MuseumsQuartier
The Museumsquartier (MQ) is a 90,000 m2 large area in the 7th district of the city of Vienna, Austria.
Highlights
The Museumsquartier contains Baroque buildings as well as Modern architecture by the architects Laurids and Manfred Ortner (Ortner & Ortner Baukunst). The renovation of the former court stables began in April 1998. Three years later, the Museumsquartier opened in two stages (June and September 2001). The total cost of the construction was 150 Million Euro (two billion Austria Schilling).
The MQ is home to a range of installations from large
Additional highlights include the Tanzquartier, an international, state-of-the-art centre for dance, the
The Museumsquartier hosts quartier21, which features around 60 alternative art groups,[3] for example eSeL.
Since 2002, an
The
Controversy
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There was negative
Public Netbase, an internet provider and sponsor of electronic art and culture programs, was not invited to be part of Museumsquartier in 2002. Originally located in a part of the MQ, it had to leave during the renovations, but after the construction was completed, it was not able to return to its former premises.
Institutions
- MUMOK
- Leopold Museum
- Kunsthalle Wien
- ZOOM Kindermuseum
- Tanzquartier
- Architekturzentrum Wien
- Q21
- monochrom
- Modepalast
Gallery
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Mumok
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Nightlife in MuseumsQuartier
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Art-theory group monochrom's office and workspace at Museumsquartier's Quartier21.
Bibliography
- ISBN 978-3-03768-067-4, pages 162-163.
External links
- Museumsquartier website
- Museumsquartier on Ortner & Ortner Baukunst (The MuseumsQuartier on the website of the architectural firm Ortner & Ortner Baukunst)
Reference List
- ^ Wien, MQW - MuseumsQuartier. "CODED CULTURES – Exploring Creative Emergences". Museumsquartier Wien. Retrieved 2017-04-18.
- ^ "Technosensual | June 14 2012". Archived from the original on 2013-12-07. Retrieved 2014-01-15.
- ^ "Institutions". www.q21.at. Retrieved 2017-04-18.
- ^ "Artists". www.q21.at. Retrieved 2017-04-18.
- ^ "General Information of the Artist-In-Residence Programme". Retrieved 2017-04-19.