The Leopold Museum, inside the MuseumsQuartier at Museumsplatz 1, is the Vienna museum of Austrian art around 1900, built around the collection of Rudolf and Elisabeth Leopold. Assembled by the couple over more than fifty years and transferred into a public museum in 2001, the collection includes the largest Egon Schiele holdings in the world (more than 200 paintings and over 1,000 works on paper), an important Gustav Klimt collection — with works such as Life and Death (1908-1915) — and a comprehensive survey of Vienna 1900: Oskar Kokoschka, Richard Gerstl, Egger-Lienz, the Hagenbund and the Wiener Werkstätte.
The white volume of the building was designed by Laurids and Manfred Ortner as part of the MuseumsQuartier, in clear contrast to the neighbouring basalt block of the mumok. Rotating exhibitions complement the permanent Vienna 1900 display — it is the key address for understanding Austrian modernism.
The drive from Vienna Airport to the Leopold Museum covers about 20 km and usually takes 25-40 minutes. The route follows the A4 motorway, then the A23 Südosttangente and the Wiener Ringstraße between Karlsplatz and Burgring. The closing stretch around Museumsplatz tends to be slower in the late afternoon, as coaches serving the Kunsthistorisches Museum and the Naturhistorisches Museum operate on the same surrounding streets.
After landing, your chauffeur meets you in Terminal 3 arrivals with a name board, assists with luggage and drives to the MQ gate at Museumsplatz 1. The Leopold Museum stands on the left side of the courtyard, opposite the mumok — we align the drop-off so that the walk across the courtyard is as short as possible.
Read more
For guests visiting the Schiele galleries we plan the arrival with a small buffer to absorb possible queues at the ticket check-in.
We also handle combined Leopold Museum + Belvedere (Klimt collection) itineraries as a full "Klimt and Schiele route", and return transfers to the airport after the visit. A transfer to the Leopold Museum suits premium guests with strong interests in turn-of-the-century art, collectors, couples on a cultural break and guests at private views and industry events.
It should be punctual, discreet and aligned with the operating logic of a venue open Wednesday-Monday (closed Tuesdays).