MuseumsQuartier Vienna

Program highlights

Winter im MQ

08.11.2018 to 23.12.2018 - MQ Haupthof

MQ Ice Curling Rink

08.11.2018 to 23.12.2018 - MQ Haupthof

Winter Race

10.11.2018 to 23.12.2018 - MQ Haupthof

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01.01.2018 to 31.12.2018 - Architekturzentrum Wien

Roland Rainer. (Un)Disputed / New Findings on the Work (1936-1963)

20.10.2018 to 07.01.2019 - Architekturzentrum Wien

EGON SCHIELE

23.02.2018 to 10.03.2019 - Leopold Museum

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Micromuseums at MQ

LITERATURpassage

The LITERATURpassage is one of the cultural theme passages at the MuseumsQuartier Wien, open and accessible micro museums which broaden the range on offer at the complex. It provides a stage for contemporary authors from central and southeast Europe to examine Vienna as an urban space. In addition, it presents works by authors on the Q21...

TONSPUR_passage

The series TONSPUR presents a changing selection of sound art pieces by international artists for the public space at MQ Vienna. Their multichannel sound installations overturn common stereo images and create walk-in audio spaces. Taking the physical architecture of the passage as a starting point, a virtual architecture is build from sound.

KABINETT comic passage

In the KABINETT comic passage located in the passage between Mariahilfer Strasse and Fürstenhof exhibitions dedicated to various forms of the combination of words and images (in common parlance: comics) are held. The passage comprises two and a half gallery spaces and a vending machine containing the publications accompanying the exhibitions.

STREET ART PASSAGE VIENNA

In this passageway an independent team of curators presents regularly changing exhibitions of international Street Art. The permanent design of the passage has been conceived by the renowned French street artist Invader. Each exhibition is accompanied by an issue of “betonblumen” magazine, which is available at a vending machine on site. Curator:...

Typopassage Wien

typography is the design and use of letters hence the design of content. typefaces were always created for a certain task and can never be considered in isolation of a purpose. typography does not replace but can support or else sabotage content. Typopassage - a micro museum for design - exhibits considerations of cultural and social importance and...

Meteoritenpassage

The Meteoritenpassage connects the MQ directly and symbolically with the neighboring Museum of Natural History. The central theme of the passage explores how present-day scientific museums evolved out of 18th- and 19th-century mineral collections and classification systems. Each poster from the on-site vending machine comes with a changing artistic...

Brückenpassage

A passageway as a compact traffic tool: this narrow space features a staircase, a bridge,
a lift and several railings and doors. Artist Hans Schabus covered the walls and ceilings in hammer paint—a kind of varnish primarily used for the manu- facturing of machines. The colour reseda green creates a link
to Otto Wagner’s Stadtbahn (“Vienna...

Sternenpassage

Sternenpassage highlights various artists whose work broadly relates to photography and illumination. It presents their works across four illuminated circular display cases on the walls, combining them with telescope images of outer space. The diagram on the ceiling dates back to the Baroque period and depicts a comet‘s elliptical path, held in...

MQ Journal

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Five questions for MQ Director Christian Strasser

What’s your favorite time of year at the MQ? Is it true that what’s now your office was home to the emperor’s chief stablemaster in the 18th and 19th century? What the best way to spend a day at the MQ? What distinguishes the MQ from other culture complexes around the world? Where do you see the MQ’s future?

Read MQ director Christian Strasser's answers!

Workers leaving the factory (again)

Katharina Gruzei talks about her film "Die ArbeiterInnen verlassen die Fabrik (workers leaving the factory (again))" that is part of the exhibition "shaping democracy - the republic in 24 frames per century" curated by Doris Bauer and Daniel Ebner (VIS Vienna Shorts) at frei_raum Q21 exhibition space / MuseumsQuartier Wien. The exhibition is on show until June 3, 2018.

Insitutions at the MQ

Leopold Museum

The Leopold Museum, and with it the Leopold Collection, is home to the largest collection of works by Egon Schiele in the world, numbering some 40 paintings and around 180 drawings. It also houses an exhibition of modernist Austrian art of international standing.

mumok

mumok – Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien – is the largest museum of modern and contemporary art in central Europe. It is home to an extraordinary collection featuring major works of classical modernism, pop art, Fluxus, minimal art, and concept art, as well as Vienna Actionism and contemporary art.

Kunsthalle Wien

The Kunsthalle Wien has a focus on international contemporary art and the current discourses around it. It showcases artworks that shed light on social relations and invites visitors to join in the conversation.

Halle E+G

The Halle E+G is an exclusive event space in the center of Vienna that stages a range of unusual and international productions from the worlds of music, theater, and dance.

Tanzquartier Wien

Founded in 2001, the Tanzquartier Wien has become one of the most influential dance venues in Europe. As the leading production and event venue for dance in Austria, it has a focus on contemporary dance and performance.

Q21

Q21 hosts around 50 cultural initiatives, 9 Artists-in-Residence studios and an exhibition space. The creative space is spread across over 7,000 sqm.

Dschungel Wien

DSCHUNGEL WIEN, a theater for young audiences, stages a wide range of productions for families, children aged six months and up, teenagers, and young adults. Its aim is to encourage young people to dream up their own utopias and reflect on contemporary society.

ZOOM Kindermuseum

The ZOOM Kindermuseum, Austria’s leading museum for children, offers year-round exhibitions, workshops, a multimedia lab, and much more for children aged 8 months to 14 years. It also provides a comprehensive program of science education.

wienXtra-kinderinfo

wienXtra-kinderinfo provides a wide range of free information and advice about leisure activities in Vienna for children aged 13 and under.