About Museums & Exhibitions in Vienna
Vienna has more than a hundred museums, and that is less helpful for visitors than it sounds: if you stay three days, you might manage four of them.
The major institutions are located around the Ring. The Kunsthistorisches Museum (Museum of Fine Arts) has the largest Bruegel collection in the world, the Albertina one of the most important collections of prints and drawings anywhere, and the Belvedere is home to Klimt's “The Kiss”. In the MuseumsQuartier, the mumok and the Kunsthalle Wien bring together the venues for modern and contemporary art.
Things often get more interesting away from the big names. The Sigmund Freud Museum deliberately shows empty rooms, because the furnishings are in London. The Funeral Museum at the Vienna Central Cemetery (Zentralfriedhof) explains the Viennese relationship with death and is more entertaining than you'd expect. And the Technisches Museum Wien (Technical Museum) saves any rainy day with kids.
The best advice: go to the museum that really interests you in the morning. You'll only half take in the second one in the afternoon anyway.
Two practical points matter. Monday is the closing day at most museums – if your stay includes a Monday, plan it deliberately and check in advance what's open. And several museums stay open late one evening a week; those are the quietest hours, especially in front of the famous paintings.
As for combination tickets: they only pay off if you actually make it to both museums. Two major museums in one day is one too many for most people.