Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
This exciting museum, across the Ring from the Hofburg Palace, showcases the grandeur
and opulence of the Habsburgs' collected artwork in a grand building (built in 1888 to dis-
play these works). While there's little Viennese art here, you will find world-class European
masterpiecesgalore(includingcanvasesbyRaphael,Caravaggio,Velázquez,Dürer,Rubens,
Vermeer,Rembrandt,andaparticularlyexquisiteroomfulofBruegels),allwell-hungonone
glorious floor, plus a fine display of Egyptian, classical, and applied arts. Another highlight,
filling a wing of the ground floor, is the Habsburg “Chamber of Wonders”
(Kunstkammer)
,
showing off the imperial collection of exquisite fine-art objects and exotic curios.
Cost and Hours:
€12 (free for kids under 18), ticket also covers New Palace museums
acrosstheRing,€18combo-ticketalsoincludestheHofburgTreasury,Tue-Sun10:00-18:00,
Thuuntil21:00,closedMon,ontheRingstrasseatMaria-Theresien-Platz,U-2orU-3:Volk-
stheater/Museumsplatz (exit toward
Burgring
), tel. 01/525-240,
www.khm.at
.
