Liechtenstein Museum

The Liechtenstein Garden Palace is a Baroque palace in Vienna's Rossau district that is owned by the princely family of Liechtenstein. It was built in the early 18th century to plans by Domenico Egidio Rossi and lavishly decorated by artists such as Andrea Pozzo and Johann Michael Rottmayr. The building combines the style of a city palace with that of a country villa in the Roman taste. Behind it stretches the Liechtenstein Park, whose gardens were originally laid out in the Baroque style and later redesigned in the Neoclassical manner. From 1805 to 1938, the palace housed the princely art collection, which was moved to Vaduz during World War II. After various uses, including as a museum of 20th-century art, the building again served as part of the Liechtenstein Museum from 2004. Paintings and sculptures spanning five centuries were on display there. However, because visitor numbers were too low, regular museum operations were discontinued in 2012. Today, the palace is open to the public only for special events or during the Long Night of Museums, and it bears the name Liechtenstein Garden Palace.