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Kunsthistorisches Museum

Maria Theresien-Platz
A-1010 Vienna, Austria,

The Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna numbers among the most important European museum buildings put up during the 19th century.
The monumental structure, built at the behest of Emperor Franz Joseph I as part of his expansion of the city in 1858, was intended to both unite and appropriately represent the artistic treasures that had been collected by the Habsburgs over the centuries.

Das Wiener Kunsthistorische Museum zählt zu den größten und bedeutendsten Museen der Welt. In den reichen Sammlungen befinden sich Objekte aus sieben Jahrtausenden, von der Zeit des Alten Ägypten bis zum Ende des 18. Jahrhunderts. Besondere Schwerpunkte liegen in der Kunst der Renaissance und des Barock.
Der hohe Rang der Sammlungen und ihre Vielfalt sind zum Großteil das Resultat der Vorlieben und Interessen von Persönlichkeiten aus dem Haus Habsburg, unter ihnen Kaiser Rudolf II. (reg. 1576-1612) und Erzherzog Leopold Wilhelm (1614-1662).
1891 fand die feierliche Eröffnung des neu erbauten Museums an der Wiener Ringstraße statt. Damit waren erstmals die kaiserlichen Sammlungen unter einem Dach vereint. Der prachtvolle Monumentalbau von Gottfried Semper und Carl von Hasenauer bildet seit damals den würdigen Rahmen für die von den Habsburgern über Jahrhunderte zusammengetragenen Kunstschätze.

Website: www.khm.at

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