Museum Quarter

Located just off the famous Ringstrasse, to the south of Maria Theresa Square, Vienna’s Museum Quarter  (Museum Quartier) ranks among the world’s largest cultural quarters, housing over 20 museums. Completed in 2001, the vast complex covers 640,000 square feet, taking over the site of the former imperial stables and encompassing a number of cafés, bars, restaurants, shops and public spaces, among its many museums and art institutions. A marvel of modern city planning, effortlessly blending baroque and modernist architecture, the massive redevelopment cost 145 million euros to complete.

Notable highlights of the Museum Quarter include the Leopold Museum, housing a sizable collection of Austrian art, including the world's largest collection of works by Egon Schiele; the Museum of Modern Art (MUMOK), Central Europe’s largest modern art museum; and the Kunsthalle Wien, where international contemporary and modern photography, video and film make up the majority of exhibitions. The Vienna Dance Quarter, the Vienna Architecture Center, the Tobacco Museum and the ZOOM Children's Museum can also be found in the Museum Quarter.