Albertina Museum

Address: Albertinaplatz 1, 1010 Vienna, Austria

Website: https://www.albertina.at/

The Albertina is an art museum in central Vienna housed in a former Habsburg palace near the Hofburg. It is particularly renowned for its extensive graphic arts collection and for staging major temporary exhibitions of painting and photography.

The museum’s permanent holdings include one of the world’s largest collections of prints and drawings, and the display spaces combine historic state apartments with contemporary galleries. Visitors can see large-scale temporary exhibitions as well as the museum’s core graphic collection.

The collection grew from private princely holdings and was later integrated into state and public museum structures. The building has undergone restorations and modern gallery installations to accommodate both the historical interiors and new exhibition needs.

The Albertina sits on the inner-city side of the Ringstrasse close to the Hofburg palace complex and is a short walk from many central Vienna landmarks.

• Collection size: The Albertina’s holdings include a major graphic arts collection of roughly 65,000 drawings and over a million prints, alongside rotating temporary exhibitions of modern and contemporary art.
• Building: Housed in a former Habsburg residence close to the Hofburg, the building combines historic state rooms with modern exhibition spaces.

What to See#

• Graphic Collection: The Graphic Collection holds one of the world’s largest holdings of prints and drawings with historic holdings of Old Master drawings and modern works.
• State Rooms: The State Rooms occupy historic palace apartments and display the original period interiors of the former Habsburg city residence.

The Albertina is on Albertinaplatz beside the Vienna State Opera. Take U1/U2/U4 to Karlsplatz - from there it’s about a 3-5 minute walk to the Albertina. It is in the heart of Vienna’s city centre and easily reached on foot, by tram, or by short taxi ride from major stations.

• Buy a timed‑entry ticket online to avoid the often long lines; mornings and late afternoons tend to be less crowded than mid‑day.
• Start with the Albertina's permanent graphic‑arts rooms (the extensive prints and drawings) before moving on to temporary blockbuster exhibitions, which usually attract the biggest crowds.
• Confirm which Albertina location your ticket covers - the Albertina Modern is a separate branch and ticketing/exhibitions differ from the historic Albertina on Albertinaplatz.