Must-See
Secession Building
The Art Nouveau exhibition hall under a dome of golden laurel leaves, with Klimt's Beethoven Frieze inside.
- Open
- Tuesday to Sunday; closed Mondays
- Price
- Paid
- Time Needed
- 45 minutes
- Address
- Friedrichstrasse 12, 1010 ViennaDirections
- Getting There
- Karlsplatz station.
Why Go
Built in 1897 by artists who broke from the academy, its motto reads: To every age its art, to art its freedom. Klimt's Beethoven Frieze, painted for an exhibition in 1902, is in its basement.
Changing exhibitions of contemporary art fill the main hall.
Nearby in Vienna
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