Museums Quarter to the Belvedere

The stops, in walking order

1. 1

   

   Stop 1: Belvedere

   ~3 min here

   Belvedere is a palace ensemble and art museum, with the Upper and Lower Belvedere joined by a formal garden.

2. 2

   

   Stop 2: Karlskirche

   ~15 min here

   Karlskirche is a church dedicated to Saint Charles Borromeo, the cleric remembered here as a protector of people suffering through plague.

3. 3

   

   Stop 3: Secession

   ~1 hr here

   Secession is an exhibition building for contemporary art, completed in 1898 by architect Joseph Maria Olbrich.

4. 4

   

   Stop 4: Burggarten

   ~3 min here

   Burggarten gives you a public park with an unusually royal past: it began as a private garden for Emperor Francis, created after the destruction of Vienna’s fortifications during the Napoleonic occupation.

5. 5

   

   Stop 5: Kunsthistorisches Museum

   ~1 hr here

   Kunsthistorisches Museum is Vienna’s art museum, housed in a palatial building beneath an octagonal dome.

6. 6

   

   Stop 6: Naturhistorisches Museum

   ~1 hr here

   The Naturhistorisches Museum is the grand natural-history museum occupying this monumental building at Maria-Theresien-Platz.

7. 7

   

   Stop 7: MuseumsQuartier

   ~3 min here

   MuseumsQuartier is a cultural complex rather than a single museum, and the historic enclosure around you makes that clear.

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