Kunsthistorisches Museum
Established	1872-1891
Location	Vienna, Austria
Website	http://www.khm.at

"Madonna in Green" by Raffaello

"Tower of Babel" by Pieter Brueghel.

Summer, by Giuseppe Arcimboldo, 1563

"Infanta Margarita Teresa in a Blue Dress" by Velázquez.

One of the galleries

The Kunsthistorisches Museum (English: "Museum of Art History") in Vienna, housed in its festive palatial building on Ringstraße, crowned with an octagonal dome, is one of the premier museums of fine arts and decorative arts in the world. The term Kunsthistorisches Museum applies to both the institution and the main building. For other uses, see Vienna (disambiguation). ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (776x998, 62 KB) Description: Title: de: Madonna im Grünen, Szene: Maria mit Christuskind und Johannes dem Täufer Technique: de: Öl auf Holz Dimensions: de: 113 × 88 cm Country of origin: de: Italien Current location (city): de: Wien Current location... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (776x998, 62 KB) Description: Title: de: Madonna im Grünen, Szene: Maria mit Christuskind und Johannes dem Täufer Technique: de: Öl auf Holz Dimensions: de: 113 × 88 cm Country of origin: de: Italien Current location (city): de: Wien Current location... This article is about the Renaissance artist. ... Download high resolution version (1061x800, 196 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Download high resolution version (1061x800, 196 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... The Tower of Babel is an oil painting by Pieter Brueghel the Elder. ... Vertumnus, a portrait of Rudolf II. The Librarian, 1566, oil on canvas, Skoklosters Slott, Sweden Giuseppe Arcimboldo (also spelled Arcimboldi; 1527 - July 11, 1593) was an Italian painter best known for creating imaginative portrait heads made entirely of such objects as fruits, vegetables, flowers, fish, and books -- that is, he... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2024x2478, 475 KB) Description: Title: de: Porträt der Infantin Margarita im Alter von acht Jahren en: Infanta Margarita Teresa in a Blue Dress Technique: de: Öl auf Leinwand Dimensions: de: 127 × 107 cm Country of origin: de: Spanien Current location... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2024x2478, 475 KB) Description: Title: de: Porträt der Infantin Margarita im Alter von acht Jahren en: Infanta Margarita Teresa in a Blue Dress Technique: de: Öl auf Leinwand Dimensions: de: 127 × 107 cm Country of origin: de: Spanien Current location... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1920x2560, 860 KB) Summary Description: One of the rooms in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1920x2560, 860 KB) Summary Description: One of the rooms in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... For other uses, see Vienna (disambiguation). ... The Ringstraße at night The Ringstraße is a circular road surrounding the Innere Stadt district of Vienna, Austria and is one of its main sights. ... For other uses, see Dome (disambiguation). ... Fine art is a term used to refer to fields traditionally considered to be artistic. ... The decorative arts are traditionally defined as ornamental and functional works in ceramic, wood, glass, metal, or textile. ...

It was opened in 1891 at the same time as the Naturhistorisches Museum, by Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria-Hungary. The two museums have identical exteriors and face each other across Maria-Theresien-Platz. Both buildings were built between 1872 and 1891 according to plans drawn up by Gottfried Semper and Karl Freiherr von Hasenauer. Year 1891 (MDCCCXCI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Naturhistorisches Museum at Maria-Theresien-Platz, Vienna Naturhistorisches Museum Wien The Naturhistorisches Museum (Museum of Natural History) is a large museum located in Vienna, Austria. ... Franz Joseph I Franz Joseph (in English also Francis Joseph) (August 18, 1830 - November 21, 1916) of the Habsburg Dynasty was Emperor of Austria and King of Bohemia from 1848 until 1916 and King of Hungary from 1867 until 1916. ... Austria-Hungary, also known as the Dual monarchy (or: the k. ... The Marie-Theresien-Platz of Vienna is a large square (Platz) joining the Ringstrasse (Viennas giant, round, central street) with the Museumsquartier, a museum of modern arts located in the former Imperial Stables. ... Year 1872 (MDCCCLXXII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Gottfried Semper Gottfried Semper (1803-1879) was a German architect, art critic, and professor of architecture, who designed and built the Semper Oper in Dresden between 1838 and 1841. ... The Burgtheater in Vienna, shortly after its completion, built by Karl von Hasenauer Karl Freiherr von Hasenauer (July 20, 1833 - January 4, 1894) was an important Austrian architect and key representative of the Historismus school. ...

The two Ringstraße museums were commissioned by the Emperor in order to find a suitable shelter for the Habsburgs' formidable art collection and to make it accessible to the general public. The façade was built of sandstone. The building is rectangular in shape, and topped with a dome that is 60 meters high. The inside of the building is lavishly decorated with marble, stucco ornamentations, gold-leaf, and paintings, making it a spectacular work of art in its own right. Flag of the Habsburg Monarchy; also used as the flag of the Austrian Empire until the Ausgleich of 1867. ... West façade of the Notre-Dame de Strasbourg Cathedral A facade (or façade) is the exterior of a building – especially the front, but also sometimes the sides and rear. ... Red sandstone interior of Lower Antelope Canyon, Arizona, worn smooth due to erosion by flash flooding over millions of years Sandstone is a sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-size mineral or rock grains. ...

Recent events

One of the museum's most important sculptures, the Saliera by Benvenuto Cellini, was stolen on May 11, 2003 and recovered on January 21, 2006, in a box buried in a forest near the town of Zwettl, Austria. It had been the biggest art-theft in Austrian history. ^[1] Benvenuto Cellinis Saliera Saliera is Italian for salt cellar (i. ... Gold Salt cellar by Cellini. ... is the 131st day of the year (132nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 21st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Zwettl in Lower Austria, Austria Zwettl is a town and district capital in Lower Austria. ...

The Kunsthistorisches Museum appears in considerable detail in the final mission of the computer game Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven, developed by Illusion Softworks. Illusion Softworks is located in Brno, in the Czech Republic, and was founded by Petr Vochozka and the venture capital investors, Cash Reform Group. ...

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Coordinates: 48.2037° N 16.3614° E Image File history File links Commons-logo. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...