Albertina

The Albertina not only features one of the world's largest and most valuable graphic collections, featuring works like Dürer's "Hare" and Klimt's studies of women. Its most recent show selection features Modern masterworks ranging from Monet through Picasso and Baselitz. The Albertina, the largest Habsburg residential palace, occupies the southern point of the Imperial Palace atop one of Vienna's few intact castle walls.

The collection, which was founded in 1776 by Duke Albert of Saxony-Teschen, Empress Maria Theresia's son-in-law, has about one million prints and 60,000 drawings. In the rotating exhibits, famous works such as Dürer's "Hare" and "Hands folded in prayer", Rubens' studies of children, and masterpieces by Schiele, Cézanne, Klimt, Kokoschka, Picasso, and Rauschenberg are presented.

The most fascinating art trends of the last 130 years are on permanent display in Albertina's new exhibition collection, ranging from French impressionism through German expressionism to the Russian avant-garde and the present. Paintings by Beckmann, Macke, Chagall, Malevich, Rothko, Rainer, and Katz may be admired beside Monet's "Water Lily Pond", Degas' "Dancers", and Renoir's "Girl".

Location: Albertinaplatz 1, Vienna 1010

Website: albertina.at