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Albertina Museum Vienna - The State Rooms

September 2015

Albert von Sachsen

The Albertina Staterooms has one of the most interesting and varied collection of European art work. They consist of twenty palace state rooms spread over two floors of the original Albertina Palace and were restored in year 2000. The rooms were originally decorated French style the line of Louis XVI décor by Duke Albert of Saxe-Teschen. In 1822, Archduke Carl had them redecorated along Habsburg style, and what we see today is as closely restored to the way they would have looked back then.

The rooms contain many pieces of paintings, statues, pottery, furniture collected over a period of time. I only had time to visit the rooms on the ground floor, still I marvelled at the display of fine paintings, statues, pottery, etc. displayed.

There are hundreds of pieces of artwork and furniture within the rooms I visited. To ease viewing, I have separated them into several blogs. Click on the respective photos below to view the different rooms:

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Albertina Museum Stateroom #1
Stateroom #1 gives a good introduction to the grandeur and opulence of the palace.

Albertina Museum Staterooms #2 & #3
Stateroom #2 has interesting prints & sketches by Michelangelo & Raphael.

Albertina Museum Staterooms #4 to #6
Here can be seen portrait sketches by Rubens and nice paintings by Roslin.

Albertina Museum Stateroom #7 - The Hall of Muses
Larger than the other rooms, this central stateroom holds statues of the Greek Muses.

Albertina Museum Stateroom #8 & #9

These two staterooms contains art from the 18th Century.

Albertina Museum Staterooms #10 to #12
The last of the staterooms I viewed, these were opulent with grand furniture and artwork of the royalty.

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ALBERTINA MUSEUM
Albertinaplatz 1, 1010 Vienna, Austria.
Tel: +43-1-534830
Website: www.albertina.at | Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AlbertinaMuseum/
Hours: Mon-Tue: 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Wed: 10:00 am - 9:00 pm
Thu-Sun: 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
GPS: 48.204695, 16.368174
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TICKETS AND PRICES

Adults	€ 11.00
Vienna Card (Wien Karte) holders	€ 9.10
Senior citizens (aged 60 and over)	€ 9.00
Students with ID (up to age 26)	€ 8.00
Unemployed persons with AMS card	€ 7.00
Ö1 Club members with ID	€ 9.90
Groups of 15 or more persons	€ 8.00 each
Children and young people (younger than 19), Friends of the Albertina, ICOM members	no charge
Visitors with special needs	€ 7.00
Visitors with the so-called Kulturpass	no charge
Guided tour fee	€ 4.00