Art in Vienna in one day ✦

The day

Works on any day: all three museums open daily. On 24 December they close early (Kunsthistorisches Museum at 15:00, Albertina at 14:00); the Belvedere does not list holiday hours.

1. 10:00–12:30

   Kunsthistorisches Museum

   Booking suggested

   The Kunsthistorisches Museum opens at 10:00. Go straight to Room X: Pieter Bruegel the Elder’s “Hunters in the Snow”, painted in 1565, hangs there, next to his “Peasant Wedding” and “Children’s Games”. A few rooms on, in Room XII, Vermeer’s painter sits with his back to us and paints a young woman holding a trumpet and a book.

   

   

   

   

   Rooms VIII and IX and cabinets 14 and 24 are closed at the moment (as of 6 November 2026). Rooms X and XII are open.

   Free under 19. The KHM app has free children’s tours from age 8. With a pushchair, use the side entrance at Burgring 5; when it is very busy, pushchairs may not be allowed in every room.

   Opening hours

   Mon10–18Tue10–18Wed10–18Thu10–21Fri10–18Sat10–18Sun10–18Holidays: 24 Dec 10–15Source, checked on 6 November 2026

   Admission

   Adults €24 · Children and teenagers under 19 free
   Since 8 September 2026 tickets come with a time slot. The museum suggests booking online (€22 instead of €24); the ticket desk also sells tickets.

   Photography

   Allowed for private use, without flash or tripod. Single works and special exhibitions may be excluded. Source

   Public transport

   U-Bahn U2, U3 (Volkstheater) · Tram D (Burgring/Kunsthistorisches Museum) · Tram 1, 2 · Bus 2A, 57A Source

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2. 12:30–13:30

   Lunch · Kunsthistorisches Museum

   Lunch in the café-restaurant under the dome, with a museum ticket only. The kitchen closes at 16:30, on Thursdays at 15:00.

3. Across the Ring and through the Burggarten to the Albertina. about 9 min on foot · 500 m as the crow flies (estimate)
4. 13:45–14:45

   Albertina

   If you still have the energy

   An hour, if you still have the energy. The Albertina owns Dürer’s “Young Hare” from 1502, but it is not always on show: on 6 November 2026 it was not in any exhibition. On show are the Batliner Collection “Monet to Chagall” and, until 31 January 2027, “Picasso – Bacon”. If you would rather stay longer at the Belvedere, skip the Albertina.

   Free under 19. Pushchairs are allowed throughout. The Albertina asks visitors not to photograph other people’s children. Some weekends there are junior tours from age 6 (€6 on top of admission).

   Opening hours

   Mon10–18Tue10–18Wed10–21Thu10–18Fri10–21Sat10–18Sun10–18Holidays: 24 Dec 10–14 · 25 Dec 10–21 · 26 Dec 10–18 · 31 Dec 10–18 · 1 Jan 10–21Source, checked on 6 November 2026

   Admission

   Adults €20.90 · Children and teenagers under 19 free

   Photography

   Allowed for private use, without flash or tripod. Single works and special exhibitions may be excluded. Source

   Public transport

   U-Bahn U1, U2, U4 (Karlsplatz/Oper) · U-Bahn U3 (Stephansplatz) · Tram 1, 2, D, 62, 71 (Kärntner Ring/Oper) · Bus 2A (Albertina) Source

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5. Tram D from Kärntner Ring/Oper to Schloss Belvedere. Travel time not confirmed
6. 15:15–17:30

   Belvedere

   Booking suggested

   Gustav Klimt’s “The Kiss” hangs in the Upper Belvedere, oil and gold leaf on canvas, 1907/08. A few steps on is his “Judith I”. The afternoon is a good time: according to the house rules it is busiest between 11:00 and 14:00.

   

   

   Free under 19. Pushchairs can go everywhere. On your own phone there are Belvedere games, for example the free AR game “The Fantastic Palastics”.

