Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna (Vienna, Austria) - exhibitions, opening hours, address, phone numbers, official website.
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Vienna is rightfully recognized as the cultural capital of Europe - its museums attract millions of tourists a year. One of the largest collections is collected in the Museum of Art History: the variety of exhibits on display fully reflects the cultural life of mankind since the times of Ancient Greece and makes it possible to study the development of art in different corners peace. Even the museum building itself delights visitors: the façade is skillfully decorated with sandstone, and the interior rooms are decorated with marble and plaster stucco.
The collection began with private collectors - the imperial house of Habsburg - back in the 15th century. The museum received official status in 1889.
A little history
Soon after its opening, its halls displayed works by Titian, Rubens, Jan van Eyck, Poussin and Claude Monet. But until 1918, the collections remained private and became public property only after the end of the First World War. During World War II, the museum building was seriously damaged by bombing, but the Austrians took out the works of art and hid them even before the outbreak of hostilities. In 1959, the halls were reopened to visitors.
What to see
The greatest interest for connoisseurs is the collection of paintings; here you can see the works of masters of the 14th-18th centuries. The works of Bruegel the Elder especially stand out: it is in the Vienna Museum that paintings from his “golden period” are concentrated. For example, the famous cycle “The Seasons” and “The Tower of Babel”.
Currently the collection is divided by country: reflected cultural life France, Italy, England, Germany, Scandinavian countries. The pearls of the collection are the iconic masterpieces “The Adoration of All Saints of the Trinity” by Durer, “Lucrezia” by Veronese, “Madonna in the Green” by Raphael Santi, “The Four Great Rivers of Antiquity” by Rubens.
A separate niche contains works of art from the Mannerist era. There are always a lot of visitors in the halls with exhibits from the times of the Ancient World and Ancient Egypt, where the interiors are stylized as Egyptian temples and tombs. Another hall is given over to the Kuntskamera, and the latter contains more than 700 thousand different numismatic objects: coins, paper money, checks, bonds, orders and all kinds of insignia.
Practical information
Address: Vienna, A-1010 Wien, Burgring 5.
You can get there by metro: line U2, stop. Museumquartier; trams: D, J, 1, 2, 46, 49, stop. "National Museum".
Opening hours: daily from 10:00 to 18:00, except Thursday (until 21:00), Monday - closed. Cost of visit: 15 EUR, audio guide: 5 EUR. Website (English) Prices on the page are as of November 2018.
The Kunsthistorisches Museum (Kunsthistorisches Museum), like its twin brother, the Natural History Museum, was designed by the architects Gottfried Semper and Karl von Hasenauer to house the imperial collections. It was opened in 1891 and today is one of the largest art museums peace.
Its halls display countless masterpieces of Western art, including Raphael's Madonna in Green, portraits of infantines by Velazquez, works by Vermeer, Rubens, Rembrandt, Durer, Titian, and Tintoretto. The museum has the world's largest collection of Bruegel paintings. Collections dedicated to the ancient world and the art of Ancient Egypt and the East amaze with the riches of these mysterious cultures of the past.
View of the impressive building from the outside
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Art Gallery
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Figure of Emperor Charles VI on horseback with attributes of the Holy Roman Empire (1711/12) by Matthias Steinl, ivory carving
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Impressive interior architecture
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Art Gallery
The halls of the Kunsthistorisches Museum display countless masterpieces of Western art, including the world's largest collection of paintings by Bruegel. Collections ancient world, Ancient Egypt and the East amaze with the richness of the cultures of the past.
The Kunsthistorisches Museum is a collection of artistic objects, archaeological exhibits, ancient monuments, and numismatic rarities; an art gallery of world significance. The institution is administered by the Austrian Ministry of Culture.
Museum building
The museum is located on Maria Theresa Square, photo by Peter M.
