With the opening of ALBERTINA KLOSTERNEUBURG, the ALBERTINA Museum is pursuing an important goal: to make a large part of its collection of post-1945 art accessible to the public.

Artworks that are neither being shown in exhibitions at the ALBERTINA Museum or ALBERTINA MODERN nor currently on loan elsewhere will be presented to the interested public in Klosterneuburg.

The museum’s present-day contemporary art holdings encompass around 65,000 works (paintings, drawings, printed graphics, photography, sculptures, videos, and installations).

Presentation Emphasis: Sculpture

Klosterneuburg will host the museum’s first-ever dedicated presentation of sculptures: the building’s upper level will invite the general public to discover the ALBERTINA Museum’s important sculpture collection through its exhibition of selected highlights. Works by Franz West, Erwin Wurm, Jonathan Meese und Marc Qinn will be shown. 

The revival of the museum facility in Klosterneuburg as a new location is not only important for the ALBERTINA Museum and its exhibiting program, but also marks a significant augmentation of museum offerings for both the Province of Lower Austria and Austria as a nation of culture. No place is better suited to our purposes than the former Essl Museum, which was designed by architect Heinz Tesar with an eye to mixed use as a depot and museum.

PLEASE NOTE:

Klosterneuburg is not included in the public transportation ticket as it is just outside of Vienna. Please ensure that you purchase a supplement ticket for this leg of your travels.