by Tom Gurney
Tom Gurney BSc (Hons) is an art history expert with over 20 years experience
Published on July 14, 2026 / Updated on July 16, 2026
Email: tomgurney1@gmail.com / Phone: +447429011000
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Current and upcoming exhibitions
These exhibitions are placed high on the page because they are the clearest reason to plan a visit around this museum now.
About Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna
Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna in Vienna, AT, is a useful starting point for habsburg collection and Old Master museum where imperial history, European painting, antiquities and display architecture meet. The 3 attached exhibitions help the page work both as a collection guide and as a practical route into what is on now.
For a first visit, build the route around Old Master painting, Habsburg collecting, Italian painting, Dutch and Flemish painting, Kunstkammer, city views, Greek and Roman antiquities, Ephesos Museum and Baroque portrait research. Artists especially worth slowing down for include Canaletto, Bernardo Bellotto, Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Titian, Peter Paul Rubens, Diego Velázquez, Cleopatra, Arsinoe III and Augustus. Current and upcoming exhibitions can then help decide what deserves priority on the day.
Plan around current exhibitions
Current and upcoming exhibitions are one of the clearest reasons to visit or revisit the museum now. A visitor may arrive here from the museum name, from an artist search, or from the exhibitions table; either way, the page should make the live programme easy to understand before sending readers to official venue details.
How to use this guide
Before travelling, check Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna directly for opening hours, temporary closures, access arrangements and ticketing. This page avoids precise pricing by design, because prices and discounts change more often than the art-historical content. The stable value is route planning: what to see, why it matters, and which related pages are worth opening next.