The façade of the museum is lined with carved sandstone. The building has the shape of a rectangle topped with a 60-meter dome. The interiors are lavishly decorated with marble and plaster relief decoration. There are ninety-one rooms in the main building of the museum.
The building was designed by the architect Gottfried Semper and Baron Karl von Hasenauer in mid-19th centuries.
History of the meeting
The museum collection was started by the Imperial House of Austria. The Habsburgs collected and preserved art and antiques from the 15th century. The largest contribution was made by Ferdinand II, who for a long time formed the collection works of art in his castle. The best, rare examples from the Archducal heritage are presented in Vienna today.
Rudolf II also did a lot for the future museum. In Prague Castle he opened the Kunstkamera and founded an art gallery. From these collections, the most striking exhibits were also transported to the Vienna Museum. It was Rudolph who for a long time collected works by Bruegel the Elder, which are now the main pride of the painting exhibition of the Kunsthistorisches Museum.
Archduke Leopold Wilhelm in his gallery
Historians call the founding father of the museum Archduke Leopold Wilhelm. For almost a decade he was governor of the Southern Netherlands. During this time, he managed to collect an extensive collection of paintings, buying them at auctions in Brussels. The gallery collected by Leopold-Wilhelm is considered the most comprehensive in Europe. It included paintings by Giorgione, Titian and Veronese, Tintoretto and Rubens; works by Mantegna and Van Eyck.
The Habsburg treasures were opened to the public under Maria Theresa. The works were brought from many family castles, palaces, and private galleries and grouped according to geographical and chronological criteria. Objects of art were exhibited for a long time in several palaces: in the Upper Belvedere, in the Lower Belvedere, in.
The opening of the Vienna Kunsthistorisches Museum took place in 1889. Since 1918, this collection, like the entire Habsburg heritage, was expropriated in favor of the state. During World War II, the building on Maria Theresien-Platz was seriously destroyed, but the Austrians took out the bulk of the priceless works and hid them before the war. The museum reopened in 1959.
Art Gallery
The core of the museum collection was the art gallery. She presents the paintings Western European masters XIV–XVIII centuries. In chapter Dutch painting paintings by van der Weyden and van Goes, Bruegel the Elder, and Jan van Eyck are collected. The collection of works by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, presented in the Vienna Museum, is considered the greatest in Europe - here you can see half of all the works created by the painter in different years. The pearl of the collection are paintings from the famous “Seasons” cycle.
Peter Paul Rubens. photo Deborah and Thomas
Art gallery collections
- In Flemish section, the first to attract attention are the paintings of Rubens, with his colorful beauties. You cannot ignore the masterpieces of the Baroque – the works of Jacob Jordaens and the “airy” paintings of Van Dyck.
- Dutch There is little painting presented, but true masterpieces are collected here: paintings by F. Hals, G. Terborch, Rembrandt van Rijn, allegorical works by Jan W. Delft.
- The collection of paintings is especially rich German masters of the brush. Here you can see masterpieces of the Renaissance era: works by Albrecht Durer and Cranach the Elder, G. Holbein and many other painters. Presented here iconic masterpiece Dürer: “The Adoration of All Saints to the Trinity” is a world-famous altar image.
- Names Italian The masters are impressive: Giorgione, Mantegna, Titian, Caravaggio. It is here that you can see “Madonna in the Green” by Raphael Santi and “Lucrezia” by Veronese. The pearl of the Spanish collection of the Vienna Museum is the work of Velazquez, his royal dynastic portraits.
- Sections: art England And France- weak.
Ancient Egypt and Near East Collection
Ancient Egypt collection, photo by courthouselover
The Vienna Museum is famous not only for its artistic canvases. Its collections of ancient Egyptian and oriental treasures are considered the oldest in the world. Egyptian sculptures are on display here. different periods history of the state. Architectural treasures and stone figurines, bronze and wooden items, papyri, sarcophagi and jewelry are displayed against the backdrop of interiors stylized as Egyptian temples and tombs.
