Lentos - Museum of Modern Art

Linz, Oberösterreich, Österreich

The Lentos Museum of Modern Art Linz with its international collection is considered one of the most important museums of modern art in Austria.

Inaugurated in 2003, the Lentos Museum is also an outstanding part of the cultural mile along the Danube at night with its facade alternately illuminated in red and blue. The Lentos Museum of Modern Art Linz with its international collection is considered one of the most important museums of modern art in Austria. The permanent exhibition comprises masterpieces by Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele, Oskar Kokoschka, Keith Haring and other important painters of the 19th and 20th centuries. Modern art is mainly presented in changing exhibitions.

The 130 meters long building by the Zurich architects Weber & Hofer attracts attention through its clear design and provides 8000 m² of spacious exhibition area, lit by daylight. The Lentos Museum of Modern Art, inaugurated in 2003, is also at night an outstanding part of the cultural mile along the Danube with its facade alternately illuminated in red and blue.