Wien Museum Karlsplatz
Gustav Klimt’s art sits inside a building that was only made possible by a political decision and then delayed by two world wars. The Vienna Museum—German Wien Museum, operated by Museen der Stadt Wien—traces its institutional existence to 1887, when it was originally called the Historisches Museum der Stadt Wien. Until 1959, it was located in Vienna’s Town Hall (Rathaus), before the city shifted its focus toward Karlsplatz. In 1953, Vienna’s City Council resolved to honor President and former mayor Theodor Körner on his 80th birthday, and that resolution set the museum building in motion. A design contest followed, with 13 architects specifically invited, and plans were based on Oswald Haerdtl’s design—work that ultimately took shape in the post–Second World War years. After a three-year reconstruction and extension, the Karlsplatz museum reopened in December 2023. …
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