The department of ancient art contains valuables from Etruscan, ancient Greek, Roman times: coins, figurines, medals and jewelry - many artifacts found during research in different time. The most striking exhibit is a collection of onyx cameos by Ptolemy. The extensive sculptural exhibition and the exhibition of jewelry items from the Great Migration era are interesting.
Kunstkamera
The museum's Kunstkamera is unique in its kind. It is decorated with silk trellises from the beginning. XVIII century, as well as works applied arts made of precious metals and ivory.
Numismatic collection
The museum's numismatic collection is one of the world's five largest collections of coins, paper money, shares, orders and medals, and insignia. In total there are approximately 700,000 objects.
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The Vienna Museum of Art History (Kunsthistorisches Museum) is known as one of the most significant museums in the world, possessing exceptional artistic significance collections. Its art gallery is especially appreciated by art connoisseurs.
Museum address: Maria Theresien-Platz, Vienna (Maria Theresien Platz, Vienna)
Nearest metro: Museumsquartier (line U2)
Schedule: from 10:00 to 18:00, Monday - closed.
Regular ticket:- 12 €, visitors under 19 years of age have free admission upon presentation of an ID.
Official site: khm.at
The history of the creation and development of the Vienna Art Gallery is inextricably linked with the history of the reign of the imperial house of Habsburg. The foundation of the collection was laid by Maximillian I (1459-1519). With him, a collection of portraits was compiled, perfectly illustrating the genealogy of this ancient family. A little later, Archduke Ferdinand II (1529-1595), based on his own preferences, continued to collect portraits, and having moved to Bohemia, in 1529-1563 he began collecting works best artists that time. It was this collection that was then transported to Ambras Castle, near Innsbruck. At the same time as Ferdinand II, another representative of the dynasty, Rudolf II (1552-1612), who lived in Prague, also succumbed to the passion of collecting art, sometimes resorting to not the most honest way of acquiring paintings. In particular, Rudolf managed to appropriate the collection from Ambras Castle after the death of his uncle, Ferdinand II, and a little later - the most valuable exhibits collected by his brother, Ernst.
Without taking into account the ethical side of long-ago affairs, it should be noted that Rudolf II made the most significant contribution to the formation most valuable collection paintings Kunsthistorisches Museum. It was he who, while in the Netherlands at the end of the 16th century, bought a large number of paintings by Flemish masters, including the world's largest collection of works by Pieter Bruegel the Elder. Even though a large number of paintings were stolen in 1648, the surviving part of the collection is today considered the most valuable among the entire collection of the Vienna Museum. Rudolf II became the first Habsburg to subtly embrace the work of the old masters. After him, the collection, passing from one owner to another, only increased in both value and artistic value.
The next representative of the imperial house, who did a lot to form the art collection, was Archduke Leopold Wilhelm (1614-1662). His artistic preferences focused on Venetian painting. According to an inventory compiled shortly before his death, the collection of paintings collected by Leopold amounted to more than 1,400 objects of art. According to the Archduke's will, all the wealth went to his grandson, Emperor Leopold I. The collections from Innsbruck and Vienna also fell into his hands. The young emperor was faced with the need to house a very extensive collection, which continued to grow later, during the reign of Maria Theresa and Emperor Joseph II.
However, the issue of placing the treasures was resolved only under Archduke Franz Ferdinand, who allocated the Stallburg estate in Vienna for these purposes. For some time, the collection of paintings was housed in Belvedere Castle, where a second attempt was made to systematize and catalog the unique collection. Here, in 1776, the collection became available to the general public. Finally, in 1891, a modern building museum.
Today the Pinakothek occupies the entire second floor of the museum building. Visitors can see works by van Eyck, Dürer, Rubens, Rembrandt, Raphael and many other artists. The first floor is completely dedicated to collections ancient art: departments of Egyptian and oriental art, sculpture department, applied art department.
