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Also known as The Albertina, Albertina Museum

The Albertina is a museum in the Innere Stadt (First District) of Vienna, Austria. It houses one of the largest and most important print rooms in the world with approximately 65,000 drawings and approximately 1 million old master prints, as well as more modern graphic works, photographs and architectural drawings. Apart from the graphics collection the museum has acquired, on permanent loan, two significant collections of Impressionist and early 20th-century art, some of which are on permanent display. The museum also houses temporary exhibitions. The museum had 360,073 visitors in 2020, down

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14
Museum.established
1805
Museum.name
Albertina
Museum.logo
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Museum.logo_alt
Albertina logo
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Wien - Albertina.JPG
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1.2
Museum.caption
Albertina with Archduke Albrecht Monument
Museum.location
Albertinaplatz 1, Vienna, Austria
Museum.type
Art museum
Museum.visitors
360,073 (2020)
Museum.founder
Duke Albert Casimir
Museum.director
Ralph Gleis
Museum.publictransit
U1, U2, U4 (Karlsplatz)
Museum.parking
Operngarage

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Type
Archive
Founded
1744
Location
Vienna, Austria
Status
Active

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Official website
www.albertina.at/home
Image
Wien - Albertina (b).JPG
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phone number
+43 1 534 83 0
Commons category
Albertina, Vienna
inception
1776-00-00
Commons Institution page
Albertina
visitors per year
366250
Commons gallery
Albertina
postal code
1010
social media followers
8890
native label
Albertina
donations
6510000
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The Albertina is a museum in the Innere Stadt (First District) of Vienna, Austria. It houses one of the largest and most important print rooms in the world with approximately 65,000 drawings and approximately 1 million old master prints, as well as more modern graphic works, photographs and architectural drawings. Apart from the graphics collection the museum has acquired, on permanent loan, two significant collections of Impressionist and early 20th-century art, some of which are on permanent display. The museum also houses temporary exhibitions. The museum had 360,073 visitors in 2020, down 64 percent from 2019 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but still ranked 55th in the list of most-visited art museums in the world.

== History==

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