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The imperial art collection is housed in the Museum of Fine Arts and includes one of the world’s finest gatherings of works by the Old Masters (see pp18–21).

This Baroque palace is home to a wonderful collection of Austrian artworks, including paintings by Klimt and Schiele (see pp22–5).

Opened in 2001, this complex is home to various museums and galleries, including the Leopold Museum featuring Austrian art, and the Museum of Modern Art, whose basalt lava building is as impressive as its collections (see pp28–9).

The Academy of Fine Arts has a remarkable collection of 300 masterpieces from the 14th to the 19th centuries. Among them are works by Titian, Van Dyck and Rembrandt, and Hieronymus Bosch’s famous Last Judgment Triptych (c.1500). There is also a copper etching collection of more than 60,000 works (see p109).

The Albertina palace has undergone a major restoration and extension programme and is home to a collection of graphic art, architectural drawings and photographs from all periods. The 65,000 drawings and almost one million prints include works by Albrecht Dürer and Gustav Klimt (see p86).

Not only is this gallery home to the paintings and architectural models by the Austrian artist Friedens-reich Hundertwasser, but the colourful building is a work of art in itself. Near the famous Hundertwasserhaus (see pp34–5), the museum’s black-and-white façade, uneven floors and roof gardens were designed by the artist in 1989.

The Kunsthalle has two venues – one within the Museumsquartier and one at Karlsplatz – thereby offering a large amount of space for changing exhibitions. It specializes in contemporary art, particularly object art. At the Karlsplatz site the exhibits can be seen from the outside, as the building is constructed as an airy glass cube.

Dedicated to the modern classics and their forerunners, the Kunstforum organizes several major exhibitions a year. By presenting shows of world-famous artists such as Egon Schiele, Oskar Kokoschka, Paul Cézanne, Pablo Picasso and Vincent van Gogh, the gallery is a constant visitors’ magnet and has always attracted large crowds of art-lovers.

This edifice was commissioned by the Society of Graphic Artists and built between 1865–8 in the style of the Italian Renaissance. The house serves as a location for changing exhibitions but there is also the House Gallery which is mainly used by the society’s members to present their works in solo shows. Outside the Künstlerhaus is the Passage Gallery, which offers up and coming artists a place to experiment with media and projection art.

The Scots’ Abbey, founded in 1155 by Scottish and Irish Benedictine monks, is a massive complex with a church, a school and a monastery. The abbey’s treasures include tapestries, furniture and liturgical objects, but most important is its religious landscape and portrait paintings from all periods.