The MuseumsQuartier, which debuted in 2001, is located several blocks northwest of  the Vienna State Opera House and the imperial Hofburg palace, and is home to handsome Baroque buildings as well as striking contemporary architecture, and a slew of restaurants, cafés, and bars. And true to its name, this is also the site of a cluster of modern-art venues as well as some 60 other cultural institutions. The top three are the boxy white Leopold Museum (with 20th-century Austrian art at its core, including marquee names like 20th-century giants Gustav Klimt, Oskar Kokoschka, and Egon Schiele - the largest collection of Schiele in the world); the basaltic-lava-clad, also boxy mumok (with an even larger collection of international 20th- and 21st-century works), and the Kunsthalle Wien, devoted to contemporary exhibitions in a renovated Baroque riding arena. And families will love the ZOOM Children's Museum. Other activities include a boules court and MQ Amore, an interactive sculpture park including 12 minigolf courses.

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