Belvedere 21

Om museet

The Belvedere 21 building was designed by Karl Schwanzer as the Austrian Pavilion for the 1958 World's Fair in Brussels – a steel-frame structure with glass halls that won an architecture prize. After the Expo, the pavilion was rebuilt in Vienna's Schweizergarten and opened in 1962 as the Museum of the 20th Century, popularly known as the “20er Haus”.

When the Museum of Modern Art moved to the MuseumsQuartier, the building passed to the Österreichische Galerie Belvedere in 2002. Adolf Krischanitz, a student of Schwanzer, renovated it from 2007; in 2011 it reopened as the 21er Haus – Museum of Contemporary Art.

Since 2018 it has been called Belvedere 21 and is, alongside the Upper and Lower Belvedere, the museum's third venue. It sees itself as an open place for contemporary art, performance, film, music and discussion in the new urban district near the main railway station.

The building also includes a freely accessible sculpture garden, the originally preserved Blickle Kino from the 1950s and the Ursula Blickle Video Archive with more than 2,500 works.

Højdepunkter

• Architectural icon of post-war modernism by Karl Schwanzer
• Temporary exhibitions of contemporary art
• Freely accessible sculpture garden
• Blickle Kino from the 1950s with free programme
• Ursula Blickle Video Archive

Permanent udstilling

• Skulpturengarten – Sculptures by internationally known artists stand around the pavilion; the garden is free to enter.

Grundlagt

2011

Ejer

Österreichische Galerie Belvedere (Bundesmuseum, wissenschaftliche Anstalt öffentlichen Rechts)

Ledelse

Stella Rollig

Entrépriser & rabatter

Prices are subject to daily changes; the prices given are those of 5 October 2026. Free admission and free audio guide with the Kulturpass (“Hunger auf Kunst und Kultur”). Sculpture garden and programme at the Blickle Kino free of charge.

Tilgængelighed

• Kørestolsvenlig
• Elevator
• Handicaptoilet
• Handicapparkering
• Servicehunde tilladt
• Taktile tilbud: ingen oplysninger
• Rundvisninger på tegnsprog: ingen oplysninger
• Letlæste tilbud: ingen oplysninger
• Synstolkning: ingen oplysninger

Ground-level main entrance with automatic double swing door; all areas accessible by lift, sculpture garden accessible. One disabled parking space with access via Arsenalstraße 1. Wheelchair available at the ticket desk. Assistance dogs only with certificate and entry in the disability pass.

Børn og familie

Velegnet til børn og familier

• Familieomvisninger & workshops
• Barnevognsvenlig
• Børnefødselsdage

Children's birthday parties in the glass pavilion with a tour and party in the studio; workshops and family activities according to the programme. Strollers are allowed everywhere.

Transport & parkering

Charging station for electric cars and a Citybike station in the immediate vicinity.

Service & spisesteder

• Café
• Museumsbutik

Lucy Bar in the foyer (Tue–Sun 11 a.m.–6 p.m., Thu until 9 p.m.). Shop in the foyer, accessible without a ticket.

Arrangementer & udlejning

• Lokaler til leje
• Private fester
• Firmaarrangementer

Op til 600 personer.

Available for hire: the glass pavilion (up to 600 people), foyer with Lucy Bar (cocktail reception up to 240), Event Space (cocktail reception up to 300) and Blickle Kino (115 seats); sculpture garden on request.

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