Private Tour of the Kunsthistorisches Museum: Secrets of Masterpieces | Tickets included | 3 hours

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  • Mobile ticket
  • Offered in: German, Russian, English
  • Entry or admission fee
  • Professional Art Historian Guide

Overview

The title of masterpiece gives a work of art a special status and if you are going to visit a museum for the first time, you want to see famous works by renowned masters. The Museum of the History of Art in Vienna has many paintings, gems and statues that count to the world famous masterpieces. They include paintings by Rembrandt, Cranach, Vermeer, Raphael and Caravaggio, sculptures by Canova, Gianbologna as well as works by ancient Greek and Roman artists. And you don't need experts to enjoy their works. This tour of the museum is for those who value both an aesthetic pleasure as well as an intellectual one. We will go through all the collections of one of the best art museums in the world and look at masterpieces from different perspectives to understand why this particular work, and not the neighbouring one, has made on the shortlist of must-see objects. To do this, we'll follow the museum's list of most valuable exhibits and I'll not only tell you their official histories and characteristics, I'll also explain how artists have used our cognition and clever self-promotion. We will also discuss the fickleness of worldly fame and the role of the spirit and the taste of the times. Among the major masterpieces we will break down in detail are Benvenuto Cellini's "Saliera", Raphael's "Madonna in the Meadow", Peter Brueghel's "The Tower of Babel" and "Hunters in the Snow", Caravaggio's "Madonna with Beads", Vermeer's "Allegory of Painting" as well as The Reserve Head from the Egyptian collection and Sarcophagus with Amazons from the Greek collection. On a tour with me you can not only enjoy the art, but also learn to navigate a little more in the intricacies of such a subtle matter as "genius".

Itinerary

  • Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna

    ‘The temple of art’ is the expression that describes the Art History Museum in Vienna the best. Even its architecture designed in the best traditions of historicism combines the details of temples from the three key Western cultures. This is the place where you will find all gods and heroes of the West European art Olympus, such as Arcimboldo, Brueghel, Velasquez, Holbein, Dürer, Giorgione, Cranach, Raphael, Rembrandt, Rubens, Titian (listed in alphabetical order). As any Western museum proclaiming itself universal, Kunsthistorisches Museum also features collections of Egyptian, Greek, and Roman art, as well as a numismatic cabinet. Moreover, a quarter of the exhibition space of the museum is occupied by the Cabinets of curiosities, a mixed exposition of indoor sculpture, church plate, decorative elements, and scientific instruments; all in all, everything considered unique and of special value. The museum’s curators have drawn up an informative list for visitors; including 700 masterpieces for local art lovers, 100 for recurring visitors, and 35 “must-see” pieces for newbies. With this art tour we follow the curators’ short list and take a very close look at globally celebrated masterpieces, from varying perspectives to understand what makes each art piece so very special.

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Additional Info

  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
  • All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
  • Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
  • Confirmation will be received at the time of booking
  • Please come punctually to the meeting point in front of the museum main entrance. There are three doors and the central one is closed. Your guide will be waiting for you in front of it.
  • This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate
  • You can present either a paper or an electronic voucher for this activity.

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A guide us a must

Published on Oct, 2024

Julia was an excellent tour guide helping us to focus on the highlights vegetating list in the enormous collection. She was so knowledgeable and so interesting to listen to. We loved her and the tour!

Best tour guide

Published on Sep, 2024

The tour guide Julia (or Julie) had complete command of the knowledge of art history, the painters/sculptors' biographies, the socio-economic backdrop of the 16th-19th centuries. She could also add humors and anecdotes to make her story-telling fun to listen. She is the perfect guide for this tour.

Must see museum.

Published on Sep, 2024

We were shown the most significant & interesting art objects & paintings. The guide was extremely knowledgeable and interesting. Highly recommend this tour.

Probably the best gallery tour I’ve been on

Published on Aug, 2024

This made our city break memorable. Julia not only talked about the paintings (6) and the artists but also gave some very interesting insights into the science and psychology of art. I found it inspirational, the time flew by (3hrs) I would do this tour again and certainly book her for the other museums

Such wonderful insights that we booked a second tour!

Published on Mar, 2024

Our three-hour tour of the Vienna Art Museum was so amazing that we wanted to hear more - so we booked a second tour with her two days later. Julia provides such rich insights into not just the specific artworks but their context within the broader culture and history, drawing on resources from The Economist to Mark Twain to the museum’s own research. We eagerly soaked it all in. We’ve can’t praise Julia enough and highly recommend her tours!

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