Albertina
Sign in to saveThe Albertina is a museum in the Innere Stadt (First District) of Vienna, Austria. It houses one of the largest and most important print rooms in the world with approximately 65,000 drawings and approximately 1 million old master prints, as well as more modern graphic works, photographs and architectural drawings. Apart from the graphics collection the museum has acquired, on permanent loan, two significant collections of Impressionist and early 20th-century art, some of which are on permanent display. The museum also houses temporary exhibitions. The museum had 360,073 visitors in 2020, down
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- 14
- Museum.established
- 1805
- Museum.name
- Albertina
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- Albertina logo
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- 1.2
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- Albertina with Archduke Albrecht Monument
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- Albertinaplatz 1, Vienna, Austria
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- Art museum
- Museum.visitors
- 360,073 (2020)
- Museum.founder
- Duke Albert Casimir
- Museum.director
- Ralph Gleis
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- U1, U2, U4 (Karlsplatz)
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The Albertina is a museum in the Innere Stadt (First District) of Vienna, Austria. It houses one of the largest and most important print rooms in the world with approximately 65,000 drawings and approximately 1 million old master prints, as well as more modern graphic works, photographs and architectural drawings. Apart from the graphics collection the museum has acquired, on permanent loan, two significant collections of Impressionist and early 20th-century art, some of which are on permanent display. The museum also houses temporary exhibitions. The museum had 360,073 visitors in 2020, down 64 percent from 2019 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but still ranked 55th in the list of most-visited art museums in the world.
== History==