Kunsthistorisches Museum

The Kunsthistorisches Museum (English: "Museum of Art History"), Vienna, housed in its festive palatial building on Ringstraße, crowned with an octagonal dome, is one of the premier museums of fine arts and decorative arts in the world.

Meno istorijos muziejus

	Native name	Kunsthistorisches Museum
	Location	Viena, Austrija
	Coordinates	48° 12′ 14″ N, 16° 21′ 42″ E
	Established	1891 m. spalio 17 d.
	Internetinė svetainė	www.khm.at/en
	Authority file	: Q95569 VIAF: 126584224 ISNI: 0000000121159908 OSM: 20165 LCCN: n50056014 GND: 2016751-9 WorldCat

Exterior

Panorama von Burgtheather (left) Kunsthistorisches Museum; (right) Naturhistorisches Museum
seen from the outset of Mariahilfer Straße
Maria-Theresien-Platz
Pallas Athene by Johannes Benk
Allegory of painting, Edmund Hellmer, left to the Entrance
Faust and Helena
Armor and Psyche
Inner courtyard

Interior

Grand cuppola in the entrance hall

entrance hall
Grand cuppola at entrance
Grand cuppola at entrance
View of the Habsburg coat of arms in the grand cuppola
View of the Habsburg coat of arms in the grand cuppola
View of the monogram of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria
View of the monogram of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria
Medaillon with image of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria
Medaillon with image of an Emperor ? of Austria

Grand staircase

Grand staircase with Theseus slaying the Centaur (by Antonio Canova)
grand staircase
Theseus slaying the Centaur
Lion with Habsburg coat of arms and imperial crown, grand staircase
Ceiling of the grand staircase
Ceiling of the grand staircase, fresco by Mihály von Munkácsy, 1888
View from the grand staircase to hallway
Staircase to hallway
Gallery of the grand staircase
Grand staircase

Hallways & Rooms

Hallway above the grand staircase
Hallway
Bust of Gottfried Semper, architect of the Kunsthistorisches Museum
Bust of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria, creator of the museum
Bust of Emperor Franz I of Austria, creator of the museum
Decorative elements with sign of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria at grand staircase
View on the numismatic collection
View on room VI
View on a room with Flemish paintings
Egyptian and Near Eastern Collection
ceiling in the Egyptian collection