The Museumsquartier Vienna Editorial Image

The Museumsquartier contains Baroque buildings as well as Modern architecture by the architects Laurids and Manfred Ortner. The renovation of the former court stables began in April 1998. Three years later, the Museumsquartier opened in two stages The MQ is home to a range of installations from large art museums like the Leopold Museum and the MUMOK (Museum of Modern Art Ludwig Foundation Vienna) to contemporary exhibition spaces like the Kunsthalle Wien and festivals like the Wiener Festwochen, an annual summer event that is headquartered in the MuseumsQuartier Wien.