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Museums and Galleries
Austria
Vienna
Albertina Museum
Tel: +43 (1) 53483 520
Fax: +43 (1) 533 76 97
E-m: Info@albertina.at
Web: www.albertina.at
Currently the collection consists
of approximately 65,000 drawings
and nearly one million prints
covering all of the major arthistorical
epochs from the late
Gothic to the contemporary
Modern
Belvedere
Tel: +43/1/79 557-134
Fax: +43/1/79 557-136
The Österreichische Galerie
Belvedere is one of the world’s
major museums. The Upper
Belvedere houses the largest
collection of paintings by
Gustav Klimt in the world
including The Kiss and Judith,
Monet, Renoir and Manet. The
Lower Belvedere houses the
Baroque Museum and Museum
of medieval Art.
Haydn House
Haydngasse 19
Tel: +43-1-505 87 47-0
Haydn bought this suburban
house in 1793. The exhibition
concentrates on the last years of
the composer’s life, his personal
relationships and his place in
Viennese society
KunstHausWien
Untere Weissgerstrasse 13
A-1030 Vienna
Tel: +43 (1) 712 04 95 23
Fax: +43 (1) 712 04 96
Web: www.kunsthauswien.com
Presents on 2 floors
Friedensreich Hundertwasser’s
work, his philosophy,
paintings, drawings, tapestry
and architecture. A modern
day adventure in creative
architecture. Regular temporary
exhibitions, shop and café.
Kunsthistorisches Museum
Tel: +43 (1) 525 24- 417
Web: www.khm.at
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. Regular
special exhibitions throughout
the year
Liechtenstein Palace
Tel: +43 1 319 57 67-153
The Liechtenstein Palace has
ceased its previous museum
operations. The palace has refocus
on events and pre-booked
guided tours of the princely
collections.
max ernst 23. 01.– 05. 05. ’13
bosch bruegel rembrandt rubens 15. 03.– 30. 06. ’13
gottfried helnwein 05. 06.– 01. 09. ’13
matisse and fauvism 20. 09. ’13– 12. 01. ’14
sonja gangl 02.10.’13 – 02. 02. ’14
Peter Paul Rubens, Nikolaus Rubens mit Korallenschnur, c. 1619; Albertina, Wien
albertinaplatz 1, 1010 vienna
daily 10 am-6 pm, wednesday 10 am-9 pm
www.albertina.at
more info: tourism@albertina.at
Program subject to changes
Mozarthaus Vienna
A-1040 Vienna, Weyringergasse
17/2
Tel: +43-1-505 31 00
Web: www.mozarthausvienna.at
A centre devoted to the life
and works of Mozart including
the historical apartment where
he lived. In addition visitors
can find out about the times in
which Mozart lived and his most
important works. The exhibition
focuses on his years in Vienna,
which marked a high point in his
creativity
Old Vienna Schnaps-
Museum
Wilhelmstr 19-21
A-1120 Vienna
Reservations required
Tel: +43 1 815 7300
Fax: +43 1 815 730010
E-m: office@schnapsmuseum.
com
www.schnapsmuseum.com
A unique opportunity to see not
only the distilling process but
the original offices, furniture
and equipment from the
1870’s – 1920’s and still in use
today.. Meet a Viennese family
and learn all about Schnaps.
Unlimited sampling! Takes 45
minutes. Bus parking in front of
the museum
MuseumQuartier - Vienna
Museumptatz 1
A 1-1070 Vienna
Information
Web: www.mqw.at
Tel: +43 1 523 5881
Group Tours
Tel: +43 1 523 58 81 1704
Housed in the former royal
winter stables, it unites baroque
with modern architecture. This is
a modern and contemporary arts
complex, open 24hours, with 6
restaurants and cafes. Some of
the museums in the complex are
shown below
Sigmund Freud Museum
Berggasse 19, A-1090 Wien
Tel: +43-1- 319 15 96
Fax: +43-1- 317 02 79
Web: www.freud-museum.at
Located in Freud’s former
private apartment and office,
the Museum shows the life
and work of the founder of
psychoanalysis. Personal
documents, photographs, family
films, original furnishings and
his personnel and professional
possessions exhibited. A gem!
Sisi Museum
Hofburg – Imperial Apartments
Tel: +43 1 533 75 70
Fax: +43 1 533 75 70 33
E-m: info@hofburg-wien,at
Web: www.hofburg-wien.at
The museum offers a fresh insight
into the life of Empress Elizabeth
– “Sisi”. The museum tracks
her life from a child in Bavaria
through to her assassination in
Geneva in 1898.
The House of Music
Tel: +43 (0)1 51548-10
Fax: +43 (0)1 5120315
E-m: info@haus-der-musikwien.at
Web: www.haus-der-musikwien.at
A voyage with the best musicians
of the past and present, and
computer generated music of
the future. Visitors have the
opportunity to conduct orchestras
“virtually”
Melk
Melk Abbey
Tel: +43(0)2752-555-232
E-m: Kultur.tourismus@
stiftmelk.at
Melk has been a spiritual and
cultural center of the country
for more than 1000 years, first
as a castle for the Babenbergs,
then from 1089 as a Benedictine
monastery, founded by Margrave
Leopold II. The Monastery also
now has a museum
Belgium
Antwerp
Diamond Museum
Koningin Astridplein 19-23
B-2018 Antwerp - Belgium
Tel: +32-3-202 48 90
Fax: +32-3-202 48 98
E-m: info@diamant.provant.be
Web: www.diamantmuseum.be
The largest diamond museum in
the world. An ‘image and sound’
museum. Multi lingual audio guides
as well as experts available to
answer any questions. Jewellery
from the 16 Century to the present
day.
The Red Star Line Museum
2000 Antwerp
Tel:+32 3 206 03 5
Opens 27th September 2013 The
legendary shipping company
transported over 2 million
passengers by the River Scheldt to
America: poor European migrants
in search of the American dream,
also well-heeled passengers on a
pleasure or business trip to New
York.
Brugge
Choco-Story – The
Chocolate Museum
Sint-Jansstraat, 7b
Tel: +0032 50/61.22.37
Web: www.choco-story.be
E-m: info@choco-story.be
Housed in the The Maison de
Croon (1480) The museum opened
in March 2004 and tells the story
of how chocolate was discovered.
The museum tells the story of
the transformation of cocoa into
chocolate and to promote the
health and quality aspects of
Belgian chocolate
The ‘Diamantmuseum
Brugge’
Web: www.diamondhouse.net
Tel: +32 50 342056
Diamantmuseum Brugge offers
a unique view into the diamond
world, normally inaccessible to
the publicEvery day at 12.15, a
polishing demonstration is carried
out by a diamond polisher in the
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