Kunsthistorisches Museum is one of the landmarks of Vienna. Hosted by the Habsburg’s palace, it is one of the most interesting fine arts museums in the world.

Entrance fee is 10 euro and the museum is open until 6 pm. Its cafeteria is a little pricy but the view and the location worth it.

What is hot there now? Apart from the architectural point, fine arts of course need special attention. Until the end of June visitors can enjoy the original artworks of Arcimboldo — famous 16th c. Italian painter. The exhibition documents the weird and wonderful combination of nature, science and art that is manifested in his work. Bernardo Pras is adherent of the same style with the slight difference of 4 centuries he revives the pop style and reinvents.

Another nice surprise is the Tutankhamun exhibition organised in collaboration with the National Geographic Society. Then if you follow the gloomy picturesque corridors you will reach great halls with amazing ancient Greek statues and then you’ll find true treasures of jewelry.

Curious facts:

• One of the museum’s most important sculptures, the Saliera by Benvenuto Cellini, was stolen on May 11, 2003 and recovered on January 21, 2006, in a box buried in a forest near the town of Zwettl, Austria. It had been the biggest art-theft in Austrian history.
• The Kunsthistorisches Museum appears in considerable detail in the final mission of the computer game Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven, developed by Illusion Softworks.

Webste: http://www.khm.at