The Leopold Museum houses one of the most outstanding collections of early modernist Austrian art. It bears the name of its founder, Rudolf Leopold (1925–2010), who transferred his collection, assembled over five decades, to a private foundation in 1994. Since 2001, the collection has been open to the public at the Leopold Museum in the MuseumsQuartier.

At its heart is the world's largest and most important collection of around 300 works by the Austrian painter and graphic artist Egon Schiele, including 48 paintings, numerous works on paper, and over a thousand photographs and letters. Other highlights include paintings by Gustav Klimt, including one of his major works, Death and Life. These are embedded in a comprehensive presentation of Vienna in 1900, in which Art Nouveau and the Vienna Secession play a remarkable role. A rich selection of decorative art objects by Koloman Moser, Josef Hoffmann, and other artists of the Wiener Werkstätte underscores the importance of the arts and crafts of this period. The Leopold Museum also stands for Expressionist art and, in addition to works by Egon Schiele, displays important exhibits by Richard Gerstl, Oskar Kokoschka, and Max Oppenheimer. These are juxtaposed with paintings from German Expressionism, including works by Paula Modersohn-Becker, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, and Wassily Kandinsky.
With its permanent exhibition VIENNA 1900, the Leopold Museum creates a unique world of experience that immerses visitors in the atmosphere of this vibrant era. Vienna 1900 refers to the pluralism that existed at that time, combining glamour and misery, dreams and reality, symbolism and self-questioning, and marks Vienna as a laboratory of ideas and thus as the central driving force behind a turbulent movement of renewal. Experience the uniqueness and richness of the artistic and intellectual achievements of this period up close through the masterpieces of the Leopold Museum! Changing special exhibitions complement the extensive exhibition program at the Leopold Museum.

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