Kunsthistorisches Museum

In the location's words:

The Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna, or KHM for short, is one of the most important art museums in the world and for many the real reason why Vienna is at the top of the cultural map. The magnificent Ringstrasse building on Maria-Theresien-Platz in the 1st district, opened in 1891, is already an event from the outside. The inside is even better.

The collection is simply breathtaking. Paintings by Vermeer, Rembrandt, Raphael, Titian and Caravaggio hang here alongside one of the world's largest collections of works by Pieter Bruegel the Elder. There is also the Kunstkammer with its unique masterpieces of goldsmithing and sculpture, the Collection of Classical Antiquities, the Egyptian-Oriental Collection and the Coin Cabinet. The KHM is not a museum that you can tick off in an afternoon, but one that you will return to again and again.

What makes the museum special is its density. Hardly anywhere else in the world can you find so many masterpieces in such a small space. At the same time, the KHM is not a dusty temple, but a lively museum with special exhibitions, evening events and one of the most beautiful museum cafés in the city, which also has a lot to offer beyond the permanent collection.

The café in the domed hall is an experience in itself. Drinking a coffee high up, surrounded by marble and gold, is something you can only do here in Vienna.

Directly on the U2 underground line, Museumsquartier stop, and within easy walking distance of the city center.