Belvedere 21 — Attraction in Vienna

Honestly such a horrible experience, me and my foreign family came to vienna to enjoy the historical aspects. We came here because it was highly recommended. Upon entering, we had our bags checked and since we had a larger rucksack, we were asked to go downstairs to place it in the locker, which you needed euros for, since we have only been here for a day trip, we were paying via card. We then kindly asked the worker near the lockers, if we could borrow a token, or any coin, he then stated that it wasn't his problem. We then had to borrow some from a kind stranger. Then entering the room. We looked around, and then went to the toilet, as we had an extremely long day. We hadn't finished looking around, so we re-entered the room, when my mother was stopped by an employee. The worker asked if she spoke english, and my mother said yes. The worker then let an entire group through and waited to speak to my mother, which was appropriate as this is a professional atmosphere. However, the employee then made up a rule that there are no empty bottles allowed into the room. When my mother handed me the bottle, to place into my medium sized tote bag (which was checked earlier, and they said it was okay size), the employee then snapped at me and said my bag needed to be in a locker, which we did not have the money for. We explained to her what had happened, and she said what the other worker had said, it wasn't her problem. My mother and family then went in and I waited outside with the bag. Constantly getting dirty looks from employees, ect. We then went to collect the rucksack from the locker. Whilst walking down we saw the same employee who told us it wasn't his problem, giving a visitor a token, for his locker. I'm not sure if the problem was with where we are from, or what we look like, but this is no way to speak to anybody. Upon leaving this establishment, my mother raised the concern of launguage barriers, and suggested placing signs. The worker became argumentative and once we left, the group of colleagues at the front desk started pointing and obviously laughing at my mother. I honestly wasn't sure what to do in...

Neat little modern art museum, displaying a range of local and international artists and their works. The Liberty and Freedom exhibit we toured was a bit video-heavy for my preference [especially as viewing points were not designed to properly accommodate the flow of traffic, or more than 2 viewers simultaneously]. I wouldn't want to visit on a busier day, as the exhibits could be very difficult to navigate, if crowded - but we toured early on a Sunday and it was fine.

The museum is a convenient and comfortable 10-minute walk from the main transit station, and less than $10 to tour. We visited with a 2-hour layover between trains, and it was the perfect way to spend our time. With a little more time you'll get a very well-rounded visit. Grab a sandwich on the way, and you can pause in the park next door for an easy picnic and scenic view of the fine art sculpture of your choice. It's also walkable distance to a few other tourist attractions, and the staff are incredibly helpful and...

Belvedere 21 is a building erected in 1958 as the Austrian pavilion for Expo 58 in Brussels and used from 1962 to 2001 in Vienna as the Museum of the 20th Century (nicknamed the 20er Haus) or as a dependency of the Museum of Modern Art (MUMOK) that emerged from it. For this purpose it was moved from Brussels to the Schweizergarten in Vienna's 3rd district, Landstraße.

On 15 November 2011, after renovation and expansion, the building was reopened as a dependency of the Österreichische Galerie Belvedere and now bore the name "21er Haus" until 2017 in terms of viewing art from today's perspective. It now shows Austrian art of the 20th and 21st centuries in an international context and is defined by its management as a museum for contemporary art.

In December 2017, the museum announced that the institution will be called Belvedere 21 from...