   Opening hours

   Mon09–18Tue09–18Wed09–18Thu09–18Fri09–18Sat09–18Sun09–18Source, checked on 6 November 2026

   Admission

   Adults €23 · Children and teenagers under 19 free
   Entry with a time slot, online or at the ticket desk. The price is set day by day; on 6 November 2026 it was €23.

   Photography

   Allowed for private use, without flash or tripod. Single works and special exhibitions may be excluded. Source

   Public transport

   Tram D (Schloss Belvedere) · Tram 18, O (Quartier Belvedere) · U-Bahn U1 (Südtiroler Platz/Hauptbahnhof), then 15 min on foot Source

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7. In the evening: Christmas market · 17:30

   K&K Christmas market at Belvedere Palace

   From 20 November to 31 December the K&K Christmas market is right in front of the palace, weekdays 11:00 to 21:00, weekends from 10:00. Before that, from 13 November, or as a second choice: ART ADVENT at Karlsplatz.

   20 November to 31 December
   Or: ART ADVENT at Karlsplatz (13 November to 23 December)

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Art in Vienna with kids

Find five paintings, spot a golden couple, dip candles

Shorter, with breaks. In the morning you look for five paintings at the Kunsthistorisches Museum, after lunch you take the tram to Klimt’s golden “Kiss”, and in the afternoon you go to the craft workshop at Karlsplatz. Children and teenagers under 19 get into both museums free. For children from about 5 (our suggestion, not the museum’s).

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1. 10:00–11:30

   Kunsthistorisches Museum

   Booking suggested

   Treasure hunt: five paintings, the list is above. Three of them hang in the same Room X, so take your time. After an hour and a half it is time for a break.

   Free under 19. With a pushchair use the side entrance at Burgring 5. For children from 8 the KHM app has free tours.

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2. 11:30–12:30

   Lunch · Kunsthistorisches Museum

   Lunch in the café under the dome (museum ticket needed).

3. 12:30–13:00

   Break · Maria-Theresien-Platz

   Outside on Maria-Theresien-Platz, between the two big museums. From 20 November there is a Christmas village on the square.

4. Tram D from Burgring/Kunsthistorisches Museum to Schloss Belvedere. Travel time not confirmed
5. 13:30–14:45

   Belvedere

   Booking suggested

   One painting, one room: Klimt’s “The Kiss”. Look at how the gold shines. A good hour is enough.

   Free under 19, pushchairs allowed. At weekends there are family workshops (mostly in the morning, often booked out). On a phone: the free AR game “The Fantastic Palastics”.

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6. Tram D towards Oper to Kärntner Ring/Oper, then over to Karlsplatz. Travel time not confirmed
7. In the evening: Christmas market · 15:15

   ART ADVENT at Karlsplatz

   ART ADVENT at Karlsplatz (13 November to 23 December): in the craft yurt, children from 3 dip candles and make things, Monday to Friday 14:30 to 19:00, weekends 12:00 to 19:00. Children’s theatre on Sundays at 14:00. From 20 November there is an option without the tram: the K&K Christmas market is right in front of the Belvedere.

   13 November to 23 December
   Or: K&K Christmas market at Belvedere Palace (20 November to 31 December)

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Two days of art in Vienna

Bruegel and Klimt on day one, Schiele, the Venus of Willendorf and the MAK on day two

Day one as above. On day two Klimt and Schiele at the Leopold Museum, across the road the Venus of Willendorf at the Natural History Museum, and in the afternoon the MAK on Stubenring. In the evening one stop on the U3 to the Christmas village at Stephansplatz.

Put day two on a Wednesday to Sunday: the Leopold Museum and the Natural History Museum close on Tuesdays, the MAK on Mondays. From 7 December to 10 January the Leopold Museum opens daily.

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Day 1

Day one as above: Kunsthistorisches Museum, Albertina, Belvedere. The day

Day 2

1. 10:00–11:45

   Leopold Museum

   The Leopold Museum shows Vienna around 1900. Klimt’s “Death and Life” hangs here, and by Egon Schiele the portrait “Wally” and his “Self-Portrait with Physalis”, both from 1912.

