The Albertina accommodates one of the largest graphic art collections in the world. Presently, it comprises nearly 50,000 drawings and one million prints dating from all major epochs, ranging from Late Gothic to contemporary art.
The Albertina does not have a 'permanent collection' on display. Instead they present several exhibitions a year from their own collections or from works on loan.
The palace holding the collection of the Albertina was built from 1742 to 1745 and extended from 1801 to 1807. Louis de Montoyer designed the interior of the older wing of the state rooms in the French Empire style. In the heart of the one hundred metre long suite of rooms is the Ball Room, reworked in 1822 under Archduke Carl featuring Joseph Klieber’s masterpiece of classical sculpture, the cycle of “Apollo and the Nine Muses”. It is surrounded by stately Habsburg apartments, such as the Golden Chamber with the Sèvres Table of the French King Louis XVI, the Wedgwood Chamber with some of the oldest English porcelain reliefs, the crimson Audience Chamber and the Rococo Chamber.
Opening Times & Prices
Mon, Tues, Thur - Sun 10:00 – 18:00 p.m.
Wed 10:00 – 21:00
Entrance Fee: 9.50 Euro
Address
Albertinaplatz 1
A-1010 Vienna
T: +43 1 534 83-0
E: info@albertina.at
How to Get There
U-Bahn: U1, U2, U4 (at Karlsplatz)
U3 (at Stephansplatz)
TRAM: 1, 2, D, J
External Links
Albertina Official Web Site
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