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Exploring the MuseumsQuartier Wien 9 Parliament
Dr-Karl-Renner-Ring 3. Map 1 C5 & 5
More than 60 different cultural institutions are gathered A3. Tel 401100. % Volkstheater.
together in the MuseumsQuartier Wien, together with v D, 1, 2, 71. Open for 8 except
restaurants, cafés and shops. This is an ideal starting point when parliament is in session: mid-
for any trip to Vienna, since many other attractions are also Sep–mid-Jul: 11am, 2pm, 3pm, 4pm
Mon–Thu; 11am, 1pm, 2pm, 3pm,
nearby. It is advisable to stop off first at the MQ Point Info- 4pm Fri; 11am, noon, 1pm, 2pm, 3pm,
Tickets-Shop in the Fischer von Erlach Wing, to obtain a 4pm Sat; mid-Jul–mid-Sep: 11am,
programme detailing all events and exhibitions currently noon, 1pm, 2pm, 3pm, 4pm Mon–Sat.
taking place throughout the complex. Die Quelle (1923), Leopold Museum 7 ∑ parlament.gv.at
Gerstl and Oskar Kokoschka. The architect Theophil Hansen
Architekturzentrum Wien Q21 The lower two levels display (see p34) chose a strict Neo-
Tel 5223115. Open 10am–7pm daily. Tel 52358810. Open Courtyard: 24 hrs; works by other 19th- and early Classical style when he
0 ∑ azw.at attractions: 10am–8pm daily. 20th-century Austrian artists. designed the Parliament
The permanent exhibition Over 50 cultural initiatives have building (and the neighbouring
here is concerned with turned Q21 into Vienna’s centre Tanzquartier Wien Palais Epstein). The building
thematic and structural for contemporary applied art. Tel 5813591. ∑ tqw.at was originally constructed as
diversity in 20th-century The attractions for the public, The Tanzquartier Wien offers part of the Ringstrasse
architecture, and the centre which are on the ground floor, facilities for dancers and hosts development to act as the
is committed to showcasing include fashion, design, book dance and other performances Reichsrat building (the
new architectural work to and music shops, an exhibition for the public. Parliament of the Austrian
the public. The four to six space for art schools, and large part of the Habsburg Empire).
temporary exhibitions a year event halls. ZOOM Kindermuseum Construction began in 1874
examine links between modern Tel 5247908. Open 8:30am–4pm Tue– and finished in 1884. Façade of the Parliament building and the Athenebrunnen fountain
architecture and architecture Leopold Museum Fri, 10am–4pm Sat, Sun, school hols & The Parliament’s entrance is
throughout history. Tel 525700. Open 10am–6pm daily public hols. ∑ kindermuseum.at raised above street level and In front of the central portico is proclaimed the formation of the
(to 9pm Thu; Oct–May: Wed–Mon). This lively centre offers an approached up a broad ramp. the Athenebrunnen, a fountain republic of Deutsch-Österreich.
Museum of Modern Art ∑ leopoldmuseum.org unconventional approach to At the foot of the ramp are the dominated by the figure of It was renamed the Republic
Ludwig Foundation Vienna Home to over 5,000 works, the the world of the museum for bronze Horse Tamers (1901) by Pallas Athene, Greek goddess of Austria in 1919.
(MUMOK) Leopold Collection of Austrian children, from babies up to sculptor Josef Lax; the ramp of wisdom. It was designed by During World War II, half of
Tel 52500. Open 2–7pm Mon, Art was compiled over five the age of 12. The aim is to itself is decorated with marble Carl Kundmann and placed the Parliament building was
10am–7pm Tue–Sun (to 9pm Thu). decades by Rudolf Leopold. encourage learning about figures of Greek and Roman here in 1902. In this splendid, destroyed. Reconst ruction was
∑ mumok.at The exhibition space spans five exhibition subjects through historians. On the roof there if chilly, setting on 11 November eventually completed by June
This museum contains one floors. One of the museum’s play and exploration, such are chariots and impressive 1918, after the collapse of the 1956, but the restoration of
of the largest European highlights is the world’s largest as the ZOOM Lab for older statues of ancient scholars Habsburg Empire, the some of the damaged artwork
collections of modern and Egon Schiele collection (on children, while younger ones and statesmen. parliamentary deputies began only in the 1990s.
contemporary art, from the second floor), along with can have a dip in the ZOOM
American Pop Art, Photo Expressionist paintings and Ocean with their parents. The Austrian Parliament
Realism, Fluxus and Nouveau Austrian interwar paintings.
Réalism to Viennese Actionism, Paintings after 1945 and works KUNSTHALLE Wien The Austrian parliament is composed of two houses:
Arte Povera, Conceptual by Albin Egger-Lienz, including Tel 5218933. Open 11am–7pm daily the Lower House, or Nationalrat, and the Upper House,
and Minimal Art. The galleries Die Quelle, are on the first floor, (to 9pm Thu). ∑ kunsthallewien.at or Bundesrat. The Lower House has 183 seats and its
are split chronologically over while an exhibition on Seces- This striking red-brick building members are elected for a four-year term by proportional
five levels, two underground. sionism and Art Nouveau on is a home for innovation and representation. It comprises the governing party and the
There is also a cinema, library the ground level includes major creativity, showing international opposition. The Upper House is composed of elected
and studio. works by Gustav Klimt, Richard and contem porary art. The representatives from Austria’s nine provinces, and its
exhibitions emphasize cross- function is to approve legislation
genre and cross- border trends passed by the Lower House.
Bills may also be presented
in the arts, and include displays to parliament by the general Petitions President
on experimental architecture, public or by the Chambers of
video, photography and film, Labour (representing consumers
and new media. and employees) and the
Chambers of the Economy Parliament Committee Upper House (Bundesrat)
math.space (representing employers and
Tel 5235881/1730. Open 9am–5pm industry). The federal President Chambers of Labour Government
daily. ∑ math.space.or.at is elected for a six-year term and Economy
Linking maths to the arts, this and is largely a figurehead.
centre for the popularization Theoretically, he or she has the
of maths is aimed at people power to veto bills and dissolve Majority Opposition
of all ages, with interactive parliament, though this has (governing party) parties
workshops for children and never occurred. Lower House
The Red Horseman (1974) by Roy Lichtenstein in MUMOK many programmes for adults. (Nationalrat)

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