Museum im Minoritenkloster

The Danube Valley


This city-promoted museum space features some excellent changing exhibitions based around mostly Austrian artists. Schiele has made a couple of appearances (surprise, surprise). Admission prices and opening times vary according to exhibition. It adjoins the Minorite church.


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1. Minoritenkirche

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Alongside the tourist office, the rococo Minorite church from 1739 is decorated with magnificent ceiling frescoes dedicated to St Johannes Nepomuk.

2. Pfarrkirche St Stephan

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This parish church combines Gothic and baroque elements, along with the wonderful 13th-century frescoed Romanesque funerary chapel.

3. Egon Schiele Museum

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The Egon Schiele Museum, housed in a former jail near the Danube, vividly presents the story of the life of the Tulln-born artist. It presents around 100…

4. Egon Schiele Birthplace

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5. Kirche am Steinhof

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6. Hermesvilla

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7. Klimt Villa

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8. Lainzer Tiergarten

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