Exhibition of a museum of art history or art historical museum in Vienna is located in two huge buildings located not far from each other. All exhibitions located in these two buildings are visited with one ticket. We only realized this when we bought the ticket, because the information on the Internet is presented in such a way that it seems that you need a separate ticket for each of these exhibitions. It will take a whole day to visit this museum.
The exhibitions are very extensive. This is one of the richest museums in the world. Both of these buildings were built under the penultimate emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Franz Joseph. It was he who decided to bring together all the scattered collections of the Habsburgs and put them on public display. After the collapse of the empire in 1918, all collections became the property of the Austrian Republic.
The building located on Maria Theresa Square (Maria-Theresien-Platz, 1010 Wien) houses:
- On the ground floor there is Kunskamera, which presents all sorts of interesting things like music boxes, wind-up toys, etc. - this is the earliest kunskamera in central Europe; information about its organization dates back to 1550. And the meeting ancient Egyptian, ancient Greek and ancient Roman art.
- Huge on the second floor painting collection, which includes paintings by famous European painters - Titian, Veronese, Tintoretto, Anthony van Dyck, Pieter Bruegel and many others.
- Huge on the third floor numismatic collection.
In New Burg (Neue Burg Heldenplatz, 1010 Wien) there are:
- Ephesus Museum.
- Hunting and Armory Chamber.
- Collection of ancient musical instruments.
- In addition, the headquarters of the OSCE mission is located in the same building, but they are not allowed there.
New Burg building All of the above can be visited with one ticket and it’s impossible to see everything quickly in one day, so it’s better to think in advance about which exhibitions to go to.
Adult 16€, children under 19 years old free. We offer a combined ticket for the Kunsthistorisches Museum + = 22€ (save 6€). There is an annual ticket - 44 €. The prices shown are valid for 2019. During the high season, there may be long queues at the museum and an electronic voucher provides a 5% discount in the museum gift shop, this is how Europeans are trying to encourage visitors to buy tickets online. In this case, the museum will be able to save on the maintenance of cashiers, and on printing the paper ticket forms themselves.
There are audio guides. In German, English, Italian and French 990 objects of the museum are described, and only 120 are in Russian. The cost of using the audio guide is 4 euros.
In the souvenir shop you can buy books in Russian with descriptions of the collections, but prices start from 19 euros for a description of selected exhibits of only one Kunskamera, the same for a description of an art gallery and another 39 euros for a description of the works of the grandiose exhibition of Velazquez (it took place in 2016) . The museum always hosts very impressive exhibitions
Kunsthistorisches Museum
The building of the Kunsthistorisches Museum on Maria Theresa Square is a twin building. These two buildings stand opposite each other and are almost identical in architecture.
The interior of the Museum of Art History is also very good, one might say simply gorgeous.
Kunsthistorisches Museum - interior As in the Natural History Museum, there is a cafe under the central dome.
Kunsthistorisches Museum - cafe under the dome Gorgeous front staircase.
Kunsthistorisches Museum - main staircase Art of the Ancient World
The collection of Egyptian and Near Eastern treasures is considered one of the most significant in the world due to its representative collection of ancient Egyptian monuments from the period Ancient kingdom(300 - ca. 2270 BC). Sculptural portraits of pharaohs and high-ranking officials, animal sculptures, reliefs, stone and bronze figurines, amulets, jewelry, papyri, mummies, sarcophagi and other objects introduce us to ancient civilization peoples of northeast Africa and western Asia.
Hall dedicated to the art of ancient Egypt The collection of Greek and Roman antiquities is one of the most significant in the world, including ancient monuments culture and treasures of the era of the Great Migration of Peoples and the early Middle Ages.
Art ancient Greece 550 - 525 BC Gold jewelry is displayed in common rooms, no special rooms or storage rooms like we have in the Hermitage.
Exhibition of antique gold jewelry All the halls of the museum are decorated very elegantly, it is immediately noticeable that museum workers We thought through every detail of the decor of the walls, ceilings, and the location of display cases with exhibits.
