The Museum

The Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien is one of the foremost museums in the world, with rich holdings comprising artworks from seven millennia - from Ancient Egypt to the late 18th century. The collections of Renaissance and Baroque art are of particular importance.

The Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien’s extensive holdings are on show at different locations:
The main building on Ringstrasse houses the Picture Gallery, Kunstkammer Wien, the Collection of Greek and Roman Antiquities, the Egyptian and Near Eastern Collection and the Coin Collection.

Other collections of the Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien are housed in the Neue Burg (i.e. the Collection of Historical Musical Instruments, the Imperial Armoury, and the Ephesus Museum), in Hofburg Palace (the Treasury), and in Schönbrunn Palace (the Collection of Historical Carriages)

The collections on show at Ambras Palace in Innnsbruck are also part of the holdings of the Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien.

Since January 2001, the Weltmuseum Wien on Heldenplatz and the Theatre Museum on Lobkowitz Square have been incorporated into the Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien.