Vienna Museum
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The Vienna Museum (Template:Lang-de) is a group of museums in Vienna consisting of the museums of the history of the city. In addition to the main building in Karlsplatz and the Hermesvilla, the group includes numerous specialised museums, musicians' residences and archaeological excavations.
The permanent exhibit of art and the historical collection on the history of Vienna include exhibits dating from the Neolithic to the mid-20th century. The emphasis is on the 19th century, for example works by Gustav Klimt. In addition, the Vienna Museum hosts a variety of special exhibitions.
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Highlights of 50 years, 1958–2008
- 1960: Exhibition on the Vienna Municipal Armoury
- 1961: Opening of the permanent exhibition on the Art and History of Vienna
- 1963: Exhibition on Otto Wagner: The Architects' Oeuvre
- 1964: Opening of Prater Museum; exhibition on Vienna circa 1900
- 1968: Exhibition on Joseph M. Olbrich
- 1969: Exhibition on Vienna 1800–1850: Empire and Biedermeier
- 1970: Opening of Beethoven memorial in Heiligenstadt
- 1973: Exhibition on 1850–1900: World of the Ringstraße
- 1974–1986: Free entrance to the museum and its annexes
- 1977: Exhibition on Vindobona: The Romans in the Vienna area
- 1979: Renovated Hermesvilla becomes a unit of the Museums of the City of Vienna; one of the demolition-threatened Stadtbahn pavilions by Otto Wagner in Karlsplatz is transferred to the museum
- 1980: Exhibition on The Vienna Coffeehouse: From the beginnings to between the wars
- 1981: 106,000 people visit the Egon Schiele exhibition with works from the Serge Sabarsky collection
- 1982: Neidhart Frescoes become a new museum annexe
- 1983: First large-scale exhibition in the Künstlerhaus on The Turks at the gates of Vienna, curated by Hans Hollein
- 1985: Large-scale exhibition on Dream and Reality: Vienna 1870–1930, curated by Hans Hollein; a record-breaking 622,000 visitors
- 1986: Exhibition on Elisabeth of Austria: Loneliness, power and freedom, at Hermesvilla
- 1987: Exhibition on Biedermeier and Vormärz in the Künstlerhaus, curated by Boris Podrecca
- 1989: Exhibition on Arnulf Rainer which travels on to New York and Chicago
- 1993: Exhibition on Red Vienna
- 1995: Exhibition on Hans Hollein
- 1997: Exhibition on Franz Schubert, curated by Hermann Czech
- 1999: Exhibitions on Rebuilt Vienna 1800–2000: Projects for the metropolis; Johann Strauß: Thunder and lightning
- 2000: Atrium extension and roofing over by Dimitris Manikas; exhibition on Hans Makart: Painter prince, at Hermesvilla
- 2002: Separation of the Historical Museum of the City of Vienna from city government
- 2003: Renamed Vienna Museum
- 2004: Exhibition on Gastarbajteri: 40 years of worker migration; large-scale exhibition on Old Vienna: the city that never was (Künstlerhaus)
- 2006: Renovation by BMW Architekten: new entrance area, additional exhibition space
- 2007: Exhibitions on In the Tavern; At the Bottom: The discovery of misery
- 2008: Opening of the Museum of the Romans in Hoher Markt
- 2009: Reopening of renovated Haydn House
- 2009-2010: Large-scale exhibition at the Künstlerhaus: Battle for the City: Politics, art and everyday life circa 1930
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