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Leopold Museum Vienna: Egon Schiele & Klimt Tickets

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The World's Biggest Schiele Collection Sits in Vienna's Brightest Museum

You get entry to Vienna's most-visited cultural museum with direct access to the world's largest Egon Schiele collection, Klimt paintings including "Death and Life," and Wiener Werkstätte design objects spanning five decades. The ticket gets you in during Wednesday–Sunday hours; audioguides cost extra but are available in four languages. No queuing for entry — exchange your voucher at the desk and go straight in.

2h–3h

Step-by-step itinerary

Enter Leopold Museum
View Egon Schiele collection
See Gustav Klimt masterpieces
Explore Wiener Moderne artworks
Discover Austrian interwar art
Examine Fin de Siècle objects
Relax at Café Leopold

The Experience

The Leopold Museum opens Wednesday through Sunday, 10am to 6pm, and the first thing that catches you is the light. Floor-to-ceiling windows flood the galleries, and if you time it right, you'll stand in front of Klimt's "Death and Life" with actual daylight on the canvas — not the dim spotlight treatment most museums give their masterpieces. The building itself sits in the MuseumsQuartier, Vienna's cultural hub, and it's the most-visited museum there for a reason: over 5,000 works collected by Rudolf and Elisabeth Leopold across five decades, now housed in a space that doesn't feel like a warehouse.

What makes this Leopold Museum different from every other Viennese art space is the Egon Schiele collection. Not a room of it. The entire world's most significant and largest Schiele holding is here — raw, unsettling portraits and nudes that defined Austrian Expressionism. You'll also find works by Oskar Kokoschka, Richard Gerstl, and the founders of the Wiener Werkstätte, Josef Hoffmann and Koloman Moser, whose everyday objects (furniture, metalwork, textiles) sit alongside the paintings. It's the art of Vienna's Fin de Siècle and the birth of Modernity in one building, and there's nowhere else in the city you can get this close to how the Habsburg Empire's artistic world shifted from strict Historicism to something entirely new in just a few years.

The museum includes a café — Café Leopold — where you can sit and decompress after the intensity of the galleries. Audioguides are available in German, English, French, and Italian for an additional €4. The building is wheelchair accessible, and if you're traveling with small children, strollers are fine. When you arrive, present your Viator voucher at the cashier desk to exchange it for your entry ticket. The panorama windows on the upper floors frame Maria Theresa Square and the Hofburg Palace, so if you need a break from the art itself, that view is worth the climb.

What’s included

Your ticket grants entry to the Leopold Museum during opening hours (Wednesday–Sunday, 10am–6pm).
Access to all permanent collections, including the world's largest Egon Schiele collection, Klimt masterworks, Wiener Werkstätte design objects, and works by Kokoschka, Gerstl, and other Austrian modern artists.
Use of the museum's panorama windows overlooking Maria Theresa Square and the Hofburg Palace.
Access to Café Leopold for refreshment during your visit.
Audioguides in German, English, French, or Italian are available for an additional €4 per device.

Good to know

Easy physical levelWheelchair accessibleStroller friendlyNot for heart conditions

Operated by Leopold Museum Vienna

Is this one for you?Right for anyone wanting to see Austria's most important modern art collection without spending hours in entry lines — the ticket gets you straight to the desk. Not ideal if you have limited mobility or cardiovascular concerns, since the galleries require sustained walking and climbing between floors.