ALBERTINA MUSEUM, Presentation

Hi, my name’s Rick, and I’m your personal guide. Along with MyWoWo, I’d like to welcome you to one of the Wonders of the World: the Albertina Museum.

The Albertina is home to an outstanding collection of drawings.

Built on a bastion of the city walls, the Albertina is located at the far end of the Hofburg, the imperial palace. Because of its particular elevated position and the prestige of the graphic art collections housed there, it is undoubtedly one of the most distinctive "monuments" of the city’s culture and art.

The palace was built in the mid-eighteenth century, remodeled in the Empire style in the early nineteenth century, and underwent more recent modifications by Hans Hollein, who added a new canopy at the entrance, effectively contrasting with the severe bronze equestrian statue of the founder, the Archduke Albert.

The Albertina is a cultural institution famous for its incomparable collection of drawings, watercolors and prints, with masterpieces ranging from the Italian and German Renaissance to the Viennese Secession....