Vienna, Austria is one of my favorite cities to visit in Europe. The City of Music isn’t just about historic buildings and classical music (though the Vienna State Opera and Belvedere Palace are ...

Literally museum-quality, the exhibition is an abridged version of “ The Women of Klimt, Schiele and Kokoschka,” a hit show that appeared at Vienna’s Belvedere Palace & Museum in 2015-16.

Click here to see more works in the exhibition. Through October 11 at Belvedere Museum, Rennweg 6, 1030Vienna; belvedere.at ...

Dec. 27, 2013 8:03 pm ET Share Resize Belvedere Palace, Gardens and Museum ILLUSTRATION: Peter Rigaud for The Wall Street Journal ...

Yet, it's not just with the Belvedere Palace—a museum that houses precious artwork—where noninvasive cleaning methods are implemented but also with statues around the Vatican.

After his death, Empress Maria Theresa acquired the palace and opened the imperial collections in the Upper Belvedere in 1777, making it one of the first public museums in the world.