Museumsquartier
If you have an urge to witness large cultural quarters, your desire will be fulfilled, once you visit the Museumsquartier of Vienna. The Museumsquartier proudly stands in the 7th district of the Austrian capital as one of the largest cultural quarters in the world.
The Museumsquartier is located at the old city of Vienna. It proudly combines institutions of diverse art fields, cafe`s, shops and restaurants in an post-modern environment. The area is a marvelous blend of the modern architecture and baroque buildings. The Museumsquartier is actually situated in a 60,000 m˛ area. Renowned architects Laurids and Manfred Ortner started the renovation of the former court house of the country in April 1988. The process took three years to be completed. In 2001, the Museumsquartier was opened in two phases; first in June and then in September of the same year. The construction cost hit the two billion euros mark but it was worth every penny. The artistic look of the buildings and its structures are good to watch, better to observe and best to feel!
The Museumsquartier is a home of various installations including the Leopold Museum and the Museum of Modern Art Ludwig Foundation Vienna. The museums hold contemporary exhibitions, Kunsthalle Wien presentations, festivals, annual events such as Wiener Festwochen. If you have interest in museums and art, consider visiting couple of museums at the Museumsquartier. A combination of tickets is available at the MQ entrance; buy it from there. It will be cheaper than buying it from individual museum entrances.
The Museumsquartier also hosts quartier21. This particular event features numerous alternative art groups. A range of other events and festivals including the renowned ImPulsTanz Vienna International Dance Festival, Viennale film festival chose the Museumsquartier as their venues. In such times, you can watch the most happening films of the year.
The Museumsquartier has an international, state-of-the-art centre for dance named Tanzquartier and a production studio for new media named Architektur Zentrum Wien, inside it. Both these places are unique in their own arenas. You will find a blend of modern technology with flavor of heritage in these places.
Though a number of cultural institutions and museums are situated in the Museumsquartier, you will also discover an urban living space there. People from across the country and the region spend time in the Museumsquartier, sitting in one of its cafés or by playing boccia. If you are a music lover, visit the Musiktank inside the Museumsquartier. It offers a wide range of Austrian popular music. You sure will love it.
This forward-looking, inner-city will surely impress you. So, do not miss it.
