is a definite must for visitors interested in the technical
issues.
