Leopold Museum Vienna: Schiele, Klimt, Tickets & Hours

The Leopold Museum is the light limestone cube in the MuseumsQuartier. It holds the world's largest collection of works by Egon Schiele, with more than 300 pieces. In total, the collection comprises around 9,000 works of Austrian art. With around 350,000 visitors a year, it is the most visited museum in the MuseumsQuartier.

Is it worth a visit?

If you are interested in Viennese Modernism, there is no way around it. Alongside Schiele, the museum shows major groups of works by Gustav Klimt, Oskar Kokoschka and Richard Gerstl. Art around 1900 is a particular focus.

If you are mainly after Old Masters, you are better off at the Kunsthistorisches Museum. If you want contemporary art, head next door to the mumok. Both are just a few steps away.

Tickets and prices

Admission costs €19, reduced €16. Reduced tickets are available to, among others, people under 26 and over 65. For a comparison with other museums, see our overview of admission prices in Vienna.

Opening hours and best time to visit

The museum is open daily except Tuesday from 10:00 to 18:00, including public holidays. The ticket office closes half an hour before the museum.

Getting there

Take the U2 to Museumsquartier or the U3 to Volkstheater. Trams 1, 2, D, 49 and 71 stop on the Ring at Volkstheater. Right in front of the MuseumsQuartier there is a parking garage that is open around the clock.

History in brief

The collection was built up over decades by Rudolf Leopold, an ophthalmologist, and his wife Elisabeth. In 1994 they transferred 5,266 works to a foundation. The museum opened in 2001 in a new building by the architects Ortner & Ortner. The building, clad in white shell limestone, is 24 meters high.

Nearby

MuseumsQuartier – the courtyard around the museum, with bars, cafés and lounge furniture.
mumok – the dark block opposite, for art after 1945.
Kunsthistorisches Museum – on the other side of the street.

Tip

The Leopold Museum is closed on Tuesdays, the Kunsthistorisches Museum on Mondays. If you want to visit both on the same day, plan for Wednesday to Sunday.

Address: Museumsplatz 1, 1070 Vienna
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Regular admission costs €19, reduced €16. Reduced tickets are available to, among others, people under 26 and over 65 as well as people with disabilities. The price is the same online and at the ticket office.

Daily except Tuesday from 10:00 to 18:00, including public holidays. The museum is closed on Tuesdays. The ticket office closes half an hour before the museum, so don't leave your visit too late in the afternoon.

The collection includes more than 300 works by Egon Schiele. The museum calls it the world's largest Schiele collection. In addition, there are major groups of works by Gustav Klimt, Oskar Kokoschka and Richard Gerstl, around 9,000 works of Austrian art in total.

The collection comes from Rudolf Leopold, an ophthalmologist, and his wife Elisabeth. They collected for decades and in 1994 transferred a total of 5,266 works to a foundation. The museum in the MuseumsQuartier opened in 2001.

Take the U2 to Museumsquartier station or the U3 to Volkstheater. Trams 1, 2, D, 49 and 71 stop on the Ring at Volkstheater. The museum is in the courtyard of the MuseumsQuartier, Museumsplatz 1.