The Gemma of Augusta is considered a significant treasure of the museum and is displayed in a separate display case.
Gemma Augusta. Not earlier than 10 AD, onyx All rooms have ideal lighting.
Exhibition of ancient Roman figurines Kunskamera
The exposition of the Kunskammer in Vienna is very different from the exposition of the Kunskammer in St. Petersburg. The Vienna Kunskammer contains amazing and precious products of human hands, no freaks preserved in alcohol, like ours.
Kunskamera exposition - gold devices Many halls are equipped with interactive screens where you can read about the exhibits in the hall in English and German.
So, for example, this large-scale ceiling painting is accompanied by a tablet, by poking your finger into it you can find out the names and who each of the characters in this huge painting was.
Ceiling painting in one of the halls 
Kunskamera exposition - bone product Art Gallery
IN art gallery Photography is prohibited and its exposition is so rich that it makes no sense to include photographs. I will limit myself to only one that made the greatest impression on me. This amazing paintings Italian painter Giuseppe Arcimboldo, a harbinger of surrealism, he painted these amazing allegories in the 1560s.
Examples of allegories from the 1560s cycles “The Seasons” Along with the permanent exhibition of paintings, the art gallery held a huge exhibition of works by Diego Vellasquez, he was a court painter to the Spanish king and painted a large number of portraits of the Habsburg family. The exhibition features several portraits of Infanta Margherita and famous painting“Las Meninas”, 59 variations of which I saw in Barcelona.
"Las Meninas" (1656, Prado, Madrid) The art gallery is very rich in immortal masterpieces; the entire second floor of the huge building is hung with paintings in several rows.
New Castle - Hunting and Gun Chamber
The collection of weapons and armor is considered one of the best in the world; the earliest examples date back to the 5th century. The collection was formed in 1889 as a result of the merger of the Imperial Arsenal with the collections located in Ambras Castle in Innsbruck.
New burg or New castle— interior This showcase displays the oldest pieces in the collection.
Ancient armor XIV century This was the first time I saw such pillows on a horse’s neck; apparently, they protected the horse in a collision with an opponent.
Knight at the tournament Some armors look like works of art, the finishing is so fine.
Armouries The collection of armor is very interesting, for example, I didn’t know that there were armor with faces
Armor of Heinrich von Württemberg 1525-1530 Or these helmets with a fish face.
Armor helmet with fish head 
Armouries Interactive screens are installed in the halls. On them you can see the history of knightly tournaments in medieval engravings. In addition to classic European armor, there is also a lot of Turkish military clothing, since Vienna often fought with Ottoman Empire and even one Japanese samurai armor.
Armouries The hunting and gun chamber is many times larger than the knight's hall of the Hermitage, since the knights still lived in Western Europe and it is quite natural that large collections knightly armor developed in Europe.
New Castle - Museum of Ancient Musical Instruments
I admit honestly that musical instruments we didn’t examine it because it’s very specific and we’re far from enthusiastic classical music, however, the harp looks great in the interiors of the palace.
Harp in the Museum of Musical Instruments New Castle - Ephesus Museum
The Ephesus Museum displays everything that was found during excavations ancient city Ephesus, now located in Turkey. Excavations were carried out in 1886-1906; as many as 7 expeditions were sent with finds to Vienna. In Ephesus, of course, they wanted to find famous temple Artemis of Ephesus, which is one of the 7 wonders of the world. Unfortunately, the temple was destroyed more than once in ancient times and little remains of it, but marble statues and there was enough debris for the entire Ephesus Museum in Vienna.
The Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna is a very large collection of works of art. different eras, starting from the formation of civilization in Ancient Egypt and until the end of the 18th century. This is one of the largest collections in the world, which is quite natural, since all these collections were collected by the Habsburgs for almost 500 years. Art lovers are guaranteed to have great fun exploring the collection.
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