I try only to do one Art Museum on a trip, as Tony is not a huge art fan. This trip it is the Kunsthirtorisches Museum. And what a beautiful museum it is.
It was built by the Hapsburgs to show off their amazing art collection. It is a truly diverse and fun collection. It has art that is both serious and entertaining.
The building is itself a work of art. It is by far the most beautiful art museum I've ever visited. Thank God it wasn't destroyed in WWII, for though all the art could be moved to secure locations, the building could not.
Even Tony enjoyed the collection at the museum. We followed Rick Steve's tour of this art museum. His museum tours have served us well over the years as they tend to hit the highlights while keeping the length of stay to a managable size.
We wandered through the beautiful galleries filled from floor to ceiling with stunning paintings representing some of the best of both Northern and Italian art.
There are fine examples of art both religeous and bawdy.
The museum also houses some fine Caravaggio paintings that I really like, and it was great to see them in person.
It was fun also to see some reappearances of versions of some of the paintings we had previously seen. We saw Velasquez's "Las Meninas" in Spain. Here they have a painting of Princess Margarita as an image simply to show how she is growing up also by Valasquez.
Tony was a good sport, but clearly not as impressed by the collection as me.
The collection is a manageable size and is a beautiful display of some awesome works of art. I highly recommend visiting this museum when in Vienna.
In fact, I might visit it again if ever I am in town again.
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