   

   

   

   Children under 7 free, teenagers under 19 pay €2.50. Family ticket for two adults and up to three teenagers: €40. Saturdays and Sundays at 15:00 the LEO children’s studio for ages 6 to 12 (from €5). Pushchairs allowed.

   Opening hours

   Mon10–18TueclosedWed10–18Thu10–18Fri10–18Sat10–18Sun10–187 Dec–10 Jan: any day 10–18Holidays: 24 Dec closed · 31 Dec 10–17Source, checked on 6 November 2026

   Admission

   Adults €19 · Children under 7 free, under 19: €2.50

   Photography

   Allowed for private use, without flash or tripod. Single works and special exhibitions may be excluded. Source

   Public transport

   U-Bahn U2 (Museumsquartier) · U-Bahn U3 (Volkstheater) · Tram 1, 2, D, 49, 71 (Ring/Volkstheater) · Bus 48A (Ring/Volkstheater) Source

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2. 11:45–12:45

   Lunch · MuseumsQuartier

   Lunch in the MuseumsQuartier.

3. Across the road to the Natural History Museum. about 5 min on foot · 300 m as the crow flies (estimate)
4. 12:45–14:30

   Natural History Museum, Vienna

   The Natural History Museum keeps the Venus of Willendorf, a small Stone Age figure. On Wednesdays it is open until 20:00.

   Venus of Willendorf

   Free under 19. Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays at 11:15 a short session for children from 3, at 14:00 one for kids from 6 (30 minutes each), daily in the school holidays. Pushchairs through the main entrance; when it is very busy they are not allowed in the exhibition halls.

   Opening hours

   Mon09–18TueclosedWed09–20Thu09–18Fri09–18Sat09–18Sun09–18Holidays: 8 Dec 09–18 · 24 Dec 09–15 · 25 Dec closed · 29 Dec 09–18 · 31 Dec 09–18 · 1 Jan closed · 5 Jan 09–18Source, checked on 6 November 2026

   Admission

   Adults €18 · Children and teenagers under 19 free

   Photography

   Allowed for private use, without flash or tripod. Single works and special exhibitions may be excluded. Source

   Public transport

   U-Bahn U2, U3 (Volkstheater) · Tram 1, 2, 46, 49, 71, D · Bus 48A Source

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5. U3 from Volkstheater to Stubentor. Travel time not confirmed
6. 15:00–17:00

   MAK – Museum of Applied Arts

   If you still have the energy

   To finish, if you still have the energy: the MAK on Stubenring. Its collection includes Klimt’s designs for the frieze in the Palais Stoclet in Brussels, with the Tree of Life. Whether they are on show right now is on mak.at. The MAK Design Lab is closed until about June 2027. Open until 21:00 on Tuesdays.

   

   Free under 19. On Saturdays at 14:00 there is often a family programme from age 4 (Mini MAK Tour, MAK4Family; in December Mini MAK Adventures). Rucksacks and large bags go to the cloakroom.

   Opening hours

   MonclosedTue10–21Wed10–18Thu10–18Fri10–18Sat10–18Sun10–18Holidays: 24 Dec 10–15 · 28 Dec 10–18 · 31 Dec 10–15 · 4 Jan closedSource, checked on 6 November 2026

   Admission

   Adults €19 · Children and teenagers under 19 free

   Photography

   Allowed for private use, without flash or tripod. Single works and special exhibitions may be excluded. Source

   Public transport

   U-Bahn U3 (Stubentor) · Tram 2 (Stubentor) · U-Bahn U3, U4 (Landstraße/Wien Mitte) Source

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7. U3 from Stubentor to Stephansplatz. Travel time not confirmed
8. In the evening: Christmas market · 17:00

   Christmas village at Stephansplatz

   To the Christmas village at Stephansplatz, one stop on the U3: until 23 December daily 11:00 to 21:00.

   6 November to 26 December

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