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★★★★★

„Huge museum with so much to see. The Egyptian collection is super cool. The interior of the museum is even prettier than the Opera House.“

(Tripadvisor June 2024)

★★★★★

„Must do when in Vienna“

(Tripadvisor June 2024)

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Only in Vienna
A must-see during your Vienna visit

One of the world’s leading museums, its rich holdings comprise objects from five millennia, from Ancient Egypt to the late eighteenth century.

The Picture Gallery is home to works by great masters from Dürer to Raphael, Titan and Tintoretto, Rubens and Velázquez, to Rembrandt and Vermeer.

Of particular interest is the world’s largest collection of works by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, which includes such famous paintings as The Tower of Babel, Peasant Wedding, and Hunters in the Snow.

Section 1: Bruegel

Best of Bruegel – the world's largest collection in Vienna - 12 masterpieces united

The Tower
of Babel

Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Dated 1563
Picture Gallery, inv. 1026
 


Hunters in the Snow (Winter)

Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Dated 1565
Picture Gallery, inv. 1838

Peasant Wedding

Pieter Bruegel the Elder
c.1568
Picture Gallery, inv. 1027

Until 23 August in Hall IX of the Picture Gallery:


The Bruegel Lounge

In the Picture Gallery, you will now find a lounge with touchscreens that invite you to dive deep into the world of Pieter Bruegel the Elder.

Just a few steps away from the originals, you can now use the Inside Bruegel platform to view the master's works in extremely high resolution, as well as infrared macrophotographs, infrared reflectographs, and X-ray images of the paintings, all created for research purposes.


In line with this, our short lunchtime talks in August features half-hour tours that focus on works by Pieter Bruegel the Elder. These tours take place twice a week throughout the entire month.

In German language

see short lunchtime talks

Section 2: Gemäldegalerie

The Who's Who of the Old Masters in the Picture Gallery at the Kunsthistorisches Museum

The Art of Painting

Johannes Vermeer van Delft
1666/68
Picture Gallery, inv. 9128
 

Infanta Margarita Teresa (1651–1673) in a blue dress

Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez
1659
Picture Gallery, inv. 2130

Summer

Giuseppe Arcimboldo
Dated 1563
Picture Gallery, inv. 1589

Section 3: Kunstkammer

Come and marvel at amazingly beautiful, curious and precious artefacts.

Saliera

Benvenuto Cellini
1540–43
Kunstkammer, inv. KK 881
 

The Kunstkammer housing Benvenuto Cellini’s celebrated Saliera is another highlight.

 

 

Ewer mad from a Seychelles Nut

Anton Schweinberger (goldsmith),
Nikolaus Pfaff (carver)
1602
Kunstkammer, inv. KK 6872


Automaton in the form of a ship

Hans Schlottheim
Dated 1585
Kunstkammer, inv. KK 874

Section 4: Ägyptisch-Orientalische Sammlung

Or visit the Collection of Greek and Roman Antiquities and the Ancient Egyptian Collection and take a journey into the past.

Hippopotamus

11th/12th Dynasty, c.2000 BCE
Egyptian and Near Eastern Collection, inv. ÄS 4211

Mummy Board and Inner Coffin of Nes-pauti-taui

21st Dynasty, before 969 BCE
Egyptian and Near Eastern Collection,
invs. ÄS 6261, ÄS 6262

Gemma Augustea

9–12 CE
Collection of Greek and Roman Antiquities,
inv. IXa 79

Section 5: Architektur

The sumptuous building housing the Kunsthistorisches Museum is itself a work of art, and it and the splendid collections it houses are an invitation to explore and enjoy.

Particularly noteworthy here are Gustav Klimt's paintings in the main staircase.

Honored with the Tripadvisor Travelers’ Choice Best of the Best Award 2023

A thousand masterpieces tell a thousand stories.

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