Leopold Museum Museum

Address: Leopold Museum, Museumsplatz 1, 1070 Vienna, Austria

Website: https://www.leopoldmuseum.org/

Hours: Tue-Sun 10am-6pm; Wed open late to 9pm; closed Mondays

Admission: Approx. €16 adult (standard); reduced rates available.

The Leopold Museum is a modern art museum in Vienna’s MuseumsQuartier that houses a major collection of Austrian modernist art. The museum displays an extensive holding of works by Egon Schiele and significant pieces by Gustav Klimt and Oskar Kokoschka.

Galleries present a permanent collection of 19th- and 20th-century Austrian art alongside rotating temporary exhibitions. Visitor facilities include exhibition spaces, a museum shop and a café, all within the larger MuseumsQuartier cultural complex.

The collection was formed by Rudolf and Elisabeth Leopold over several decades and the museum building opened in 2001 to provide public access to the holdings and scholarly study.

The Leopold Museum is located in the MuseumsQuartier in Vienna’s Innere Stadt, close to Maria-Theresien-Platz and other central cultural institutions.

• Collection strength: Houses one of the world’s largest collections of works by Egon Schiele alongside major pieces by Gustav Klimt and other Austrian modernists.
• Opening date: Opened in 2001 to display the private collection assembled by Rudolf and Elisabeth Leopold throughout the 20th century.

What to See#

• Permanent galleries: Permanent collection galleries that display major works by Austrian modernists, notably a large concentration of paintings by Egon Schiele and works by Gustav Klimt and Oskar Kokoschka.
• Special exhibition halls: Rotating exhibition halls used for temporary shows and thematic displays drawn from the museum’s holdings or visiting loans.
• Visitor facilities: Public amenities including a museum shop and a café located within the MuseumsQuartier complex.

The Leopold Museum is in Vienna’s MuseumsQuartier. Take the U2 metro to Museumsquartier station (or Volkstheater station on U2/U3) and it is a very short walk into the museum complex. Several tram lines and city buses also stop around the Ring and MuseumsQuartier; the building is an easy walk from central tram stops.

• Buy timed-entry tickets online or arrive right at opening to see the Leopold's Schiele and Klimt holdings before guided groups arrive; the museum is busiest midday and on weekends.
• Enter from the MuseumsQuartier courtyard to reach the Leopold quickly and combine your visit with MUMOK or the courtyard cafés; this makes for an efficient cultural loop and avoids backtracking.
• Start with the modern Austrian collection (Egon Schiele rooms) which are the museum's highlight-many visitors rush the temporary exhibitions, so allocating early time to the core collection yields the best experience.