Kunsthistorisches Museum

This museum isn't huge by European standards, but it is quite large for American standards. This is one of my favorite museums now.

I would dedicate at least half a day to it to leisurely enjoy all the art, cafe and gift shop. I spent about 2 - 2.5 hours and I felt rush and didn't get to take a break at the cafe.

Their online app is free to download onto the phone for an audible guide. The app is easy to use and have different routes that meets everyone needs - whether they want to just see the most famous items or more of it.

The lobby and some parts are modern and spacious and some parts historical. They were very thoughtful with the design, the layout , display glasses, etc.

Purchase tickets online ahead of time asap. Otherwise you may not get in. The museum does a good job of keep on the museum from being over crowded.

Amazing museum in the heart of Vienna. They have exhibits from Ancient Rome, Egypt and much more.

Definitely worth a visit

In general, the Kunsthistorisches Museum is okay as a museum. The curation is lacking. The museum is not clearly organized in any way for the visitor to appreciate new ways of seeing artworks and considering their connections.

Rather, the Kunsthistorisches Museum is like a huge art display warehouse with lots of paintings hanging on the walls. Highlights include the Bruegel & Rembrandt. In addition to the many paintings, there are also artifacts, e.g. from Egypt. There's a cool backgammon set carved from wood, and tapestries, carvings, and artifacts with precious stones, gold, etc.

Note that there is little information/labelling in English.

If you are a tourist or otherwise have limited time in Vienna, I would not necessarily recommend visiting this museum, unless you have specific pieces you wish to see, or some other specific interest in going.

The building itself is nice. If your main interest is the architecture, I'd recommend visiting the Natural History Museum across from the Art History Museum. The buildings appear the same from the outside, but the interiors and exhibits of the Natural History Museum are more impressive.

Love this museum. Must attend.

It's pretty big and with a great variety of paintings, sculptures, and random collections that cover several hundreds of years in Europe.

The architecture is another reason why you should visit. European and Renaissance decor dominate pretty much all the rooms and halls here.

They also have wi-fi here.

The building itself - the architecture and interior decoration - is reason enough to visit this place. But there is also a large collection of ancient art. Since we have visited other museums that have outstanding collections of Ancient Egyptian and/or Greek art, we focused on the picture gallery. Most of the paintings seem to be by masters around the 17th century, and there are so many of them. To someone who has not spent a lot of effort studying art in this period, there seems to be limited variation in style. So, we just followed our guidebook to seek out those to which experts attach most significance to. Unfortunately, our guidebook was published before the pandemic, and the locations of many paintings have changed. This made our tour a bit frustrating at times. We probably should have forgotten about the book and focused on whichever paintings appealed most to our senses. We purchased the combination tickets that allowed us to visit both the Kunsthistorisches Museum and the Imperial Treasury, since separate tickets to the two museums would cost more.

Something I read said this was among the best museums in the world, I beg to differ. It's very good, but not among the best. I'm thinking of the Louvre, the Smithsonian, the Boston MFA, for example. There was a special exhibition of Raphael's tapestries, which was well done. Seeing the exhibition is included in the price of admission. The tour of it was 6€. There is a free audio tour of this, and selected items in the museum, so bring earbuds. The admission prices are quite confusing because there are various combinations of tickets you can buy. 53€ (digital ticket) buys you a year's pass. Regular adult admission to just the historical art museum is 21€ . Children and teens under 19 years have free admission. I recommended the 66€ ticket. I don't know how it relates to the 53€ digital ticket. Is it the same, just digital? We only learned about this offer in the ticket booth outside, not online. Then we were sent inside to the information desk to purchase the tickets. We got our names printed on plastic cards, like credit cards, so they will survive a year, lol, unlike paper. Plus, with the card you get 10% off in the gift store, which is a really great shop. I bought a t-shirt of the Tower of Babel. It was expensive, but it's well made of a nice quality, soft cotton; it will last for years. They have many interesting and tempting items We spent about 3 hours at the art museum. The Natural History museum is across the park, but we didn't have time.

Wow! This museum is HUGE. We were there for 4.5 hours and didn't even see everything (We probably saw about 75 %). The museum was constructed in 1871. In addition to the exhibits, the ornate decor of the ceilings, walls, and grand staircases of the building really add to the experience. Admission was 22 Euros for a combination ticket to see the Treasury Museum on another day.

The exhibits are located on four floors:

Floor Zero: Entrance with the cupola hall with a circular opening in the ceiling that is breathtakingly beautiful. This is also where you can rent Audio Guides- which we did get for a total of 8 Euros for two.

Floor 0.5: Egyptian and Near Eastern Collection. Greek and Roman Antiquities are also located on this level. Kunstkammer Vienna Collection features precious metals

Floor 1- Picture Gallery with Dutch, German, Italian, Spanish and French Paintings from the 15th century until 1800

Floor 2- Coin Collection- Features more than 2500 coins, medals and paper currency

Despite the magnificent exhibits, this was a 4 Star experience for me. The layout wasn't user friendly. Many of the exhibits were in small adjoining rooms, which resulted in A LOT of walking. Additionally, the climate control was very uneven. Some areas were extremely hot, and other rooms air conditioned. The staff were so focused on everyone wearing their masks, that it felt a bit extreme. I was glad that I had the Audio Guide, because not all signs are in English.

Overall, I really enjoyed this museum, and ideally, I would like to go again over a period of two days, so I could enjoy it even more.

I took a lot of photos, which are attached.

Vienna's museum of fine art showcasing the Hapsburg art collection from famous Italian and Flemish paintings to sculptures and other curiosities.

We hired a private guide and spent two hours admiring some of the highlights of the collection including works by Titan, Vermeer, Rubens and Velasquez. Since this building and it's twin the natural history museum were specifically built as museums, they flow beautifully and are well suited for their intended purpose.

We bought our tickets online in advance and spent about half our time admiring the oddities like toys and religious stuff before moving to the painting galleries on the upper floors. You could easily spend an entire day here but that's why we hire private guides who ensure we see the most important works as well as the stories and history behind them.

Not as amazing as the Louve or Uffizi but impressive nonetheless.

This is an amazing museum with incredible paintings. We came here with a guide, Susanne Waldeck, a licensed multi lingual PhD who does various day tours of Wien and surrounding areas. Having Susanne was a treat, since she explained everything about the Bruegels, the Durers, and the building itself. A stunning example of Viennese classic architecture with beautiful interiors. Do not miss this please!

Amazing Museum. Exceptional works of art in an exceptional building.

There is a ton of art here. I noticed some people hired private guides- if I go back, I'll do that. We were in a hurry- only had 10 days in Vienna- so we did this and the natural history museum in the same day! It took all day to do both and we could easily have spent a day in each by itself.

I was excited to see the Durers and the Bruegels- but there was so much here that I loved! There's a Hals, there's Rembrandt, there are a lot of Rubens- including The Fur- the artist's wife nude, wrapped in a fur. I'm a fan of the Head of Medusa, myself.

The objects here are as wonderful as the paintings. Incredibly beautiful objects- rooms and rooms of them. If you have time, get the audio guide.

The cafe is incredible- you are literally dining like royalty. And the food was reasonable and delicious. We had the sausages and I also had a wonderful minty lemonade.

We had the Vienna Pass for 6 days- which was wonderful- so we did not have to pay and we skipped the line. We just scanned our passes. It was great. What a deal. But I would have been happy to pay to see this priceless collection.