World Famous Museums of Austria

The Republic of Austria is a European country bounded by land on all sides. It has Germany, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia, Slovakia and Switzerland as its neighbors. Austria is rich in its history and hence it is a country dotted with many museums. There are numerous world renowned museums that continue to draw thousands of tourists to Austria each year. Below is given a list of the top museums in terms of importance and tourist gathering.

Kunsthistorisches Museum (Vienna)

Located near the Hofburg Palace, it is a very famous art gallery which houses famous paintings by Rubens, Durer, Tintoretto, Van Dyck, Veronese and many others. It is primarily the collection of the Hapsburg Dynasty. This museum has an impressive collection of many well-known Spanish, Italian, Flemish, Dutch, German and French artists.

MuseumsQuartier (Vienna) 

Museums Quartier consists of a complex of museums which houses stunning pieces of art and architecture. There are three major museums, namely Kunsthalle Wien, Leopold Museum, and MUMOK (Museum of Modern Art Ludwig Foundation). It is mainly a storehouse of modern art and architecture. A visit to Vienna is not considered complete without visiting this spectacular complex of museums.

Mozart’s Geburtshaus (Salzburg)

This is the house where the musical great Mozart was born and spent his early childhood. This is specially the area of interest of music lovers and all fans and followers of Mozart. His clothes, belongings, items of personal use, books, musical instruments, even his first viola is displayed here. Even a strand of his hair has been put on display here. Geburtshaus in Salzburg is considered to be the pilgrimage center for music lovers and fans of Mozart.

Mauthausen (Upper Austria)

This museum unlike all the others mentioned above, evokes fear and disgust, for it was the site during World War 2, where 2,00,000 Austrian Jews were heartlessly murdered by the Germans. Mauthausen was a concentration camp by the river Danube which has been preserved for the modern generation to see for themselves the torture and inhuman behaviour that were meted out to the Austrian Jews at the time of the  Holocaust.

Tiroler Volkskunst-Museum (Innsbruck)

 
This museum houses the most impressive collection of Tyrolean artifacts. It is located in an abbey which dated back to the sixteenth century. The Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque era are quite evident in these priceless artifacts.