The Kunsthistorisches Museum was opened in 1891, housing most of the imperial Habsburg collections under one roof. The collections of the Kunsthistorische Museum are amongst the most important and spectacular in the world. The 16th century Kunst- und Wunderkammer (art and treasure chambers) of Archduke Ferdinand and of Emperor Rudolph II, together with the baroque collections of Archduke Leopold Wilhelm form the nucleus of the Museums magnificent collections, in which the taste and artistic preferences of these and other connoisseurs of the Imperial Family are still discernible today. The Museums collections range from Ancient Egyptian and Greek and Roman Antiquities to the Collections of Medieval Art to the splendid Renaissance and Baroque Collections. In all, the museum is divided into eight different collections, some of which are housed in the Hofburg and in Schönbrunn Palace.

Maria Theresien-Platz
1010

43 1 525 24-4025

Other places in Vienna:

• Österreichische Galerie Belvedere
• Kunsthistorisches Museum
• Prater in Vienna
• Musikverein

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Nancy Birdwhistell

January, 01 1968