Museum of Modern Art Salzburg – Mönchsberg

The location on the Mönchsberg can be reached via the Mönchberg lift - lift in the rock. In the museum there is a restaurant with a terrace and a magnificent view of the city! A walk over the Mönchsberg rewarded with first-class views.

In 2004 the Museum der Moderne Salzburg was officially opened by the Munich architects Friedrich Hoff and Zwink. A particular architectural highlight are the glazed staircases with a view of the 19th century water tower and the cladding of the exterior with local marble from Untersberg.

The Museum der Moderne Salzburg has two locations, the parent company Rupertinum, which was opened in Salzburg's Old Town in 1983, and the new building opened on the Mönchsberg in 2004. The museum goes back to a foundation of the Salzburg art dealer Friedrich Welz (Galerie Welz), in his private collection was also a good part of the work of his friend Oskar Kokoschka.
In 1983, it was decided to establish a museum of its own, and in an old town house, the Rupertinum as a Salzburg museum of modern art and graphic collections. Under the first director, the Austrian Photo Gallery of the Federal Government was also integrated.
After twenty years of existence, the construction of another museum on Mönchsberg began after a long decision-making process. In 2003, the Museum of Modern Art - Rupertinum Betriebsgesellschaft mbH was established and the second house opened in October 2004, since then it has been showing collections and temporary exhibitions. The Museum der Moderne Rupertinum is located in an early Baroque building in the old town of Salzburg, diagonally opposite the Festspielhaus on Furtwänglerplatz. The building was built in 1653 by Archbishop Paris Lodron. Under the name Collegium Rupertinum it once served the training of priest and junior civil servants. In 1976, the province of Salzburg acquired the building for the establishment of what was then known as the Modern Gallery and the Rupertinum Graphic Collection. The building was adapted by the Salzburg architect Gerhard Garstenauer. For the exterior of the house, the "tongue beards" were developed by Friedensreich Hundertwasser. These ceramic applications are located under the windows of the courtyard and caused heated discussions at the opening of the museum in 1983. Since the museum was too small for the exhibition activity over time, it came to the extension of a second museum on the monk mountain.
The Rupertinum houses the Graphische Sammlung, the Moderne Galerie with temporary exhibitions, and the Österreichische Fotogalerie.Source: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museum_der_Moderne_Salzburg