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The collections of the Kunsthistorisches Museum are amongst the most important and spectacular in the world. Many of the treasures were assembled by the Habsburgs, for centuries enthusiastic patrons and collectors. 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 Museum's magnificent collections. Here the taste and artistic preferences of these and other connoisseurs of the Imperial Family are still discernible today, thus conveying a sense of the Imperial glory of the art-loving Habsburg dynasty.
The Museums collections, some of which are housed in the Hofburg and the Schönbrunn Palace, range from Ancient Egyptian and Greek and Roman Antiquities to the collections of medieval art and the splendid Renaissance and Baroque collections.
In the Main Building:
- Picture Gallery
- Collection of Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Egyptian and Nearer Eastern collection
- Collection of Greak and Roman Antiquities
- Coin Cabinet
In the Neue Burg:
- Ephesos Museum
- Collection of Arms of Armour
- Collection of Ancient Musical Instruments
In the Hofburg, Schweizerhof:
- Treasury
In Schloß Schönbrunn:
- Museum of Carriages (Wagenburg)
Kunsthistorisches Museum
The Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna numbers among the most important European museum buildings put up during the 19th century.
The monumental structure, built at the behest of Emperor Franz Joseph I as part of his expansion of the city in 1858, was intended to both unite and appropriately represent the artistic treasures that had been collected by the Habsburgs over the centuries. Construction work lasted 20 years, from when ground was first broken in 1871 to the museum building’s completion in the year 1891.
Admission
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